INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

Compiled by David Widger

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##  FOUR HUNDRED HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

##  THE BACHELOR'S OWN BOOK

##  THE CENTENARY GARLAND

##  POINTS OF HUMOUR, PART I, (of II)

##  POINTS OF HUMOUR, PART II (of II)

##  PAMPHLETS AND PARODIES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS

##  JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. I (of III)

##  JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. II (of III)

##  JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. III (of III)

##  CRUIKSHANK'S WATER COLOURS

THE TRUE LEGEND OF ST. DUNSTAN AND THE DEVIL

THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN

##  FRANK FAIRLEGH

##  THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER

PETER SCHLEMIHL

##  GUY FAWKES

THE TRUE HISTORY OF TOM AND JERRY

##  THREE COURSES AND A DESSERT

##  TALES OF HUMOUR, GALLANTRY

##  ODD VOLUME

##  LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, v. I

##  LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, v. II

##  THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

##  OLIVER TWIST

##  MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

OLIVER TWIST, VOL. I (of III)

OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (of III)

OLIVER TWIST, VOL. III (of III)

##  PUNCH AND JUDY

##  PUCK ON PEGASUS

##  THE TOWER OF LONDON

##  THE COMIC ALMANACK, Vol. 1

##  THE COMIC ALMANACK, Vol. 2

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

FOUR HUNDRED HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

Volumes I and II

By George Cruikshank

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THE BACHELOR'S OWN BOOK

Being Twenty-Four Passages In The Life Of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent,)

By George Cruikshank.

CONTENTS

PLATE 1

PLATE 2

PLATE 3

PLATE 4

PLATE 5

PLATE 6

PLATE 7

PLATE 8

PLATE 9

PLATE 10

PLATE 11

PLATE 12

PLATE 13

PLATE 14

PLATE 15

PLATE 16

PLATE 17

PLATE 18

PLATE 19

PLATE 20

PLATE 21

PLATE 22

PLATE 23

PLATE 24

THE CENTENARY GARLAND

Being Pictorial Illustrations of the Novels of Sir Walter Scott,
in Their Order of Publication.

By George Cruikshank, and Other Artists of Eminence.

CONTENTS

MEMOIR.

THE CENTENARY GARLAND.

WAVERLEY.

GUY MANNERING.

THE ANTIQUARY.

ROB ROY,

OLD MORTALITY.

A LEGEND OF MONTROSE,

THE BLACK DWARF,

THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.

THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR.

IVANHOE.

THE MONASTERY.

THE ABBOT.

KENILWORTH.

THE PIRATE.

FORTUNES OF NIGEL

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.

QUENTIN DURWARD.

ST RONAN'S WELL

RED GAUNTLET.

THE BETROTHED.

THE HIGHLAND WIDOW.

THE TALISMAN.

WOODSTOCK.

THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.

ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.

THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER.

COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS.

POINTS OF HUMOUR

Part I.

By Anonymous

Illustrated by the Designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

Ten Engravings On Copper and Twelve Wood Cuts

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

POINT I. THE POINT OF HONOUR.

POINT II. THE SHORT COURTSHIP.

POINT III. YES OR NO?

POINT IV. EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY.

POINT V. THE JOLLY BEGGARS; OR LOVE AND LIBERTY, BY ROBERT BURNS

POINT VI.

POINT VII.

POINT VIII.

POINT IX. THE DOWNFALL OF HOLY CHURCH.

POINT X. A VISIT WITHOUT FORM.

POINTS OF HUMOUR

Part II.

By Anonymous

By The Designs Of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

Ten Engravings of Copper, Twelve Wood Cuts

1824

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

POINT I. THE THREE HUNCHBACKS.

POINT II. A RELISH BEFORE DINNER.

POINT III. THE HAUNTED PHYSICIANS.

POINT IV. THE FOUR BLIND BEGGARS.

POINT V. THE CONSULTATION.

POINT VI. THE DINNER.

POINT VII. THE DUEL.

POINT VIII. THE QUACK DOCTOR.

POINT IX. A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS,

POINT X.

PAMPHLETS AND PARODIES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS

By William Hone,

With Numerous Wood Cuts, by CRUIKSHANK

CONTENTS

THE POLITICAL HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

THE CLERICAL MAGISTRATE.

THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER,

THE JOSS AND HIS FOLLY,

THE FORM OF PRAYER, WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD,

ADVERTISEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY

THE MAN IN THE MOON,

INTRODUCTION.

THE RIGHT DIVINE OF KINGS TO GOVERN WRONG!

PREFACE.

A SLAP AT SLOP AND THE BRIDGE-STREET GANG

THE QUEEN'S DEATH

JACK SHEPPARD

VOLUME I (of III)

By W. Harrison Ainsworth

Illustrations by Cruikshank

1839

CONTENTS

EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD

CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD.

CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT.

CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT.

CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW.

CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION.

CHAPTER VI. THE STORM.

CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.

EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL

CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE.

CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL.

CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE.

CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS.

CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD.

CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER.

CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER.

CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO.

CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT.

CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON.

CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS.

CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard

Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft

The Murder on the Thames

The Storm

The Name on the Beam

“May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again”

Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character

Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft

JACK SHEPPARD

VOLUME II (of III)

By W. Harrison Ainsworth

1839

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGDALENE.

CHAPTER XIV. THE FLASH KEN.

CHAPTER XV. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH.

CHAPTER XVI. JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY.

CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT-CELLAR.

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN.

CHAPTER XIX. GOOD AND EVIL.

EPOCH THE THIRD, THE PRISON-BREAKER, 1724.

CHAPTER I. THE RETURN.

CHAPTER II. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL.

CHAPTER III. JACK SHEPPARD'S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD.

