The Diary of a Nobody with words by George Grossmith and illustrations by his actor-manager brother Weedon first appeared in Punch in 1891-2. Writing; he hopes in the great tradition of Pepys and Boswell Mr Charles Pooter regales us with choice anecdotes and domestic crises from life at 'The Laurels' Brickfield Terrace Holloway and from his chequered career as a City clerk. The wayward behaviour of his son Lupin - intermittently engaged t the unsuitable Daisy Mutlar - is only one of the burdens he has to bear. When against all the odds Mr Pooter triumphs we cannot help rejoicing in his good fortune.