John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Vol. 1 (of 3) From the Collection of "Mr. Punch"

Part I

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

[Illustration: ENTER MR. BOTTLES, THE BUTLER.

Master Fred. "THERE! THAT'S CAPITAL! STAND STILL, BOTTLES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THE CHINESE DO THE KNIFE TRICK AT THE PLAY."

[BOTTLES is much interested.]

[Illustration: DISCERNMENT.

Clever Child. "OH! DO LOOK HERE, MAMMA DEAR, SUCH A FUNNY THING! MR. BOKER'S GOT ANOTHER FOREHEAD AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD."

[BOKER is delighted.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

[Illustration: DELICACY OF THE SEASON.

Testy Old Uncle (unable to control his passion). "REALLY, SIR, THIS IS QUITE INTOLERABLE! YOU MUST INTEND TO INSULT ME. FOR THE LAST FOURTEEN DAYS, WHEREVER I HAVE DINED, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT SADDLE OF MUTTON AND BOILED TURKEY--BOILED TURKEY AND SADDLE OF MUTTON. I'LL ENDURE IT NO LONGER."

[Exit Old Gent., who alters his Will.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES Of HORSEKEEPING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

[Illustration: MR. VERDANT'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT BOOK-MAKING.

Verdant's Friend. "WELL--AS NEAR AS I CAN MAKE IT OUT--YOU MUST LOSE £150, AND MAY LOSE £300."

[VERDANT subsides into his Book.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

[Illustration: THE RISING GENERATION.

Juvenile Oxford Man (who does not think Vin Ordinaire of himself). "A--WERE YOU AT EITHER UNIVERSITY?"

Awful Swell. "YA-AS--WHEN I WAS A--BOY!"

[OXFORD MAN departs in a Hansom.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

MORE FREE THAN WELCOME.

[Illustration: Scene--The Kitchen.

Cook. "WHO WAS THAT AT THE DOOR, MARY?"

Mary. "OH! SUCH A NICE-SPOKEN GENTLEMAN WITH MOUSTARCHERS. HE'S A WRITIN' A LETTER IN THE DRAWING-ROOM. HE SAYS HE'S A OLD SCHOOL-FELLER OF MASTER'S, JUST COME FROM INGIA."

[Illustration: WALTONIANS.

Scene.--Room in Country House.--Breakfast-Table.

Master Tom. "OH, ROBERT!"

Robert. "YES, SIR!"

Master Tom. "OH, I SAY, ROBERT! THE LADIES WANT ME TO TAKE 'EM OUT FISHING TO-DAY. SO JUST TELL YOUNG EVANS I SHALL WANT HIM TO GO WITH ME TO GET SOME WASP GRUBS; AND--LOOK HERE! TELL THE GARDENER HE MUST GET ME SOME LARGE LOBWORMS DIRECTLY, AND A FEW SMALL FROGS, AS PERHAPS WE SHALL TRY FOR A JACK. AND--HI! ROBERT, TELL HIM TO SEND 'EM IN HERE, THAT I MAY SEE WHETHER THEY'RE THE RIGHT SORT!"

[General Exclamation of "Nasty Monkey!" from the Ladies. Old Gentleman being rather deaf, wishes MASTER TOM'S remarks repeated.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HUNTING.

[Illustration: AN INGENIOUS FELLOW.

"LOOK HERE, MY BOY! THE BOX MAKES A CAPITAL TABLE, AND THE BOOT IS JUST THE THING FOR YOUR LEGS."

[Pocket-book disappears.]

[Illustration: STREET DIALOGUE.

First Boy. "I'LL PUNCH YER ED, IF YER SAY MUCH."

Second Boy. "WHO'LL PUNCH MY ED?"--First Boy. "I WILL."

Second Boy. "YOU WILL?"--First Boy. "YES, I WILL."

Second Boy. "WELL!--DO IT."--First Boy. "AH!"

Second Boy. "YES!"--First Boy. "OH!"

[Boys evaporate.]

[Illustration: MUCH TOO CLEVER.

Sharp (but vulgar Little Boy). "HALLO, MISSUS, WOT ARE THOSE?"

Old Woman. "TWOPENCE."

Boy. "WHAT A LIE! THEY'RE APPLES."

[Exit, whistling popular air.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF FISHING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES Of SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

[Illustration: HOUSEMAIDS REFUSING SERVICE IN BELGRAVIA.

Lady Emily. "NOW DEAR, I WISH YOU WOULD BE QUICK, AND LIGHT THE FIRES, AND HELP ME TO MAKE THE BEDS."

[The Barracks being removed from Knightsbridge. Young Ladies do the Housework.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

[Illustration: A PRODIGIOUS NUISANCE.

Learned (but otherwise highly objectionable) Child (loq.). "OH, MAMMA, DEAR! WHAT DO YOU THINK? I ASKED MR. ---- AND MISS ---- TO NAME SOME OF THE REMARKABLE EVENTS FROM THE YEAR 700 TO THE YEAR 600 B.C., AND THEY COULDN'T. BUT I CAN--AND--THE SECOND MESSINIAN WAR COMMENCED; AND--THE POET TYRTÆUS FLOURISHED; BYZANTIUM WAS FOUNDED BY THE INHABITANTS OF MEGARA; DRACO GAVE LAWS TO ATHENS; TERPANDER OF LESBOS, THE MUSICIAN AND POET; THALES OF MILETUS, THE PHILOSOPHER; ALCÆUS AND SAPPHO, THE POETS, FLOURISHED; AND NEBUCHADNEZ----"

[_Sensation from right and left, during which the voice of Child is happily drowned._ ]

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF SHOOTING.