CHAPTER IV. JACK SHEPPARD'S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON.

CHAPTER V. THE DISGUISE.

CHAPTER VI. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS.

CHAPTER VII. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL.

CHAPTER VIII. OLD BEDLAM.

CHAPTER IX. OLD NEWGATE.

CHAPTER X. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece: Jack Shepard committing the Robbery in Willesden Church

Jack Sheppard gets drunk, and orders his Mother off

Jack Sheppard's escape from Willesden Cage

Mrs. Sheppard expostulating with her Son

Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr.Wood's Bedroom

Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess escaping from Clerkenwell Prison

Jack Sheppard escaping from the Condemned Hold in Newgate

JACK SHEPPARD

VOLUME III (of III)

By W. Harrison Ainsworth

1839

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED.

CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE.

CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S.

CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED.

CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE.

CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED.

CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM.

CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL.

CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS.

CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE.

CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT.

CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS.

CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL.

CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE.

CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL.

CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL.

CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING SCENE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece

Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well

Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler

The Escape, No. I.

The Escape, No. II

The Escape, No. III

Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave

Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate

The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn

The Last Scene

CRUIKSHANK’S WATER COLOURS

By George Cruikshank

With Introduction By Joseph Grego

1903

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
OLIVER TWIST
CHAPTER I | TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
CHAPTER II | TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’ S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
CHAPTER III | RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
CHAPTER IV | OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER V | OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’ S BUSINESS
CHAPTER VI | OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
CHAPTER VII | OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
CHAPTER VIII | OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER IX | CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
CHAPTER X | OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XI | TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII | IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIII | SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV | COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
CHAPTER XV | SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
CHAPTER XVI | RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
CHAPTER XVII | OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
CHAPTER XVIII | HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIX | IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
CHAPTER XX | WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
CHAPTER XXI | THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII | THE BURGLARY
CHAPTER XXIII | WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
CHAPTER XXIV | TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXV | WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXVI | IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
CHAPTER XXVII | ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
CHAPTER XXVIII | LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXIX | HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED
CHAPTER XXX | RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
CHAPTER XXXI | INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
CHAPTER XXXII | OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXIII | WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
CHAPTER XXXIV | CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
CHAPTER XXXV | CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
CHAPTER XXXVI | IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS
CHAPTER XXXVII | IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
CHAPTER XXXVIII | CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXXIX | INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
CHAPTER XL | A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
CHAPTER XLI | CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE
CHAPTER XLII | AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER XLIII | WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XLIV | THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.
CHAPTER XLV | NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
CHAPTER XLVI | THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
CHAPTER XLVII | FATAL CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLVIII | THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
CHAPTER XLIX | MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
CHAPTER L | THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER LI | AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
CHAPTER LII | FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
CHAPTER LIII | AND LAST
| THE MISER’S DAUGHTER
| HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798 AND EMMETT’S INSURRECTION IN 1803

FRANK FAIRLEGH

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A PRIVATE PUPIL

By Frank E. Smedley

With Twenty-Eight Illustrations By George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

FRANK FAIRLEGH

CHAPTER I
ALL RIGHT! OFF WE GO!

CHAPTER II
LOSS AND GAIN

CHAPTER III
COLD-WATER CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE

CHAPTER IV
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MACINTOSH

CHAPTER V
MAD BESS

CHAPTER VI
LAWLESS GETS THOROUGHLY PUT OUT

CHAPTER VII
THE BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH

CHAPTER VIII
GOOD RESOLUTIONS

CHAPTER IX
A DENOUEMENT

CHAPTER X
THE BOATING PARTY

CHAPTER XI
BREAKERS AHEAD!

CHAPTER XII
DEATH AND CHANGE

CHAPTER XIII
CATCHING A SHRIMP

CHAPTER XIV
THE BALL

CHAPTER XV
RINGING THE CURFEW

CHAPTER XVI
THE ROMAN FATHER

CHAPTER XVII
THE INVISIBLE GIRL

CHAPTER XVIII
THE GAME IN BARSTONE PARK

CHAPTER XIX
TURNING THE TABLES

CHAPTER XX
ALMA MATER

CHAPTER XXI
THE WINE-PARTY

CHAPTER XXII
TAMING A SHREW

CHAPTER XXIII
WHAT HARRY AND I FOUND WHEN LOST

CHAPTER XXIV
HOW OAKLANDS BROKE HIS HORSEWHIP

CHAPTER XXV
THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER XXVI
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS

CHAPTER XXVII
THE DUEL

CHAPTER XXVIII  
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XXIX
THE STRUGGLE IN CHESTERTON MEADOW

CHAPTER XXX
MR. FRAMPTON'S INTRODUCTION TO A TIGER

CHAPTER XXXI
HOW I RISE A DEGREE

CHAPTER XXXII
CATCHING SIGHT OF AN OLD FLAME

CHAPTER XXXIII
WOMAN'S A RIDDLE

CHAPTER XXXIV
THE RIDDLE BAFFLES ME!

