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