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING.

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING.

MR. BRIGG'S PLEASURES OF RACING

[Illustration: DOMESTIC BLISS.

Young Mother (joyously). "THE DEAR LITTLE CREATURE IS GETTING ON SO NICELY; ITS BEGINNING QUITE TO TAKE NOTICE."--First Mother of a Family (blandly). "OH! MY DEAR! THAT IS NOT TAKING NOTICE; ITS ONLY THE WIND."--Second Ditto. "YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A LITTLE DILL-WATER, DEAR, YOU WOULD FIND," &c. &c.--Third Ditto. "WELL, IF IT WAS MY CHILD, I SHOULD," &c. &c.--Fourth Ditto. "NOW, WHEN I WAS NURSING MY LITTLE GREGORY, I USED," &c. &c.--Fifth Ditto. "WELL, NOW, I WOULD NOT FOR THE WORLD THAT A BABY OF MINE," &c. &c.--Sixth Ditto. "INDEED, I HAVE KNOWN CHILDREN OBLIGED TO ENDURE THE MOST HORRIBLE AGONY," &c. &c.--Seventh Ditto. "DEPEND UPON IT, LOVE; AND YOU KNOW I HAVE HAD A LARGE FAMILY--AND IF YOU WILL BE ADVISED BY ME," &c. &c.

[Young Mother becomes quite bewildered, and gives herself up to despair.]

[Illustration: A SELL.

Enter SPORTING YOUTH, who has lost the hounds.

Youth. "SEEN THE HOUNDS GO THROUGH HERE, PIKEY?"

Pikey. "E-AS, A HAVE--TUPPENSE!"

A lapse of twenty minutes is supposed to have taken place, when Youth pays the twopence and gallops on.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

[Illustration: MIGHT IS RIGHT.

Van Driver. "I DON'T KNOW NUTHUN ABOUT NO RIGHT SIDES NOR WRONG SIDES. YOU GET OUT OF THE WAY, IF YER DON'T WANT TO BE MADE A WAFER OF!"

[Where are the Police?]

THE BEST PREVENTIVE AGAINST SEA-SICKNESS.

OUT OF TOWN.

[Illustration: AN ANCIENT IMPOSTOR.

Youths. "THEN, I SUPPOSE, WHEN YOU WERE A SMUGGLER, YOU USED TO HAVE REG'LAR COMBATS AND FIGHTS?"

Boatman. "COMBATS AND FIGHTS! LOR LOVE YER, WE WOS A'MOST ALWAYS AT IT. ONCE IN PARTICKLER I CALL TO MIND. I HAD THREE BALLS THROUGH MY HEAD AND TWO IN THE STUMMUCK (WHICH I FEEL 'EM NOW SOMETIMES IN THE WINTER I DO), BESIDES BEIN' RUN THROUGH WITH A CUTLASS, AND ALL MY FRONT TEETH KNOCKED OUT BY THE PERWENTIVE MAN'S TELESCOPE, WICH LUCKILY SHUT UP, OR THERE'S NO KNOWIN' WOT MIGHT 'A BIN THE CONSEQUENCE. AH! THERE WOS GOINGS ON THEN. BUT, LOR, IT AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE IT NOW!"

[Youths are deeply impressed.]

MR. BRIGGS'S PLEASURES OF HORSEKEEPING.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE BROOK-GREEN VOLUNTEER.

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION!

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION!

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION!

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION!

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION!

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

THE LADIES OF CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

THE LADIES OF CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

THE LADIES OF CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

THE LADIES OF THE CREATION--BLOOMERISM.

[Illustration: COOL ASSURANCE.

Undergraduate. "YOU DON'T OBJECT TO SMOKING, I HOPE?"

Old Party (probably a Director). "YES, SIR. I OBJECT VERY MUCH INDEED! IN FACT, I HAVE THE STRONGEST OBJECTION TO SMOKING!!!"

Undergraduate. "HM! HA! SOME PEOPLE HAVE."

[Smokes for the next fifty miles.]

THE PERILS OF A COURT PRESENTATION.

[Illustration: TRUTH IS GREAT.

Unsophisticated Little Girl. "NOW, YOU A'DONE, BILLY. IF YOU AIN'T QUIET DIRECTLY, I'LL GIVE YER TO THIS GREAT, BIG HUGLY MAN!"

[Immense delight of Swell in gorgeous array.]

[Illustration: SERVANTGALISM.--No. V.

Servant Gal (who has quarrelled with her bread-and-butter). "IF YOU PLEASE, MA'AM, I FIND THERE'S COLD MEAT FOR DINNER IN THE KITCHEN, DID YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT IT?"

Lady. "OF COURSE I EXPECT YOU TO EAT IT, AND AN EXCELLENT DINNER, TOO."

Servant. "OH, THEN, IF YOU PLEASE'M, I SHOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS DAY WEEK."

[Exit idiot.]

[Illustration: HOW TO GET A CONNECTION.