CHAPTER XXXV
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER

CHAPTER XXXVI
THE RIDDLE SOLVED

CHAPTER XXXVII
THE FORLORN HOPE

CHAPTER XXXVIII   
PACING THE ENEMY

CHAPTER XXXIX
THE COUNCIL OF WAR

CHAPTER XL
LAWLESS'S MATINÉE MUSICALE

CHAPTER XLI
HOW LAWLESS BECAME A LADY'S MAN

CHAPTER XLII
THE MEET AT EVERSLEY GORSE

CHAPTER XLIII
A CHARADE — NOT ALL ACTING

CHAPTER XLIV
CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER XLV
HELPING A LAME DOG OVER A STILE

CHAPTER XLVI
TEARS AND SMILES

CHAPTER XLVII
A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE

CHAPTER XLVIII
PAYING OFF OLD SCORES

CHAPTER XLIX
MR. FRAMPTON MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER L
A RAY OF SUNSHINE

CHAPTER LI
FREDDY COLEMAN FALLS INTO DIFFICULTIES

CHAPTER LII
LAWLESS ASTONISHES MR. COLEMAN

CHAPTER LIII
A COMEDY OF ERRORS

CHAPTER LIV
MR. VERNOR MEETS HIS MATCH

CHAPTER LV
THE PURSUIT

CHAPTER LVI
RETRIBUTION

CHAPTER THE LAST  
WOO'D AND MARRIED AND

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page27 —— Caught in a Trap

Page29 —— Ornamenting a Writing Desk

Page44 —— Mad Bess

Page56 —— Lawless Finds his Level

Page79 —— The Doctor Makes a Discovery

Page90 —— The Doctor Expels a Pupil

Page104 ——Frank Rescues Coleman

Page124 ——Fall of the Cadelabrum

Page133 ——Freddy Mystifies the Beadle

Page135 ——Eloping With the Fire-engine

Page167 ——The Wine Party

Page190 ——The Roused Lion

Page216 ——Result of Giving Satisfaction

Page231 ——Fairlegh to the Rescue

Page246 ——Hurrah! Room for the Governor

Page249 ——Shy Young Gentleman

Page253 —— A Mysterious Bonnet

Page266 —— An Unexpected Reverie

Page281 —— The Discovery

Page338 —— Lovers Leap

Page345 —— A Charade Not All Acting

Page382 —— A New Cure for the Heart-ache

Page398 —— A Striking Position

Page418 —— The Reconciliation

Page430 —— Mammon Worship

Page447 —— A Messenger of Evil

Page457 —— The Retribution

Page459 —— The Rescue

THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER

A National Toy

With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse,

By William Hone

Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

CONTENTS

QUALIFICATION.

DECLARATION.

ACCEPTATION.

ALTERATION.

IMPUTATION.

EXCULPATION.

EMIGRATION.

REMIGRATION.

CONSTERNATION.

ACCUSATION.

PUBLICATION.

INDIGNATION

CORONATION.

DEGRADATION.

THE JOSS AND HIS FOLLY,

GUY FAWKES

OR, THE GUNPOWDER TREASON

By William Harrison Ainsworth

With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

|  | PAGE
| DEDICATION | iii
| PREFACE | v
| Book the First.
| THE PLOT.
CHAPTER
I. | AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 1
II. | ORDSALL CAVE | 10
III. | ORDSALL HALL | 12
IV. | THE SEARCH | 26
V. | CHAT MOSS | 31
VI. | THE DISINTERMENT | 49
VII. | DOCTOR DEE | 50
VIII. | THE MAGIC GLASS | 56
IX. | THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE | 62
X. | THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT | 66
XI. | THE PILGRIMAGE TO SAINT WINIFRED'S WELL | 71
XII. | THE VISION | 83
XIII. | THE CONSPIRATORS | 87
XIV. | THE PACKET | 98
XV. | THE ELIXIR | 105
XVI. | THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER | 115
XVII. | THE RENCOUNTER | 129
XVIII. | THE EXPLANATION | 131
XIX. | THE DISCOVERY | 133
XX. | THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL | 139
| Book the Second.
| THE DISCOVERY.
I. | THE LANDING OF THE POWDER | 147
II. | THE TRAITOR | 156
III. | THE ESCAPE PREVENTED | 163
IV. | THE MINE | 169
V. | THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA | 179
VI. | THE CELLAR | 187
VII. | THE STAR-CHAMBER | 195
VIII. | THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER | 198
IX. | THE COUNTERPLOT | 212
X. | WHITE WEBBS | 220
XI. | THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST | 228
XII. | THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER | 237
XIII. | THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS | 245
XIV. | THE EXAMINATION | 255
| Book the Third.
| THE CONSPIRATORS.
I. | HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE | 262
II. | SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA | 274
III. | HUDDINGTON | 278
IV. | HOLBEACH | 292
V. | THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION | 294
VI. | HAGLEY | 304
VII. | VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL | 313
VIII. | HENDLIP | 319
IX. | WHITEHALL | 327
X. | THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM | 311
XI. | THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON | 332
XII. | THE TRAITOR BETRAYED | 336
XIII. | THE TRIAL | 341
XIV. | THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA | 344
XV. | SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD | 347
XVI. | OLD PALACE YARD | 352
XVII. | THE LAST EXECUTION | 355

THREE COURSES AND A DESSERT:

Comprising Three Sets Of Tales, West Country, Irish, And Legal, And A Melange

With Fifty Illustrations By George Cruikshank

1867.

CONTENTS

INDUCTION.

FIRST COURSE: WEST COUNTRY CHRONICLES.

INTRODUCTION.

SIR MATHEW ALE.

THE COUNTERPART COUSINS.

CADDY CUDDLE.

THE BRAINTREES.

THE SHAM FIGHT.

THE BACHELOR'S DARLING.

THE LOVES OF HABAKKUK BULLWRINKLE, GENTLEMAN.

SECOND COURSE: THE NEIGHBOURS OF AN OLD IRISH BOY.

INTRODUCTION.

JIMMY FITZGERALD.

THE NATIVE AND THE ODD FISH.

TIMBERLEG TOE-TRAP.

BAT BOROO.

THE WITCH'S SWITCH.

THE WEED WITNESS.

ME AND MY GHOST-SHIP.

THE NEST EGG.

UNDER THE THUMB.

OUR TOMMY.

