Description | Title page for 'The Cuckoo'; depicts a cuckoo sitting in branches that form the word 'THE CUCKOO', a caricature figure of Edmund Yates (1831-1894), the proprietor of 'The Cuckoo' sits in the nest, his surroundings forming the words 'CONDUCTED', 'BY' and 'EDMUND YATES'. Various moths, birds eggs, foliage and suns rays are inscribed to spell out the words 'NEWS', 'AND, 'GOSSIP', 'OF', 'THE', 'DAY'. |