Shopman (to Ancient Party). "YES, MISS--THANK YOU, MISS--IS THERE ANY OTHER ARTICLE, MISS?--CAN WE SEND IT FOR YOU, MISS?"

[Old Lady thinks it SUCH a nice shop, and SUCH well-behaved young men.]

[Illustration: TOUCHING SIMPLICITY.

Little Wife (eagerly opening the door for dear Edwin). "OH, SEE, DEAR, WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU--I'M SURE UNCLE HAS GOT YOU AN APPOINTMENT UNDER GOVERNMENT AT LAST--FOR HERE'S A LETTER MARKED IMMEDIATE, AND 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE!'"

[Poor little soul! what does she know about Rates and Taxes?]

[Illustration: QUITE A NOVELTY.

Amiable Experimentalist. "MAKES A DELICIOUS SIDE-DISH, DOESN'T IT? BUT IT IS NOT THE COMMON MUSHROOM; IT'S A LARGE FUNGUS CALLED THE AGARICUS PROCERUS. IT GROWS SOLITARY IN HEDGE-ROWS, IS CALLED COLUBRINUS, FROM THE SNAKE-LIKE MARKINGS ON ITS STEM. THE PILEUS IS COVERED WITH SCALES, WHICH ARE FORMED BY THE BREAKING-UP OF THE MUD-COLOURED EPIDERMIS. AND----

[General panic takes place.]

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

[Illustration: No. XIV.--AN INTERESTING COUPLE.

THEY CAN'T THINK WHERE MAMMA CAN HAVE GOT TO--THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HER EVERYWHERE.

[N.B. The most remote Refreshment-room selected.]

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--1851.

MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION--1851.

[Illustration: PRUDENCE AND IMPRUDENCE.

Old Gentleman. "A VERY NASTY JUMP, THAT! I SHALL GO ROUND BY SHUFFLER'S BOTTOM."

Juvenile. "COME ALONG, OLD MAN! FOLLOW ME, AND I'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE SPORT."

[Exit YOUNG HOPEFUL over the palings.]

[Illustration: FRIENDLY, BUT VERY UNPLEASANT.

Lively Party (charging ELDERLY GENTLEMAN with his umbrella). "HULLO, JONES!"

[Disgust of ELDERLY PARTY, whose name is SMITH.]

[Illustration: A HORRIBLE IDEA.

First Languid Swell. "GOOD GWACIOUS, ALFRED! ARE YOU ILL?"

Second ditto, ditto (gasping). "ILL! AW! YES! NO! I SHALL BE ALL RIGHT DIRECTLY. BUT--I--CONFESS--THE--SIGHT OF THAT FEMALE'S UMBRELLAW--COMPLETELY--FLAWED ME--MY DEAR CHARLES--CONCEIVE BEING OBLIGED TO CARRY--BUT NO, THE THOUGHT IS--TOO HORRIBLE!"

[They shudder, and walk on.]

[Illustration: AN EXCITED NIMROD,

HAVING BEEN THROWN OUT, IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE HAS COME UP WITH SOME OF THE TAIL HOUNDS--"HUIC FOR-R-A-D-E--FOR-R-A-A-D THEN!"

[Great demonstration of disgust on the part of Old Gentleman out shooting.]

[Illustration: "ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE," &c.

Young Lady (whose birthday it is). "OH, YES! I HAVE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF NICE PRESENTS; BUT I WONDER WHO SENT ME THIS BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET?"

Handsome Party (with moustaches, presence of mind, and great expression of eye). "AND CAN'T YOU GUESS?" (Sighs deeply.)

[N.B. Poor BINKS, who was at all the trouble and expense of getting the said bouquet from Covent Garden, is supposed to be watching the effect of his gift with some anxiety.]

[Illustration: JEALOUSY.

Chorus (of Nice Young Ladies). "OH! OF ALL AND OF ALL I NEVER! ISN'T IT THE DARLINGIST, SWEETEST, PRETTIEST, LITTLE DEAR DARLING DARLING! OH! DID YOU EVER!!"

Solo (by horrid plain-spoken Boy). "H'M! I THINK IT'S A NASTY, UGLY LITTLE BEAST, FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE A CAT OR A MONKEY."

[Sensation.]

[Illustration: BACHELOR HOUSEKEEPING.

Mr. Brown. "PRAY, JANE, WHAT ON EARTH IS THE REASON I AM KEPT WAITING FOR MY BREAKFAST IN THIS WAY?"

Jane. "PLEASE, SIR, THE ROLLS ISN'T COME, AND THERE'S NO BREAD IN THE HOUSE!"

Mr. Brown. "NOW, UPON MY WORD! HOW CAN YOU ANNOY ME WITH SUCH TRIFLES? NO BREAD, THEN BRING ME SOME TOAST."

[Exit JANE in dismay.]

[Illustration: EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.

(AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF COAXING AND PERSUASION, MASTER TOM IS PREVAILED UPON TO PAY HIS QUARTERLY VISIT TO THE DENTIST. INCONSIDERATE AND VULGAR STREET BOYS UNFORTUNATELY PASS AT THE MOMENT HIS OBJECTIONS ARE OVERCOME).

First Inconsiderate Street Boy. "OH CRIKEY! IF HERE AIN'T A CHAP GOIN' TO HAVE A GRINDER OUT. MY EYE, WHAT FANGS!"