THE DENTIST.

THE MUSHROOM.

THE DILLOSK GIRL.

THIRD COURSE: MY COUSIN'S CLIENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

ADAM BURDOCK.

THE MATHEMATICIAN.

THE LITTLE BLACK PORTER.

THE DESSERT.

INTRODUCTION.

THE DEAF POSTILION.

CONJUGATING A VERB.

POSTHUMOUS PRAISE.

THE DOS-A-DOS TETE-A-TETE.

A TOAD IN A HOLE.

THE PAIR OF PUMPS.

WANTED A PARTNER.

HANDSOME HANDS.

MISLED BY A NAME.

TALES OF HUMOUR, GALLANTRY & ROMANCE,

Selected And Translated From The Italian.

With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank.

CONTENTS

ITALIAN TALES.

THE TEACHER TAUGHT.

THE UNEXPECTED REPLY.

WHO AM I?

THE DEAD RIDER.

THE SKILFUL PHYSICIAN

THE POMEGRANATE SEED

THE FATAL MISTAKE

THE DEAD ALIVE

THE FALSE CHAMPION

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

THERE IS A SKELETON IN EVERY HOUSE.

THE ELOPEMENT.

THE FRIAR ENTRAPPED

ANTONIO AND VERONICA.

BELPHAGOR.

THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT

THE COUNTERPARTS

ODD VOLUME;

OR, BOOK OF VARIETY

By Various

Illustrated By Robert Seymour and Robert Cruikshank

The Engravings by Samuel Slader

1835

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

THE ODD VOLUME

LEGEND OF THE LARGE MOUTH.

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM.

THE ROSE IN JANUARY.

THE MARCH OF MIND.

THE OLD GENTLEMAN’S TEETOTUM.

A WATER PARTY.

THE ANGLER AND THE FOWLER.

THE ELOPEMENT.

SUBJECTS OF CONVERSATION.

INCONVENIENCIES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGED.

THE NEW “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.”

TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. FORTY YEARS AGO.

NECK OR NOTHING.

THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.

THE CLOAKS.

A COMICAL ADVENTURE.

HOW TO MAKE A PAPER.

THE NIGHTMARE.

A GALL-ING SYSTEM.

THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK,

VOL. I. (of II)

The Life Of George Cruikshank In Two Epochs

By Blanchard Jerrold

With Numerous Illustrations

1882

CONTENTS

DEDICATION.

PREFACE.

THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. EPOCH I. 1794—1847.

CHAPTER I. TWO EPOCHS.

CHAPTER II. FROM CRANACH TO CRUIKSHANK.

CHAPTER III. CRUIKSHANK’S EARLY DAYS.

CHAPTER IV. CRUIKSHANK AS A POLITICAL CARICATURIST.

CHAPTER V. “LIFE IN LONDON,” “LIFE IN PARIS,” “POINTS OF HUMOUR,” ETC.

CHAPTER VI. HAND-TO-MOUTH WORK.

CHAPTER VII. THREE COURSES AND A DESSERT

CHAPTER VIII. SKETCHES BY BOZ, OLIVER TWIST, AND THE LIFE OF GRIMALDI.

CHAPTER IX. ILLUSTRATIONS TO HARRISON AINSWORTH’S ROMANCES.

CHAPTER X. THE OMNIBUS.

THE LIFE
of
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

By Blanchard Jerrold

Illustrations by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

In Two Volumes—Volume Two

1882

CONTENTS

THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

EPOCH I. (continued).

CHAPTER XI. THE COMIC ALMANAC.

CHAPTER XII. LORD BATEMAN AND THE TABLE BOOK.

EPOCH II. 1848—1878.

CHAPTER I. AT GILLRAY’s GRAVE.

CHAPTER II. THE BOTTLE.

CHAPTER III. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK AS A TEETOTALER.

CHAPTER IV. THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS.

CHAPTER V. “FRAUDS ON THE FAIRIES” AND “WHOLE HOGS.”

CHAPTER VI. A SLICE OF BREAD AND BUTTER.

CHAPTER VII. CRUIKSHANK’S LAST TWENTY YEARS.

CHAPTER VIII. THE END.

ADDITIONAL IMAGES:

THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

By Robert B. Brough, Esq.

Illustrated By George Cruikshank

With A Biography Of The Knight, From Authentic Sources

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: A BIOGRAPHY

BOOK THE FIRST, 1352—1365.

I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

II. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.

III. OF THE TRICK PLAYED BY LITTLE JACK FALSTAFF ON SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY

IV. OF JACK FALSTAFF’S COSTING TO LONDON.

BOOK THE SECOND, 1381.

I. HOW MR. JOHN FALSTAFF CAME INTO HIS PROPERTY, AND WAS KNIGHTED

BOOK THE THIRD, 1410.

I. FOR THE MOST PART A TREATISE ON HEROES AND KNIGHTS-ERRANT.

II. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH HIS SATELLITES THE PRINCE HENRY...

III. THE BATTLE OF GADSHILL.

IV. THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE.

V. HISTORIC DISSERTATION UPON THE GREAT CIVIL WAR

VI. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF WON THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY.

BOOK THE FOURTH, 1410—1413.

I. OF THE SIGNAL VICTORY GAINED BY SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED:

III. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AN AUTHOR.

IV WARLIKE STRATEGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF:

V. VISIT TO JUSTICE SHALLOW’S.

VI. ON THE MAGNANIMITY OP SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

VII. DOUBTS ON THE GENIUS AND TESTIMONY OF SHAKSPEARE.

VIII. MILDNESS OF THE SPRING SEASON IN 1413

IX. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW RÉGIME.—MALIGNITY OF THE LORD CHIEF

X. CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.

BOOK THE FIFTH. 1413—1415.

I. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.

II. THE END OP THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.

OLIVER TWIST,

Or, The Parish Boy’s Progress

By Charles Dickens

Illustrated by George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I | TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
CHAPTER II | TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
CHAPTER III | RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
CHAPTER IV | OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER V | OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’S BUSINESS
CHAPTER VI | OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
CHAPTER VII | OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
CHAPTER VIII | OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER IX | CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
CHAPTER X | OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XI | TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII | IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIII | SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV | COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
CHAPTER XV | SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
CHAPTER XVI | RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
CHAPTER XVII | OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
CHAPTER XVIII | HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIX | IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
CHAPTER XX | WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
CHAPTER XXI | THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII | THE BURGLARY
CHAPTER XXIII | WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
CHAPTER XXIV | TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXV | WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXVI | IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
CHAPTER XXVII | ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
CHAPTER XXVIII | LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXIX | HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED
CHAPTER XXX | RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
CHAPTER XXXI | INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
CHAPTER XXXII | OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXIII | WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
CHAPTER XXXIV | CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
CHAPTER XXXV | CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
CHAPTER XXXVI | IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS
CHAPTER XXXVII | IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
CHAPTER XXXVIII | CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXXIX | INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
CHAPTER XL | A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
CHAPTER XLI | CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE
CHAPTER XLII | AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER XLIII | WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XLIV | THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.
CHAPTER XLV | NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
CHAPTER XLVI | THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
CHAPTER XLVII | FATAL CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLVIII | THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
CHAPTER XLIX | MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
CHAPTER L | THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER LI | AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
CHAPTER LII | FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
CHAPTER LIII | AND LAST

MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

Edited By "Boz"

With Illustrations By George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

Introductory Chapter | page v
CHAPTER I.
His Grandfather and Father—His Birth and first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre and at Sadler's Wells—His Father's severity—Miss Farren—The Earl of Derby and the Wig—the Fortune-box and Charity's reward—His Father's pretended Death, and the behaviour of himself and his brother thereupon | 1
CHAPTER II.
1788 to 1794.

The Father's real Death—His Will, and failure of the Executor—Generous conduct of Grimaldi's Schoolmaster, and of Mr. Wroughton the Comedian—Smart running against time—Kindness of Sheridan—Grimaldi's industry and amusements—Fly-catching—Expedition in search of the "Dartford Blues"—Mrs. Jordan—Adventure on Clapham Common: the piece of Tin—His first love and its consequences
17

CHAPTER III.

1794 to 1797.

Grimaldi falls in Love—His success—He meets with an accident which brings the Reader acquainted with that invaluable specific "Grimaldi's Embrocation"—He rises gradually in his Profession—The Pentonville Gang of Burglars | 28

CHAPTER IV.

1797 to 1798.

The Thieves make a second attempt; alarmed by their perseverance, Grimaldi repairs to Hatton Garden—Interview with Mr. Trott; ingenious device of that gentleman, and its result on the third visit of the Burglars—Comparative attractions of Pantomime and Spectacle—Trip to Gravesend and Chatham—Disagreeable recognition of a good-humoured friend, and an agreeable mode of journeying recommended to all Travellers
40

CHAPTER V.

1798.

An extraordinary circumstance concerning himself, with another extraordinary circumstance concerning his Grandfather—Specimen of a laconic epistle, and an account of two interviews with Mr. Hughes, in the latter of which a benevolent gentleman is duly rewarded for his trouble—Preparations for his marriage—Fatiguing effects of his exertions at the Theatre
51

CHAPTER VI.

1798.

Tribulations connected with "Old Lucas," the constable, with an account of the subsequent proceedings before Mr. Blamire, the magistrate, at Hatton Garden, and the mysterious appearance of a silver staff—A guinea wager with a jocose friend on the Dartford Road—The Prince of Wales, Sheridan, and the Crockery Girl
62

CHAPTER VII.

1798 to 1801.

Partiality of George the Third for Theatrical Entertainments—Sheridan's kindness to Grimaldi—His domestic affliction and severe distress—The production of Harlequin Amulet a new era in Pantomime—Pigeon-fancying and Wagering—His first Provincial Excursion with Mrs. Baker, the eccentric Manageress—John Kemble and Jew Davis, with a new reading—Increased success at Maidstone and Canterbury—Polite interview with John Kemble
76

CHAPTER VIII.
1801 to 1803.
Hard work to counterbalance great gains—His discharge from Drury Lane, and his discharge at Sadler's Wells—His return to the former house—Monk Lewis—Anecdote of him and Sheridan, and of Sheridan and the Prince of Wales—Grimaldi gains a son and loses all his capital | 88
CHAPTER IX.
1803.
Containing a Very Extraordinary Incident Well Worthy of the Reader's Attention | 97
CHAPTER X.
1803 to 1805.
Bologna and his Family—An Excursion into Kent with that personage—Mr. Mackintosh, the gentleman of landed property, and his preserves—A great day's sporting; and a scene at the Garrick's Head in Bow Street, between a Landlord, a Gamekeeper, Bologna and Grimaldi | 106
CHAPTER XI.
1805 to 1806.

Stage Affairs and Stage Quarrels—Mr. Graham, the Bow Street Magistrate and Drury Lane Manager—Mr. Peake—Grimaldi is introduced to Mr. Harris by John Kemble—Leaves Drury Lane Theatre and engages at Covent Garden—Mortification of the authorities at "the other house"—He joins Charles Dibdin's Company and visits Dublin—The wet Theatre—Ill success of the speculation, and great success of his own Benefit—Observations on the comparative strength of Whisky Punch and Rum Punch, with interesting experiment
115

CHAPTER XII.

