Great Exhibition, The, 51, 111, 424

"Great Gun," The, 210, 218, 226, 238, 412, 416, 449, 451, 459

Greek Question of 185, The, 116

Greek Throne put up to auction, 120

Greenaway, J., 16

Greenwood, Mr. Frederick, and the announcement of Thackeray's death at the Punch Dinner, 86, 87

Grieve, Mr., and the Punch Club, 93

Griset, Mr. Ernest, 455, 537, 538

Grossmith, Mr. George, 391, 392

Grossmith, Mr. Weedon, 392

"Guide to Servants, Punch's," 313

Guild of Literature and Art, 134-136

"Gummidge, The Political Mrs.," 179, 467


"H.," 499

"HB.," 186, 190, 454

Hall, Mr. Harry, 491

Hall, S. C., and the "Art Union," 52;
Punch's attack on, 223, 235, 290

Halliday, B. C., 499

Halliday, Mr. Mike, 424

Hallward, Mr., 549

Hamerton, Mr. R. J., 95;
cartoons, 171;
the "Squib," 275; 327, 452, 453

Hammond, W. J., 130

Hampton Court, Dinner to Sir J. Tenniel at, 89

Hannay, James: and the "Journal for Laughter," 56;
his lectures, 129;
and "The Man in the Moon," 238, 306;
on Thackeray, 322;
and Jerrold, 348;
contributions to Punch, etc., 354, 355

"Happy Thoughts," 365

Harcourt, Sir Wm., 183;
portraits, 204, 552

Harling, O., 530

Harris, Mr., Contributions by, 517

"Harris, Mrs.," 50, 211

Harvey, William, his design for the cover of Punch, 42-44, 444;
as a draughtsman, 444

Hatton, Mr. Joseph: and the origin of Punch, 11;
and Mark Lemon, 163, 255, 267;
"True Story," 329 and Preface

Hawkins, Sir Henry, 152

Haydon, G. H., 423, 426, 496, 502

Hays, Mr., 528

"He won't be happy till he gets it," 160

"Heads of the People," 447

Heath, H., and cartoons, 171; 452

"Heathen Mythology," 276

Heaviness of Punch's fun, Alleged, 238-241

Hennessy, Mr. W. J., 547

Henning, A. S., 19;
and the first cover of Punch, 26, 41;
"Valentines," 49;
and "Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 412;
cartoons, 171;
the "Squib," 275, 412; 410-412

Henning, Mr. Walton, 305, 411

Herkomer, R.A., Professor, 445

"Hidden Hand, The," 180

Higgins, Matthew J. ("Jacob Omnium"), 260, 321 note, 343

Highbury Barn Tavern and the Annual Dinner, 87

Hill, Miss Joanna (Mrs. Fellows), 518

Hine, H. G., 34;
and the Almanac, 40;
design for cover, 41, 43;
and the first Punch Dinner, 55;
the Punch Club, 94;
"Anti-Graham Wafers," 115, 416;
cartoons, 171, 416; 330; 414-417;
serenaded by Punch Staff, 448

"His 'Art was True to Poll," 366

"History of Costume," 348

"History of the Next French Revolution," 316

Hodder, George: his "Memories of my Time" and the origin of Punch, 12, 13, 28, 283;
on Kenny Meadows, 448

Hodgson, Mr., 244

Hodgson, W. J., 548, 549, 565, 566

Hogg, Mr. Jabez, on founders of Punch, 28

Hole, Dean Reynolds: and the Punch Dinners, 85, 91;
and the coachman-waiter, 144; 343, 344; 362;
jokes supplied to Leech, 434;
on Leech, 435;
at Leech's funeral, 443

"Holidays, Punch's," 50

Hollingshead, Miss, 392

Hollingshead, Mr. John, 368

Holt, Mr. W. G., 549

Home Rule, 100, 105, 106, 160, 161

Hood, Thomas: and "The Song of the Shirt," 146, 176, 331-334; 180, 217, 218;
and wine-drinking, 289;
conundrums, 331;
his satire compared with Jerrold's, 335;
summary of work on Punch and characteristics, 330-336, 454; 372