Second Inconsiderate Do. Do. "OH, I WOULDN'T BE 'IM. WON'T THERE BE A SCR-E-W-A-U-N-CH NEETHER!"

[And of course MASTER TOM relapses into his previous very obstinate state.]

THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.

THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.

THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.

[Illustration: No. IX.--THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

Leader. "HOORAY! VEEVE LER LIBERTY!! HARM YOURSELVES!!! TO THE PALIS!! DOWN WITH HEAVERYTHINK!!!!"

Leader. "OH, SIR--PLEASE SIR--IT AIN'T ME, SIR--I'M FOR 'GOD SAVE THE QUEEN' AND 'RULE BRITANNIER.' BOO-HOO--OH DEAR! OH DEAR!!"

[Bursts into tears.]

[Illustration: THE GREAT LINEN-DRAPERY NUISANCE.

First Linen-draper. "WHAT'S THE NEXT ARTICLE, SIR?"--Victim. "NOTHING MORE, THANK YOU."--Second Linen-draper. "WE'VE SOME SWEET THINGS IN SHAWLS, SIR--QUITE NEW."--Third Linen-draper. "ALLOW ME, SIR, TO TEMPT YOU WITH ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL HANDKERCHIEFS."--Fourth Linen-draper. "THESE DRESSES, SIR." &c.--Fifth Linen-draper. "HERE ARE LADIES' APRONS, SIR, MOST BEAUTIFULLY WORKED, QUITE ELEGANT, VERY TASTY, AND FASHIONABLE," &c.

[VICTIM resolves never to enter the shop again.]

[Illustration: AMUSEMENT FOR A RAINY DAY.

Clara. "I SAY, GUS--COME HERE! STAND STILL AND OPEN YOUR MOUTH, AND WE'LL DROP CHOCOLATE INTO IT. WE'VE NOTHING TO DO!"

GUS. "ALL RIGHT, GIRLS! FIRE AWAY!"

[After an hour of this interesting occupation, Gus retires slightly uncomfortable.]

INDEX.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEECH, Frontispiece. YEAR PAGE

ADVANTAGES of the new Postal arrangements 1845 272

Advice Gratis 1852 62

Affair of Importance, An 1852 12

After the Pantomime 1853 70

Aged Juvenile, An 1846 223

Aggravating--Rather 1850 151

Agony Column 1849 262

Agricultural Distress 1851 129

Agricultural Distress Dodge, The 1851 185

Alarming 1850 50

Alarming 1852 78

Alarming Effect produced by imprudently trying the Hat and Table-moving Experiment 1853 164

