ILLUSTRATIONS.

Susannah and the Elders (Frontispiece)

Suggested Monument to the Marquis of Waterford 7

Spring-heeled Jack 31

Death of Sir William Courtenay (Thom) 48

“Child’s Play” 94

The Eglinton Tournament 107

The Mulready Envelope 131

The Mulready Envelope (H. B. Caricature) 132

Rebecca and her Daughters 201

“The Gent” 216

Prince Albert’s Studio 223

Nelson’s Statue 224

M. Jullien 229

Prince Albert, the British Farmer 230

“Repeal” Button 233

O’Connell’s Cap 234

Tom Thumb 236

The Stage Polka (Three Illustrations) 238

The Drawing Room Polka (Three Illustrations) 240–41–42

Barry, the Clown, on the Thames 252

Railway Speculators 262

The March of Speculation 276

Deposit of Railway Plans 282

Sheriffs’ Officers 288

The Original Ethiopian Serenaders 289

Lablache, Mario, and Tamburini 291

The Last Post Office Bell-man 297

Wonderful effects of Ether in a case of a Scolding Wife 302

The Bull Fight of Smithfield 303

Eton “Montem” Costumes 314