1806 to 1807.

He returns to town, gets frozen to the roof of a coach on the road, and pays his rent twice over when he arrives at home—Mr. Charles Farley—His first appearance at Covent Garden—Valentine and Orson—Production of "Mother Goose," and its immense success—The mysterious adventure of the Six Ladies and the Six Gentlemen
124

CHAPTER XIII.

1807.

The mystery cleared up chiefly through the instrumentality of Mr. Alderman Harmer; and the characters of the Six Ladies and the Six Gentlemen are satisfactorily explained—The Trial of Mackintosh for Burglary—Its result | 133

CHAPTER XIV.

1807 to 1808.

Bradbury, the Clown—His voluntary confinement in a Madhouse, to screen an "Honourable" Thief—His release, strange conduct, subsequent career, and death—Dreadful Accident at Sadler's Wells—The night-drives to Finchley—Trip to Birmingham—Mr. Macready, the Manager and his curious Stage-properties—Sudden recall to Town
148

CHAPTER XV.
1808 to 1809.
Covent Garden Theatre destroyed by fire—Grimaldi makes a trip to Manchester: he meets with an accident there, and another at Liverpool—The Sir Hugh Myddleton Tavern at Sadler's Wells, and a description of some of its frequenters, necessary to a full understanding of the succeeding chapter | 158
CHAPTER XVI.
1809.
Grimaldi's Adventure on Highgate Hill, and its consequences | 165
CHAPTER XVII.
1809 to 1812.
Opening of the new Covent Garden Theatre—The great O. P. Rows—Grimaldi's first appearance as Clown in the public streets—Temporary embarrassments—Great success at Cheltenham and Gloucester—He visits Berkeley Castle, and is introduced to Lord Byron—Fish sauce and Apple Pie | 172
CHAPTER XVIII.
1812 to 1816.

A Clergyman's Dinner-party at Bath—First Appearance of Grimaldi's Son, and Death of his old friend Mr. Hughes—Grimaldi plays at three Theatres on one night, and has his salary stopped for his pains—His severe illness—Second journey to Bath—Davidge, "Billy Coombes" and the Chest—Facetiousness of the aforesaid Billy
183

CHAPTER XIX.
1816 to 1817.
He quits Sadler's Wells in consequence of a disagreement with the Proprietors—Lord Byron—Retirement of John Kemble—Immense success of Grimaldi in the provinces, and his great gains—A scene in a Barber's Shop | 194
CHAPTER XX.
1817.
More provincial success—Bologna and his economy—Comparative dearness of Welsh Rare-bits and Partridges—Remarkably odd modes of saving money | 203
CHAPTER XXI.
1817 to 1818.
Production of "Baron Munchausen"—Anecdote of Ellar the Harlequin, showing how he jumped through the Moon and put his hand out—Grimaldi becomes a Proprietor of Sadler's Wells—Anecdotes of the late Duke of York, Sir Godfrey Webster, a Gold Snuff-box, his late Majesty, Newcastle Salmon, and a Coal Mine | 209
CHAPTER XXII.
1818 to 1823.

Profit and Loss—Appearance of his Son at Covent Garden—His last engagement at Sadler's Wells—Accommodation of the Giants in the Dublin Pavilion—Alarming state of his health—His engagement at the Coburg—The liberality of Mr. Harris—Rapid decay of Grimaldi's constitution, his great sufferings, and last performance at Covent Garden—He visits Cheltenham and Birmingham with great success—Colonel Berkeley, Mr. Charles Kemble, and Mr. Bunn
218

CHAPTER XXIII.

1823 to 1827.

Grimaldi's great afflictions augmented by the dissipation and recklessness of his Son—Compelled to retire from Covent Garden Theatre, where he is succeeded by him—New Speculation at Sadler's Wells—Changes in the system of Management, and their results—Sir James Scarlett and a blushing Witness | 229

CHAPTER XXIV.

1828.

Great kindness of Miss Kelly towards Grimaldi—His farewell benefit at Sadler's Wells; last appearance, and farewell address—He makes preparations for one more appearance at Covent Garden, but, in a conversation with Mr. Charles Kemble, meets with a disappointment—In consequence of Lord Segrave's benevolent interference, a benefit is arranged for him at Drury Lane—His last interview with Mr. Charles Kemble and Fawcett
236

CHAPTER XXV.
1828 to 1836.
The farewell benefit at Drury Lane—Grimaldi's last appearance and parting address—The Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, and its prompt reply to his communication—Miserable career and death of his Son—His Wife dies, and he returns from Woolwich (whither he had previously removed) to London—His retirement | 183
Concluding Chapter | 253

MR. PUNCH.

With Twenty-Three Illustrations

From Originals By George Cruikshank.

LIST OF ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINALS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

Portrait of Mr. Punch | Frontispiece.
Behind the Scenes | 10
Punch and his Dog Toby | 26
Punch with his Horse Hector | 27
Judy Beats Punch | 32
The Doctor Physics Mr. Punch | 34
Scaramouch and his Fiddle | 49
Punch and his Pretty Polly | 50
Punch and his Music | 52
Punch teaches Jack Ketch how to hang a man | 57
Punch fights Old Nick | 60
Punch Victorious | 61

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS NOT BY MR. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

The Performance of the Tragedy | Title.
The new Water Scene, and the Sinking Ship | 17
Side view of a large Punch and Judy Theatre | 17
The Spirit of Fun gives the Baby back to Judy | 29
Mrs. Barrisnobe and the Dutchman | 38
The Dutchman and Mary struggle for the bed | 47
The Dutchman sees a Ship | 63
Trial Scene by the Black Judge | 65
The Snake swallows Mr. Punch | 69
The Ventriloquial Champions | 72
The Royal Marionettes | 79

PUCK ON PEGASUS

By H. Cholmondeley Pennell

Illustrated By Leech, Phiz, Portch, and Tenniel

With a Frontispiece By George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

PUCK ON PEGASUS.