Alarming Intelligence 1852 30

Alarming Message, An 1842 222

Alarming Occurrence 1850 11

Alarming Symptoms 1846 10

Alderman's Advice to his Son, The 1851 37

All is fair in Love, &c 1855 255

All is Vanity 1852 176

Ambitious Youth, An 1848 273

Amusement for a Rainy Day 1863 280

An Exclusive 1852 112

An Impossibility 1846 263

Analogy 1850 113

Ancient Impostor, An 1852 170

Ancient Mariner, An 1852 277

And here are the Girls in the Round Hats 1855 169

Anglers hear Strange Things 1845 36

Angling in the Serpentine 1851 102

Another Bit from the Mining Districts 1854 121

Another Bit of Serious Pantomime 1852 168

Another Innocent and Amusing, &c 1848 48

Anxious Moment, An 1853 204

Appearances are Deceptive 1850 274

Appropriate 1855 251

Aquatics 1855 169, 216, 226

Arithmetic at the University 1851 134

Artful Excuse, An 1847 94

Ascot, At 1852 218

Association for the Advancement of Science on an Excursion, An 1846 279

Awful Appearance of a "Wopps" 1849 213

Awful Instance of Perception, &c. 1849 55

Awful Occurrence at an Evening Party 1851 38

Awful Position during a Storm 1846 77

Awful Scene on the Chain Pier, Brighton 1846 50

Awkward 1855 49

Awkward Consequence of removing the Soldiers from Knightsbridge 1851 257

BACHELOR Housekeeping 1852 263

Back View, A 1854 211

Ballooning 1850 266

Bands of Hope, The 1852 56

Barrack Life 1851 58

Bath at Boulogne, A 1853 165

Battle of the Pianos, The 1855 250

Battledore and Shuttlecock 1854 220

Beard and Moustache Movement, The 1853 140

Beard Movement, The 1854 49

Beginning Fires for the Winter--something wrong with the Chimney 1846 279

Best of Both Worlds 1848 84

Best Preventive against Sea-sickness: I., II., III. 1855 163

Betting Fever, The 1852 265

Birthday, The 1853 88

Bit from the Mining Districts 1854 121

Bit of his Mind, A 1853 222

Bit of Serious Pantomime, A 1855 168

Bitter Sarcasm 1850 27

Bless the Boy! 1850 15

Boat for an Hour, A 1846 151

"Bolted!" 1852 265

Bon-bon from a Juvenile Party, A 1851 17, 90

Bottom-Fishing 1855 118

Bribery is detestable, but Politeness costs Nothing 1847 183

Brilliant Idea, A 1854 259

British Ruffian, A 1852 132

Briton Abroad, The 1853 124

Brook Green Volunteer, The 1846 155, 157, 159, 173, 174, 175, 177

Brutal Fellow, A 1853 46

By the "Sad Sea Waves" 1854 268

CANDID 1848 127

Capital Offer, A 1854 208

Caught 1847 98

Cause for Reproof, A 1847 257

Caution to a Little Boy at a Festive Season, A 1853 119

Changing the Subject 1848 122

Châtelaine, The 1849 64

Cheap Day's Hunting, A 1849 184-5

Church and State 1851 57

Close of the Season--The London Footman exhausted 1846 279

Cold Comfort 1849 139

Coming to the Point 1848 19

Coming Home 1853 86

Comparative Love 1851 174

Complimentary 1850 65

Complimentary 1855 261

Compliments 1854 246

Confound the Shops 1852 54

Conscientious Stable Keeper, The 1853 68

Consols at 90, Consols at 80 1848 167

Consolation 1845 118

Constitutional Walk, The 1853 258

Cool Assurance 1854 205

Correct Mode of Riding in Rotten Row 1851 7

Country Ball, A 1851 128

Country Races 1854 243

Court Dress, A 1848 5

Cruel 1851 6

Cruel 1853 110

Curious Mode of Conducting a Retail Establishment 1855 225

Curious Person, A 1852 278

Cut Him down Behind 1852 53

DAY'S Pleasure, A 1851 276

Dear Delights of Britain's Summer Fields, The 1852 173

"De Gustibus," &c., &c. 1846 16

De Gustibus 1851 127

Delicate 1852 54

Delicacy of the Season 1852 56

Delicious Morsel, A 1846 25

Delicious Sail off Dover, A 1854 87

Delights of Travel 1846 162

Delightful Outdoor Exercise 1854 267

Delusion, A 1855 207

Derby Epidemic 1846 14

Did you Ever? 1851 4

Difference of View 1847 176

Different Opinions 1851 69

Different People have Different Opinions 1852 26

Discernment 1853 48

Distraction 1847 86

Distressing Result of Emigration 1851 146

Distwessing--Vewy 1853 66

Division of Labour 1853 89

Docile Husband, The 1847 258

Dog Days 1853 77

Doing a Little Bill 1846 20

Doing it Thoroughly 1855 153

Domestic Bliss 1847 36, 147

Domestic Bliss 1848 24

Domestic Event in the Zoological Gardens 1850 166-7

Domestic Sanitary Regulations 1850 125

Doubtful 1850 257

Drawing-room Entertainment, A 1853 219

Dreadful Crisis 1848 105

Dreadful Destitution 1848 209

Dreadful Shock to the Nerves, A 1846 52

Dumb Waiter, A 1849 33

During the Frost a certain Foxhunter increases in weight, and gets too big for his clothes 1854 138

