À Beckett, Mr. Arthur W., 61, 67, 74;
Parish Councils Bill cartoon, 169;
contributions, etc., 374, 375
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, and the origin of Punch, 14, 17;
the first number, 26, 61, 67;
at the Dinners, 75, 76;
the Jews, 103;
suggestions for cartoons, 171, 180;
attack on Bunn, 226, 228;
attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239;
his only artistic contribution to Punch, 251;
number of contributions, 259, 260, 276, 277;
as a magistrate, 278, 279;
biographical summary, 272-280;
his sons as children, 435; et passim
À Beckett, Gilbert Arthur, and "Dropping the Pilot," and "The Hidden Hand," 180, 383, 381-384
À Beckett, Hon. T. T., and the origin of Punch, 12, 272, 274
Aberdeen, Lord, 101, 111, 119, 147
Accounts relating to transfer of Punch to Bradbury & Evans, 34-36
Acrostics, Double, 493, 494
Advertising on umbrellas and house-fronts, 125
"Advice to persons about to marry," 141, 186
"Advice to Vocalists," 161
Æstheticism and Mr. Du Maurier, 506
Agnew, Mr. John Henry, 38, 61
Agnew, Mr. Philip, 38
Agnew, Mr. Thomas, 38, 61
Agnew, Sir William, 38, 61, 87
Agreement constituting Punch (Appendix II.), 25, 36, 575-580
Ainger, Canon, 147
Ainsworth, Harrison, 220
"Airs Resumptive," 405
Albany, Duke of, Death of, 183
Albert, Prince, 101, 199;
attitude of Punch towards him, 215-217
"Albion," The, and the dinner to Mr. Burnand, 88
Alexander III. as the New Pharaoh, 105;
and Lord Augustus Loftus, 194
Allen, Joseph, 26;
and the Punch Club, 93, 282, 452
"Almanac," The, 31;
its reputed originators, 32, 33;
great success, variations in production, and "influenza year," 40;
piratical imitations, 41;
a drawing of Sir John Gilbert's, 451, 562, 567; et passim
"Almanac Dinner," 87
Amateur Humorists, 147-149
America, War of Secession, 80, 111, 120, 177;
humour, 163;
opinion of Punch, 370;
Mr. du Maurier's portrayal of American girls, 511, 512
Andersen, Hans Christian, 265
Andover Workhouse Scandals, 278 and note
"Animal Types," Sir John Tenniel's, 176, 177
Anstey (Guthrie), Mr. F., 67;
politics, 80; 396-401
"Answers to Correspondents," 31
"Anti-Graham Envelope," and "Wafers," 52, 114-117
"Anti-Punch," The, 240
Appendices, Signatures of Punch's artists, 573, 574;
text of agreement constituting Punch, 575-580
Argyll, Duke of, and "The Old Crusaders," 182
Armitage, Mr. Arthur, 406
Armstrong, T., 16
Arnold-Forster, Mr., 145
"Arrow," The, 157, 240, 500
"'Arry Papers," 378-380 and note
Art, Punch's attitude towards, 126, 127, 221, 222;
past and present in Punch, 409, 410
Art Union, The, Satire on, 52
Artists on Punch, Number of, 410;
signatures of (Appendix I.), 573, 574
"Ascot Cup Day," Thackeray's, 314
Ashby-Sterry, Mr., 361, 372, 386, 387, 499
Ashley, 444
Asquith, Mr., 205
"Athenæum," a criticism on Punch, 243
Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman, Contributions of, 368, 371, 372, 410, 524, 525
"Atonement Dinner," Thackeray's, 87, 88
Attacks on Punch, 227-232, 237-241
"Author's Miseries," 315
"Awful State of Ireland," Hood's, 336
"B. W.," 501
Bacon, Mrs., and the title of Punch, 24
Bailey, the sculptor, and Jerrold's bust, 87
"Bang went Saxpence," 140, 141, 186
Bank of England, and error of Punch's, 245
Banting, Mr., 157
Barham, R. ("Tom Ingoldsby"), and the Punch Dinners, 86
Baring, Sir Francis, 233
Barnard, Mr. Fred, 156, 518, 519
Barry, Michael John, and the "Peccavi" despatch, 361
Bather joke, The, 162
Bayley, F. W. N., 17, 19
Baylis, Henry, 19, 24;
and the Punch Club, 93, 97
Beaconsfield, Lord, see Disraeli, Mr.