Hood, Tom, and the Punch Dinners, 86;
and "Fun," 232;
contributions to Punch, 295

Hopkins, Mr. Arthur, 567

Hopkins, Mr. Everard, 565

Horace, Parodies of, 306

Horsley, R.A., Mr., 144, 435

Hosack, Mr., 406, 407

"Hot Chestnut, A," 528

"House of Apollo-ticians, A," 554, 555

Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of cartoons for, 187

Howard, Captain H. R., 410, 475-477

Hume, Joseph, 112

Humour, Thackeray on, 1;
Carlyle on, 5;
of France, 199;
lack in women of, 392, 393

Humorists, Melancholy of, 435

"Humours of Parliament," 554

Hunt, Mr. Holman, on James Hannay, 355; 435;
on Doyle, 457

Hunt, Leigh, 132;
on Douglas Jerrold, 297, 447


"I used your soap two years ago," 145

"Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265, 291, 338

"Illustrated London News" and "Parr's Life Pills," 265; 493

Imitations of popular writers, 365

Imperialist opinions of Punch, 120

"Important and Telegraphic," 306

"Important from the Seat of War," 321

"Incompleat Angler, The," 366

Indian Mutiny, 111 and note

"Influenza Almanac," 40

"Information for the People," 282

Inglis, Sir Robert, 104, 105

Ingram, Herbert, and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265

Initials on dining-table at Bouverie Street, 63 and note

Injunctions obtained by Punch, 151, 152

Invasion scares, 109, 120

Invitation card to the Punch Dinner, 67, 69

Irish, Leech's prejudice against the, 437

Irish affairs and cartoons, 105, 106, 453

"Irish Frankenstein, The," 449

Irish humour in Punch, 373


"J. R.," 452

Jackson, 337

Jalland, Mr. G. H., 559

James, Edwin, 232

"Janus," 467

"Jeames's Diary," 317

"Jenkins Papers," 210, 289, 319

Jerrold, Douglas, 12;
and the origin of Punch, 14, 17, 18;
the "London Charivari," 15;
doubtful of the success of Punch, 30;
and Landells, 35;
edits "Illuminated Magazine," 35;
"Visit to the Watering-Places," 49;
"Mrs. Caudle," 73, 98;
relations with Thackeray, 74, 311;
the addressed label, 75;
witticisms at the Dinner, 75;
his Jubilee Dinner, 87;
Punch Club, 93;
the "ingredients" of Punch, 95;
the prophecy of Hal Baylis, 97;
anti-aristocratic sentiments, 101;
the Jews, 104;
as a playwright, 129;
as an amateur actor, 136;
Punch's plagiarists, 152;
suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171;
"Jenkins Papers," 210;
and Sir Peter Laurie, 220;
and Charles Kean, 222;
attack on Bunn, 226, 228, 230;
attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239;
contributions for six months, 259;
and his daughter Mrs. Henry Mayhew, 268;
on Stirling Coyne, 272;
on comic "Histories," etc., 277;
and Angus Reach, 281;
characteristics, work, etc., 284-298;
relations with Albert Smith, 303;
his satire compared with Hood's, 335; et passim

Jerrold, William, 269

Jest-books, Shakespeare's, 162

Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 104, 105, 111

Jews, Prejudice against, 103, 436, 437;
and the "Morning Post," 104

"Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 237, 292, 412, 416

"Joe Miller's Jest-Book," 157

"John Bull," 206-208

Joinville, Prince de, Letter of, 108, 120, 190

Jokes, Punch's, their origin, pedigree, and appropriation, 138-167

Jones, Sir Edward Burne-, 221, 222

Jones, George, and Punch's attack on J. S. Buckingham, 224, 225, 235

Jopling-Rowe, Mrs., see Romer, Mrs.