EARLY Education 1852 183

Easily Pleased 1852 56

Easily Satisfied 1852 52

Easy Shaving 1852 134

Easy Forecast, An 1853 244

Educational Movement 1848 253

Effects of Salt Water, as observed at the Regatta Ball 1852 227

Elegant and Rational Costume for Close Weather 1850 135

Elegant Habit 1853 112

Encouraging 1852 4

End of a Five Minutes' Burst, The 1847 178

Energetic 1850 99

Enter Mr. Bottles the Butler 1854 47

Enthusiastic Fisherman, An 1849 127

Evening Parties 1849 25

Evil Communications 1854 267

Every Little Helps 1850 108

Excellent Wine, An 1846 35

Excessively Polite 1851 68

Excited Nimrod, An 1853 254

Experienced Veteran, An 1854 259

Extreme Delicacy 1848 260

Extremes Meet 1845 214

Eye to Business, An 1845 75

FACT, A 1854 128

False Position, A 1853 85

Familiarity 1846 251

Fancy Dress Ball 1846 62

Fancy Portrait 1852 11

Fashionable Intelligence 1845 6

Fashionable Intelligence 1845 151

Fashions, The 1850 24

Fashions for Fast Men 1847 205

Fashions in Pins, A 1845 32

Faulty Mirror, A 1850 116

Filling up the Census Paper 1851 131

Fine Business, indeed, the Wretch! 1855 247

Fine Disposition, A 1848 63

Fish Dinner, The 1846 14

Fishing off a Watering Place 1852 83

Fishing off Brighton 1846 151

Fishing with Flies 1851 141

Flowers of the French Army 1851 76

Fly-Fishing 1853 156, 254

Folkestone, Arrival of the Boat 1852 203

Foolish and a Betting Man, A 1852 263

Foreigner of Distinction 1852 70

Fox steals away from Cover 1851 106

Fragment, A 1847 84

Fresh Morning 1854 247

Friendly but very Unpleasant 1855 244

Frightful! 1855 206

Frightful upset of Dignity 1852 148

From a Beautiful Miniature 1843 34

From the Mining Districts 1855 241

GALLANTRY 1851 32

Gammon 1847 266

Garret and the Conservatory, The 1852 124

Gay Young Fellow, A 1851 16

Genteel Practice 1846 26

Gentle Craft, The 1853 104

Glorious News 1846 74

Going out Arresting 1846 244

Going out to an "At Home" 1852 130

Going to Cover 1852 72

Gold Fish at Hampton Court, The 1846 65

Good Little Boy, The 1850 26

Good Reasons 1852 224

Good-sized Float, A 1852 277

Gorgeous Spectacle 1854 248

Grandmamma is supposed, &c 1851 115

Grand Show of Prize Vegetarians 1852 117

Great Bargain, A 1854 171

Great Chartist Demonstration, The 1848 269, 270, 271, 272

Great Exhibition, Memorials of the 1851 228-240

Great Linen-drapery Nuisance, The 1847 273

Great Loss, A 1852 52

Great Mental Effort, A 1853 85

Great Misfortune, A 1847 245

Great Want of Veneration 1844 22

Greenwich Dinner, The 1853 9

Greenwich Fair, At 1846 182

Gross Insult 1852 126

Gross Offence, A 1848 97

Groundless Alarm 1850 156

Grouse Shooting late in the Season--Jolly, Very 1854 179

HACK for the Day, A 1853 8

Hall along of them Betting Offices 1852 46

Hansom Offer, A 1852 252

Hard Rider, A 1854 89

Hat Moving Experiment, The 1853 172

Heart-Breaking 1854 215

Heavy Blow, A 1852 136

Heroism 1855 272

Highland Game in a London Street, A 1849 14

Highly Interesting 1852 76

Home for the Holidays 1848 22

Honeymoon, The 1850 79

Hooking and Eyeing 1851 16

Horrible Business, A 1851 142

Horrible Idea, A 1855 247

Horrible Incident in Real Life 1852 116

Housemaids Refusing Service 1852 114

How do you like it? 1850 135

How Kind 1854 203

How to Dress a Lobster 1851 62

How to Escape from a Scolding Wife 1847 221

How to get a Connection 1854 222

How to Get Rid of a Gratis Patient 1846 14

How to Flatter a Gent 1854 253

How to make a Châtelaine, &c 1849 90

How to make Culprits Comfortable 1849 137

How No 4 Enjoyed Himself, and How No 8 Suffered in Consequence 1850 142

How to Suit the Taste 1846 12

How to Take Care of the Children 1852 177

Humorous Customer, A 1853 181

Hunting Memorandum 1853 100

IMPENDING Disaster, An 1847 82

Improvement in Irish Affairs 1854 217

Impudence 1848 248

Impudent Minx, An 1852 64

In a very Bad Way 1853 205

In Camp, Hospitality 1853 85

In for It 1844 7

Indiscretion 1855 224

Influenza, The 1847 262

Information 1846 126

Ingenious Fellow, An 1851 95

Ingenious Idea 1853 67

Innocence 1847 24

Innocent and Amusing Little Trick 1848 48

Inquiring Mind, An 1847 261

Insulting a Scotchman 1854 264

Interesting 1852 148

Interesting Scene During the Canvas 1852 20

Interesting Story, The 1850 31

Irish Hotel, An 1846 217

Is it So? 1849 150

JACK Tar, A 1850 37

Jealousy 1850 16

Jealousy 1854 259

John Thomas Misplaced 1848 114

Jolly Dog, A 1850 64

Joys of Ocean, The 1848 6

Judicious 1856 223

Just Like Him 1851 154

Just the Man 1852 30

KNOWLEDGE is Power 1853 90

LADIES of the Creation 1851 186 -199

La Mode 1852 32

Late Arrival, A 1851 3

Large Bump of Caution, A 1855 215

Laying the Dust 1850 66

Left-handed Compliment, A 1853 45

Literal 1854 46

Literary Chit-chat 1842 273

Little Bit of Humbug, A 1851 57

Little Surprise, A 1847 19

Little Women 1849 96

London Gent Abroad, A 1851 12

Long Vacation 1847 161

Long Vacation in Arcadia, The 1844 148

Look before you Leap 1848 202

Lost One, The 1849 34

Love on the Ocean 1845 73

Lucid Explanation, A 1849 262

Lumping Penn'orth, A 1845 50

MAKING the Best of it 1845 115

Making the Best of it 1856 218

Making the Most of it 1845 12

Mal Apropos 1849 28

Man about Town, A 1846 60

Man in Brass lamenting the Decline of the Lord Mayor's Show, The 1850 264

Man of Feeling, A 1848 84

Man of Opinion, A 1852 258

Manly Sorrow 1850 182

Manners make the Man 1852 100

March of Luxury 1846 245

Master of the Situation 1848 158

Maternal Solicitude 1849 10

May Day 1852 183

May Difference of Opinion, &c. 1846 38

Meeting him Halfway 1848 123

Melancholy Reverse of Fortune 1846 127

Melancholy Scene at the Opera on a crowded Night 1847 182

Men of Business 1849 36

Men of Experience 1846 108

Men of the World 1852 123

Mermaids at Play 1848 18

Michaelmas Day. The cheap Tailor 1847 278

Might is Right 1853 160

Might versus Right 1846 251

Misplaced Confidence 1849 207

Mistaken Impression, A 1855 223

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Housekeeping 1849 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Horsekeeping 1849-50 35, 37, 39, 40, 53, 55, 57, 59, 171

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Hunting 1849-51 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 93, 95

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Fishing 1850-51 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Shooting 1850 51, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 139, 141