"Beard movement," 423
Beardsley, Mr. Aubrey, 222
"Bede, Cuthbert," see Bradley, Rev. Edward
Bedford, Mr. Deputy, 317, 385, 386
Bedford Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64, 65, 86, 87
Beetle, Sergeant-at-Arms as a, 145, 146
Bellew, Frank, 500, 501
Benefit performances, 132-135
"Bengal Tiger, The," 208
Bennett, Charles H., 61, 66;
letter from his fellow-diners, 76, 77, 527;
benefit performance for his widow, 132, 134, 528;
death of, 180, 455, 525-528
Bennett, J., 498
Bennitt, Mr., 542
Bennitt, Colonel Ward, 547, 548
Betham-Edwards, Miss M., 371, 372
Bethell, Mr. (afterwards Lord Westbury), and Punch's applications for injunctions, 151, 152
"Bibs' Baby, Mrs.," 295
"Bicycle made for Two, A," 471
"Billie Barlow," 360
"Bird's-eye Views of English Society," 455
Bismarck, Prince, Resignation of, 179, 180;
and the Emperor William II., 193;
a "junior cartoon" by Mr. Sambourne, 535
Black, Mr. William, on Keene, 489
"Black Maria" joke, A, 143, 144
Blackwood, Mr., 330
Blanchard, Laman, 259, 260, 337, 338
Blanchard, Sidney, and "Mr. Punch, His Origin and Career," 12;
and the "London Charivari," 15;
proposal for a "comic Punch," 14 note
Blatchford, Mr. Montagu, 88, 548
Blocks for Punch illustrations, 249-251
Bloomerism, 424
Board School, Hugh Middleton, 125
"Book of Beauty," 467, 479
Borrow, George, and Thackeray, 318
"Bow Street Ballads," 320
Bowers, Miss Georgina, 166, 529, 530
Boyd, Mr. A. S., 167
Bradbury, William, 36, 49, 61
Bradbury, William Hardwick, 38
Bradbury, Mr. W. Lawrence, 38
Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 38
Bradbury & Evans, 31, 32;
and negotiations for the purchase of Punch, 33-35
Bradbury, Evans & Co., 38
Bradley, C. H., 477
Bradley, Rev. Edward, and "Verdant Green," 129, 492, 355, 372, 491-495
Brewtnall, Mr. E. F., 543
Brezzi, Mrs., and the Title of Punch, 24
"Briefless, Mr.," 275
"Briefless, Junior," 375
"Briggs, Mr., or Housekeeping versus Horse keeping," 131, 425
Bright, John, 101, 111;
and the New Reform Bill, 118;
"Hercules," 121;
with an eye-glass, 204;
obituary notice, 377
Brine, his portrait of Punch, 8;
and the first Staff of Punch, 19;
cartoons, 171, 412
"Britannia," 208, 473, 535
"British Lion," 70 and note, 176, 177, 208, 470
Bromley, Valentine, 548
Brooks, Reginald Shirley, 67, 387
Brooks, Shirley, and the origin of Punch, 11;
misconception as to the first editorship of Punch, 25 note;
portrait, 60, 80;
politics, 99;
his lectures, 129;
the "Man in the Moon," 154, 238, 357;
old jokes, 163;
a Cawnpore cartoon, 177;
verses on Abraham Lincoln, 177, 178;
verses on the death of the Prince Consort, 217;
"Our Flight with Punch," 238, 357;
friendship with Angus Reach, 357;
as Editor, 359, 360;
work and characteristics, 356-360
Brough, Robert, 265, 360
Brough, William, 265, 288, 360
Brougham, Lord, 101, 153;
opinion of Punch's portraits of him, 200;
