Thomas Hood 
Comic Annual 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT is with sincere gratification that I pro claim, for the third time, the banns between this Annual and the Public; for when a work has thus been regularly asked out, there seems a likeli hood that the reader intends to cleave unto it for the future. I am duly sensible of the distinction. The late Dr. Gregory, in his Legacy, has said, that a female ought to be ready to bestow her afi’ection on an admirer, out of mere gratitude for his preference; and on the same principle the Comic feels, and begs to acknowledge, quite a passion for the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general.