Mr. Briggs's Pleasures of Racing 1851 143, 144, 145

Misunderstanding 1853 264

More Free than Welcome 1849 82

Morning after The Derby, The 1853 60

Most Alarming Swelling, A 1850 126

Most Distressing 1855 253

Moustache Movement 1854 210, 220, 274

Mr. 'Arry Belville on the Continent Generally 1853 201

Mr. Punch's Fancy Ball 1847 41-44

Mr. Verdant's First Attempt at Book-making 1853 60

Much too Clever 1850 100

Much too Considerate 1850 32

Murder will out 1852 20

"Music hath Charms," &c. 1854 278

Mysterious Visitor, A 1854 162

NATIVE Politeness 1855 248

Never Satisfied 1848 39

New Act, The 1853 47

New Arrival, The 1849 227

New Bonnet, The 1853 85

New Cricketing Dresses to Protect all England against the present swift bowling 1854 168

New Groom, The 1851 170

New Hunter, The 1848 70

New Purchase, The 1855 152

Nice Game at Billiards, A 1853 91

Nice Team, A 1852 259

No Doubt 1849 67

No News is Good News 1850 93

No Place like Home 1853 104

North East Wind 1851 58

Not a difficult Thing to Foretell 1851 75

Not the First Time 1855 275

Not to be played with 1848 58

Not very likely 1850 108

Not what he wanted 1851 153

Not yet 1851 76

Nothing like knowing the Country 1854 204

Nothing like Prudence 1849 114

Nothing like System 1847 214

Nothing like Warm Bathing 1846 28

OCEAN Swell, An 1848 111

Of Course 1851 46

Off the Foreland 1846 227

Oh! 1854 212

Oh, the Curtains! 1853 86

Old Gentleman is in a hurry to get to the Station 1853 141

Omnibus Incident, An 1846 112

One of the Effects of the Blackguard Betting Offices 1852 265

Only a Penny! 1851 158

On the Moors 1854 202

Ornament to Society, An 1852 160

Opera, The 1846 181

Opera, The 1851 132

Our Boys 1853 210

Our English Climate 1847 143

Our Foreign Visitors 1851 131

Our Friend Belville airs his French at Boulogne 1854 201

Our Lazy Contributor 1846 276

Our National Defences 1848 26

Our "Used-up" Man takes a Walk with his Cousins 1850 213

Our Young People 1847 96

Out of Town 1849 165

Overtaken by the Tide, Margate 1848 226

Oxford Costume 1853 275

Oysters in June--Delicious! 1852 136

PATERFAMILIAS makes himself independent of Hotels 1854 123

Peppering a Gent 1849 266

Perfect Sincerity; or, Thinkings Aloud 1849 180, 181, 262

Perils of a Court Presentation, The 1855 206

Personal Opinion, A 1846 96

Philosopher, A 1852 10

Pic-nic, The 1851 106

Picture, A 1853 51

Pike is a voracious Fish, The 1852 90

Pity is Akin to Love 1846 112

Pity the Sorrows of the Poor Police 1852 13

Plain Speaking 1848 61

Playful Creature, A 1853 59

Pleasing Delusion, A 1846 220

Pleasant 1852 92, 120

Pleasant 1855 264

Pleasant State of Things, A 1846 40

Pleasant Street Game 1850 20

Pleasures of Housekeeping 1849 255

Pleasures of the Studio 1852 174

Pledge of Affection, A 1847 209

Poor Tommy 1852 54

Pop! 1844 34

Portrait of a Lady 1852 154

Potichomania 1855 280

Poultry Fancies 1853 224

Poultry Fancies--the Pets 1853 252

Poultry Mania, The 1853 260

Preparing for the Derby 1852 176

Pride 1845 150

Private and Confidential 1852 214

Private Opinion, A 1846 119

Private Theatricals 1854 81

Probable Effect of Cheap Furniture 1846 64

Probable Result of the Cochin China Fowl Mania 1853 249

Prodigious! 1847 15

Prodigious Nuisance, A 1852 136

Professional Man, A 1850 17

Professor Buckwheat Impressing, &c. 1845 130

Progress of Slang, The 1847 38

Proper Pride 1849 30

Propriety 1848 5

Prudence and Imprudence 1847 243

Prudent Resolve, A 1853 98

Punctuality is the Soul of Business 1845 214

Putting his Foot in it 1852 18

Puzzling Order, A 1846 92

QUIET Weed, A 1852 15

Quite a Novelty 1854 225

Quite Unnecessary 1848 108

RAILWAY Literature 1852 45

Railway Miseries 1845 241

Rather a Bad Look-out 1849 52

Rather a Drop 1855 184

Rather Awkward for Tomkins 1855 129

Rather Severe 1852 116

Rather Suspicious 1850 50

Real Difficulty, A 1848 120

Real Enjoyment 1849 34

Real Flower Show, The 1855 190

Reduced Circumstances 1846 257

Reflection, A 1849 170

Regular Customer, A 1852 30

Religion à la Mode 1850 74

Remonstrance 1853 185

Removing 1847 178-9

Return from a Masquerade 1844 256

Returning from the Seaside 1846 101

Reward of Merit 1851 110

Rising Generation, The 1846 109

Rising Generation, The 1847 35, 73

Rising Generation, The 1851 66

Road-side on the Derby Day, The 1850 146

Romance and Reality 1852 13

Romance of Roast Ducks, A 1848 78

Room for Improvement 1850 134

Rough Country, A 1847 256

Round Hat, The, Laden with Novels in a Storm 1854 87

Ruling Passion, The 1846 28