as "Mrs. Caudle," and as a clown, 202
Brown, W., 454
"Brown, Mrs.," 489
"Brown, Jones and Robinson," 455
"Brown's Letters, Mr.," 321
Browne, Charles F., 180, 317, 369, 370
Browne ("Phiz"), Hablôt Knight, and the origin of Punch, 19;
his design for the cover, 41, 42, 451;
"Valentines," 49, 50;
"Mokeanna," 365, 427, 446, 451, 452
Browne, Mr. Walter, 539
Brunton, W., 232, 502
Bryan, Mr. Alfred, 557, 567
Bryant, W., first publisher of Punch, 19, 27
Buccleuch, Duke of, 233
Buckingham, James Silk, Punch's attack on, 223-225
Bulgarian atrocities, 165
Bull, W. P., 337
Bull-fights, 429
"Bull Frog" cartoon, 449
Bunn, Alfred, Punch's attack on, 225-227;
his "Word with Punch," 131, 227-232
Burnand, Miss, 392
Burnand, Mr. F. C., 40;
portrait, 60;
politics, 80, 99;
dinner in his honour at the "Albion," 88;
the Two Pins Club, 98;
"Happy Thoughts," 129, 365;
first contribution, 146, 362;
puns, 151, 366;
"Mrs. Gummidge," 179;
"Out of Town," 276, 366;
contributions, editorship, etc., 362-368
Burnham Beeches, Jubilee Dinner at, 87
Burns, Mr. John, 235
Burton, E. J., 460
Butts, Punch's favourite, 217-233, 330
Byron, Henry J., verses on Punch, 8;
Comic News, 160;
Fun, 364, 407
"C.," 491
"C. B.," 547
Cabinet Ministers, Attitude of Punch towards, 195-205
Caldecott, Randolph, 545, 546
Callaway, Rev. W. F., 498, 499
Calverley, C. S., 371
Campbell, Mr. Gerald F., 403
Campbell, Lady, 392, 406
"Candidates under Different Phases," 188
Canning, Lord, 177
Capital punishment, 2, 3
"Captain Jinks of the Selfish," etc., 523
"Captious Critic," The, 541, 542
Carnigan, Lord, Epigram by Wills on, 26
Caricature, Carlyle on, 4;
as illustrated by Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruikshank, 186
Carlisle, Lord, and a dinner to the Punch Staff, 90, 200
Carlyle, on caricature, 4;
on humour, 5;
"Latter-day Pamphlets," 112
Carthusians on the Staff, 69, 70
"Cartoon Junior," The, 82, 170
Cartoons, and tinted background, 41;
history, weekly arrangements for design and production, etc., 79, 80, 168-184, 463, 464;
origin of name, etc., 185-188;
as a reflection of popular opinion, 188, 189;
engraving, 249, 464, 468
Cartoonists, 170-172
Cartoons for Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of, 187
"Cartoons, Sir John Tenniel's," 52
Catling, Mr., 95
"Caudle, Mrs.," and the "Lectures," 73, 98, 130;
and Lord Brougham, 202;
"sudden death," 238, 291-293
"Caudle at Gravesend, Mrs.," 130
Cawnpore Cartoons, 176, 177
"Cham," 501, 502
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 408
Chambers, Mr., 498, 523
"Charivari," Philipon's, 15
Chartism, 108, 425
Chasemore, Mr. A., 483, 538, 539
Cheltnam, Mr. Charles Smith, 374
Chess-problem joke, 160
Chester, Fred, 60
Chester, George, 60, 255
"Child Snobson's Pilgrimage," 166
"Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage," 146, 166, 378
Children, Mr. du Maurier's drawings of, 507, 513