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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Cruikshank Author: Cruikshank, George Language: English As this book started as an ASCII text book there are no pictures available. *** Start of this LibraryBlog Digital Book "Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Cruikshank" *** WORKS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK CONTENTS ## 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 CONTENTS p011 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 19 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 p012 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 p013 114 115 116 117 118 109 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 p014 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 209 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 p015 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 309 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 p016 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 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 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. THE COMIC ALMANACK An Ephemeris In Jest And Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, And Oddities. By Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, The Brothers Mayhew. First Series, 1835-1843. CONTENTS NOTICE PRELIMINARY THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1835. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1836. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1837. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1838. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1839. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1840. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1841. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1842. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1843. THE COMIC ALMANACK 2nd Series, 1844-1853. With Many Hundred Illustrations By George Cruikshank And Other Artists CONTENTS THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1844. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1845. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1846. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1847. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1848. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1849. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1850. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1851. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1852. THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1853. *** End of this LibraryBlog Digital Book "Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George Cruikshank" *** Copyright 2023 LibraryBlog. All rights reserved.