SAILORS on Shore Carousing 1850 137

St. Bernard Mastiff, The 1853 242

Savage Reproof, A 1854 149

Scene.--Bureau of the Chiefs of the Douanes 1853 201

Scene on the English Coast 1855 208

Scene--Westminster Bridge 1853 69

Sea-side Hat, The 1854 221, 247

Sea-side Literature for Young Ladies 1849 147

Sea-side. Saturday Evening 1848 216

Sea-side. The Bathing Hour 1855 152

Seasonable Question 1850 132

Self-Esteem 1848 126

Sell, A 1851 150

Servantgalism 1853 212, 217, 218, 221, 222, 242

Shakespeare a little altered 1845 172

Silver Age, The 1853 162

Sketch at Ramsgate, A 1852 51

Sketch from Nature, A 1845 66

Sketch near Burton Crescent 1847 38

Sketch of Character by, &c. 1850 95

Small by Degrees and beautifully Less 1855 219

Smart Youth, A 1847 267

Snow-Flakes 1853 88

Snuffed out 1851 3

Social Struggles 1852 212

So fond of it 1851 175

Solicitude 1849 48

Something like a Brother 1852 33

Something like a Holiday 1845 22

Sometimes you "pick up" Hunters for next to nothing 1847 261

Son and Heir 1853 72

Sound Advice 1852 76

Speak as you Think 1849 142

Speculators 1846 17

Spelling a Newspaper 1842 180

Splendid Day with the "Queen's" 1848 105

Sporting Character, A 1847 131

Sporting Extraordinary 1852 8

Sporting Gent practising for the Season 1847 278

Sporting Intelligence 1852 102

Stag at Bay, The 1845 278

Startling Effect of the "Gold Diggings" 1852 134

Startling Request, A 1846 53

Starved-out Alderman, The 1845 111

Steeple-Chase, The 1853 200

Strange, but True 1850 74

Street Dialogue 1843 98

Strong Assertion 1853 9

Study of an Elderly Female, &c. 1853 180

Stunning Politeness 1856 273

Subject for a Picture 1851 45

Suburban Felicity, Gratifying Domestic (Poultry) Incident 1854 138

Suggestion, A 1848 93

Suggestive of a Picturesque Figure 1849 256

Summer in Elysium 1852 148

Symptoms of Wet Weather 1846 13

TAKING Change 1850 31

Taking it Coolly 1852 4

Taste 1853 60

Taste in the Drawing-room, Villikins and his Dinah 1854 250

Tempus Edax Rerum 1852 78

Terrible Accident 1855 227

Terrible Domestic Incident 1849 130

Test of Gallantry, The 1845 4

Test of Strength, A 1854 135

Thames Fishing 1851 71

That is the Question 1852 133

Thorough Good Cook, A 1855 125

Those Shocking Clubs 1855 205

Tight Fit, A 1846 92

Too Civil by Half 1852 70

Too Faithful Portrait, The 1850 209

Too Popular by Half 1847 250

Topsy Turveydom 1850 158

Touching Simplicity 1856 223

Town and Country 1852 81

Travellers' Requisites 1854 253

Trial-for-Murder Mania, The 1849 161

Troops and the Weather, The 1845 29

True Politeness 1851 140

True Respectability 1850 131

Truth is Great 1854 207

Turfites 1853 132

UNDENIABLE 1845 185

Undesigned Incident, An 1853 103

Unfeeling Observation 1847 7

Unlucky 1847 24

Unreasonable Complaint, An 1853 268

Unseasonable Sport 1852 133

Up to Weight 1854 121

Used up 1851 98

Useful if not Ornamental 1855 211

Useless Information 1851 172

VALUABLE Animal, A 1852 6

Valuable Hint 1849 94

Very Accommodating 1853 249

Very Acute 1852 74

Very Considerate 1852 122

Very Fine Fruit 1848 10

Very Fine Gentlemen 1848 91

Very Fine Talking 1846 11

Very Great Man, A 1854 216

Very Kind 1854 164

Very Low People 1852 54

Very Old Soldier, A 1846 39

Very Particular 1855 210

Very Proper Diet for Hot Weather 1852 62

Very Vulgar Subject, A 1853 86

Very Young Mariner, A 1854 277

Victim of Circumstances, A 1847 225

Victim of Pleasure, A 1854 215

Visit to the Antediluvian Reptiles at Sydenham, A 1854 246

WAITING for a Dip 1847 154

Waltonians 1852 83

We All have our Troubles 1852 28

Wedding Day, The 1855 275

Weighty Matter, A 1851 91

Wellington Statue, The 1846 260

What a Dreadful Story! 1854 149

What is This? 1849 36

What they said to Themselves 1852 5

What will He do with Them? 1855 241

What's the Matter? 1849 255

When it is Delightful to Lose a Bet 1853 110

Where Ignorance is not Bliss 1848 245

Which is Best? 1849 276

Whiskerandos 1854 276

Who wouldn't keep a Footman? 1850 267

Wholesome Prejudice 1850 176

Why, Indeed? 1855 122

Wiser and a Better Man, A 1852 263

Wounded Pride 1850 156

YACHTING 1854 276

Young Affection 1844 162

Young Gentleman and Scholar, A 1846 133

Young Mariner, A 1852 277

Young Patrician, A 1853 177

Young Philosopher, A 1847 215

Youth at the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm 1854 248

LONDON: BRADBURY. AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

[Transcriber's Note:

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]

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