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.

THE NIGHT MAIL NORTH

SONG OF IN-THE-WATER.

THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE PETITION

'THE POET CLOSE.'

THE DU CHILLU CONTROVERSY

ADVERTISEMENT

OUR SWEET RECRUITING SERGEANTS.

SONNET

DERBY DAY

AH, WHO?

"DAILY TRIALS."

HOW WE GOT TO THE BRIGHTON REBLEW

SCHOOL "FEEDS."

LORD HOLLYGREENS COURTSHIP

LAY OF THE DESERTED INFLUENZED

I'VE LOST MY ————

THE VIII CRUSADE.

IN MEDIÆVOS.

FIRE!

COUNT CABOUR.

THE WELL OF TRUTH

PERILS OF THE FINE ARTS.

CHARGE OF THE LIGHT (IRISH) BRIGADE

WUS, EVER WUS

TOO BAD, YOU KNOW.

"THE DAYS THE THING."

GHOSTRIES.

"MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE."

ODE TO HAMPSTEAD.

OUR TRAVELLER.

CHINESE PUZZLES.

ETCETERA.

WHAT THE PRINCE OF I DREAMT.

CASE IN LUNACY.

A GIGGLE FOR "EXCELSIER"

THE THREAD OF LIFE.

THE TOWER OF LONDON

A Historical Romance

By William Harrison Ainsworth

Illustrated By George Cruikshank

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

BOOK ONE

I.—OF THE MANNER IN WHICH QUEEN JANE ENTERED THE TOWER OF LONDON.

II.-OF THE INDIGNITY SHOWN TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL BY THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND; AND OF THE RESOLUTION TAKEN BY SIMON RENARD TO AVENGE THEM.

III.-OF THE THREE GIANTS OF THE TOWER, OG, GOG, AND MAGOG; OF XIT, THE DWARF; OF THE FAIR CICELY; OF PETER TRUSBUT, THE PANTLER, AND POTENTIA HIS WIFE; OF HAIRUN THE REARWARD, RIBALD THE WARDER, MAUGER THE HEADSMAN, AND

IV.—OF THE MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENED TO QUEEN JANE IN SAINT JOHN’S CHAPEL IN THE WHITE TOWER.

V.—OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING THAT AROSE BETWEEN QUEEN JANE AND HER HUSBAND, LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY.

VI.—OF THE SOLEMN EXHORTATION PRONOUNCED TO THE GIANTS BY MASTER EDWARD UNDERHILL, THE “HOT-GOSPELLER,” AT THEIR LODGING IN THE BY-WARD TOWER; AND OF THE EFFECT PRODUCED THEREBY.

VII.—HOW CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY WAS THROWN INTO A DUNGEON NEAR THE DEVILIN TOWER; AND HOW A MYSTERIOUS FEMALE FIGURE APPEARED TO HIM THERE.

VIII.—HOW GILBERT ESCAPED FROM THE BY-WARD TOWER, AND SWAM ACROSS THE MOAT; HOW OG HUNG XIT UPON A HOOK; AND HOW LAWRENCE NIGHTGALL BROUGHT THE TOKEN TO CICELY.

IX.—OF THE MYSTERIOUS MANNER IN WHICH GUNNORA BRAOSE WAS BROUGHT TO THE TOWER.

X.—HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND MENACED SIMON RENARD IN SAINT PETER’S CHAPEL ON THE TOWER-GREEN; AND HOW QUEEN JANE INTERPOSED BETWEEN THEM.

XI.—HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS PREVAILED UPON TO UNDERTAKE THE ENTERPRISE AGAINST THE LADY MARY.

XII.—HOW MAGOG BECAME ENAMOURED OF A BUXOM WIDOW, YCLEPED DAME PLACIDA PASTON; HOW HE WENT A WOOING; AND HOW HE PROSPERED IN HIS SUIT.

XIII.—OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY ON THE JAILOR.

XIV.—HOW SIMON RENARD AND THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL WERE ARRESTED BY LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY.

XV.—HOW GUNNORA BRAOSE SOUGHT AN AUDIENCE OF QUEEN JANE.

XVI.—HOW THE COUNCIL DEPOSED QUEEN JANE; AND HOW SHE FLED FROM THE TOWER.

XVII.-IN WHAT MANNER JANE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE TOWER OF LONDON.

BOOK THE SECOND

I.—OF THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN MARY IN LONDON; OF HER ENTRANCE INTO THE TOWER; AND OF HER RECEPTION OF THE PRISONERS ON THE GREEN.

II.—HOW JANE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE BRICK TOWER.

III.-HOW SIMON RENARD ASCENDED TO THE ROOF OF THE WHITE TOWER; AND OF THE GOODLY PROSPECT HE BEHELD THEREFROM.

IV.—OF THE TOWER OF LONDON; ITS ANTIQUITY AND FOUNDATION; ITS MAGNITUDE AND EXTENT; ITS KEEP, PALACE, GARDENS, FORTIFICATIONS, DUNGEONS, AND CHAPELS; ITS WALLS, BULWARKS, AND MOAT; ITS ROYAL INMATES; ITS CONSTABLES,

V.—HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS ARRAIGNED OF HIGH TREASON IN WESTMINSTER HALL; AND HOW HE MADE FOUR REQUESTS AFTER THE JUDGMENT.

VI.—BY WHAT MEANS THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH OF ROME.

VII.-HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS BEHEADED ON TOWER HILL.

VIII.—OF QUEEN MARY’S ATTACHMENT TO COURTENAY.