"Journal for Laughter," 56

Jubilee of Punch, 6, 8

Jullien, Punch's ridicule of, 218, 219


Kean, Charles, 222, 223, 282

Keeley, Mrs., as Mrs. Caudle, 293

Keene, Charles: his portrait of Punch, 8;
the "Tercentenary Number," 50;
"Paris Sketches," 51;
cartoon of Disraeli and financiers, 60, 61, 66;
at the Dinners, 68, 78;
political opinions, 77, 78, 481;
cartoon on American War, 80;
leniency towards women, 141;
and "I used your soap two years ago," 145;
and Mr. Joseph Crawhall, 147, 483; 162;
repetition of drawings, 165, 166;
cartoons, 171, 253, 470;
"Mokeanna," 365;
Irish jokes, 373;
friendship with Mr. Silver, 479, 477-490

Kelly and "Dunsinane," 342

Kendall, Miss May, 392, 393

Kenealy, Dr. Edward Vaughan, 336

Kennedy, H. A., burlesque translations of Horace, 31, 306

Key, Professor T. Hewitt, 160

King, J., and "An Exiled Londoner," 342

Kingston, Mr. W. Beatty, 360, 361

Kitton, Mr. F. G., 349

Knebworth, Amateur theatrical performance at, 136, 137

Knight, Charles, and the Punch Dinners, 86

Kossuth, 117, 118


"La Belle Sauvage" and the first Punch Dinner, 55;
and the Punch Club, 94

Labouchere, Mr. Henry, 163

"Labours of Hercules," 302

Lady contributors, 392, 393, 529 and note

Landells, Ebenezer, and the origin of Punch, 11-14, 15-19, 26;
and Bradbury and Evans, 32-34;
engraving withdrawn from him, 34, 35;
and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35;
"Visit to the Watering-Places," 49;
on the Punch Club, 93, 97; 188;
and "A Word with Punch," 232; 248

Lang, Mr. Andrew, 392; 393, 404

Lara, Mr. Isidore de, 235

Last, Joseph, and the origin of Punch, 12, 17, 19, 26

Laurie, Sir Peter, 219, 220

Lawless, M. J., 502

Lawson, Mr. F. Wilfrid, 537

Layard, Sir A. H., 92

Layard, Mr. G. S. quoted, 479, et passim

"Lays of a Lazy Minstrel," 387

Le Fanu, Mr., and "Seventy Years of Irish Life," 143

Leech, John: his portraits of Punch, 8, 9;
and the "London Charivari," 15;
the Almanacs, 40;
"Valentines," 49;
"Holidays," 50;
Great Exhibition Number, 51;
statuette by Boehm, 60;
at the Dinners, 68, 72, 73, 76;
the cartoons, 81, 170-177;
singing at the Dinner, 86;
democratic sentiments, 101;
the Jews, 103;
the "Anti-Graham Envelope," 114, 420;
drawings of costumes, 122;
as an amateur actor, 135; 158, 159, 167;
"Foreign Affairs," 173, 420;
"Social Miseries," 187;
"Cock-a-doodle-do!" 190;
and Lord John Russell, 196;
and Disraeli, 197-199;
caricatures of Lord Brougham, 202;
"Mrs. Gamp" and "Betsy Prig," 213;
fastidiousness, 252;
on Henry Mayhew, 270;
relations with Albert Smith, 303;
riding to hounds, 319, 426;
Harlequinade verses, 342;
picture of two "snobs," 358;
career, 417-443;
on Thackeray's death, 442;
and Tenniel, 470;
relations with George Cruikshank, 496; et passim

"Leeds Mercury instructing Young England," 339

Legend-writing, 432, 433, 484, 507, 508

Leger, Mr. Warham St., 395, 396

Lehmann, Mr. R. C., 67;
politics, 80; 149;
contributions, 401, 402

Leigh, Henry S., 157, 232, 240, 241