IX.—OF THE DUEL BETWEEN COURTENAY AND SIMON RENARD; AND HOW IT WAS INTERRUPTED.

X.—OF THE CONFERENCE HELD BETWEEN BISHOP GARDINER AND LADY JANE GREY IN THE BEAUCHAMP TOWER.

XI.—HOW CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY REVISITED THE STONE KITCHEN; AND HOW HE WENT IN SEARCH OF CICELY.

XII.—-HOW EDWARD UNDERHILL, THE “HOT-GOSPELLER,” ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE QUEEN MARY; AND HOW SHE WAS PRESERVED BY SIR HENRY BEDINGFELD.

XIII.—HOW MAGOG NEARLY LOST HIS SUPPER; HOW HIS BEARD WAS BURNT; HOW XIT WAS PLACED IN A BASKET; AND HOW HE WAS KICKED UPON THE RAMPARTS.

XIV.—OF THE MASQUE GIVEN BY COURTENAY IN HONOUR OF QUEEN MARY; AND HOW XIT WAS SWALLOWED BY A SEA-MONSTER.

XV.—BY WHOSE INSTRUMENTALITY QUEEN MARY BECAME CONVINCED OF COURTENAY’S INCONSTANCY; AND HOW SHE AFFIANCED HERSELF TO PHILIP OF SPAIN.

XVI.—WHAT BEFEL CICELY IN THE SALT TOWER.

XVII.—OF THE CONSPIRACY FORMED BY DE NOAILLES; AND HOW XIT DELIVERED A LETTER TO ELIZABETH, AND VISITED COURTENAY IN THE LIEUTENANT’S LODGINGS.

XVIII.—HOW COURTENAY ESCAPED FROM THE TOWER.

XIX.—HOW QUEEN MARY VISITED THE LIONS’ TOWER; HOW MAGOG GAVE HIS DAME A LESSON; AND HOW XIT CONQUERED A MONKEY, AND WAS WORSTED BY A BEAR.

XX.—HOW EDWARD UNDERHILL WAS BURNT ON TOWER GREEN.

XXI.—HOW LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY AND LADY JANE WERE ARRAIGNED AND ATTAINTED OF HIGH TREASON; AND HOW THEY WERE PARDONED BY QUEEN MARY.

XXII.—OF JANE’S RETURN TO SION HOUSE; AND OF HER ENDEAVOURS TO DISSUADE HER HUSBAND FROM JOINING THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST QUEEN MARY.

XXIII.—HOW XIT WAS IMPRISONED IN THE CONSTABLE TOWER; AND HOW HE WAS WEDDED TO THE “SCAVENGER’S DAUGHTER.”

XXIV.—HOW XIT ESCAPED FROM THE CONSTABLE TOWER; AND HOW HE FOUND CICELY.

XXV.—OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL AMBASSADORS; AND OF THE SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE-TREATY BETWEEN MARY AND PHILIP OF SPAIN.

XXVI.—BY WHAT MEANS GARDINER EXTRACTED THE SECRET OF THE CONSPIRACY FROM COURTENAY; AND OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISCLOSURE.

XXVII.—OF THE INSURRECTION OF SIR THOMAS WYAT.

XXVIII.—OF THE QUEEN’S SPEECH IN THE COUNCIL-CHAMBER; AND OF HER INTERVIEW WITH SIR THOMAS WYAT.

XXIX.—THE SIEGE OF THE TOWER.

XXX.—HOW QUEEN MARY COMPORTED HERSELF DURING THE SIEGE; HOW LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY WAS CAPTURED; AND HOW SIR THOMAS WYAT AND THE DUKE OF SUFFOLK WERE ROUTED.

XXXI.—HOW JANE SURRENDERED HERSELF A PRISONER; AND HOW SHE BESOUGHT QUEEN MARY TO SPARE HER HUSBAND.

XXXII.—HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAS BROUGHT A PRISONER TO THE TOWER.

XXXIII.—HOW NIGHTGALL WAS BRIBED BY DE NOAILLES TO ASSASSINATE SIMON RENARD; AND HOW JANE’S DEATH-WARRANT WAS SIGNED.

XXXIV.—HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAS CONFRONTED WITH SIR THOMAS WYAT IN THE TORTURE-CHAMBER.

XXXV.—-HOW XIT DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF HIS BIRTH; AND HOW HE WAS KNIGHTED UNDER THE TITLE OF SIR NARCISSUS LE GRAND.

XXXVI.—HOW CHOLMONDELEY LEARNT THE HISTORY OF CICELY; HOW NIGHTGALL ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE RENARD; AND OF THE TERRIBLE FATE THAT BEFEL HIM.

XXXVII.—-HOW JANE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE MARTIN TOWER; HOW SHE WAS VISITED BY ROGER ASCHAM; HOW SHE RECEIVED FECKENHAM’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE TIME OF HER EXECUTION WAS FIXED; AND HOW SHE WAS RESPITED FOR THREE DAYS.

XXXVIII.—HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND COURTENAY WERE DELIVERED OUT OF THE TOWER TO FURTHER DURANCE; AND HOW QUEEN MARY WAS WEDDED, BY PROXY, TO PHILIP OF SPAIN.

XXXIX.—OF THE WEDDING OF SIR NARCISSUS LE GRAND WITH JANE THE FOOL, AND WHAT HAPPENED AT IT; AND OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY HIM, ON THE OCCASION, TO HIS OLD FRIENDS AT THE STONE KITCHEN.

XL.—OF THE VISION SEEN BY MAUGER AND SORROCOLD ON THE TOWER GREEN.

XLI.—OF THE UNION OF CHOLMONDELEY WITH ANGELA.

XLII.—THE EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY.

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