GEORGE PASTON
Reading edition
WITH SIXTEEN COLOURED PLATES
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1905
CONTENTS
I
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Rudolf Ackermann 3
Thomas Rowlandson 5
William Combe 9
II
The Cruikshank Brothers 16
David Carey 21
Charles Molloy Westmacott 23
Pierce Egan and Theodore Lane 26
George Cruikshank 28
III
Henry Alken 32
Charles James Apperley 35
Robert Smith Surtees 39
IV The Pickwick Illustrators
Robert Seymour 41
Robert William Buss 43
Hablôt Knight Browne 45
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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The Rev. Dr. Syntax Frontispiece
From The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque
Dr. Syntax in the Glass House 8
From The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation
Quæ Genus officiating at a Gaming House 9
From Johnny Quæ Genus
By Gamblers Linked in Folly's Noose 13
From The Dance of Life
Subscription Room at Brooks 14
From The Microcosm of London
Vauxhall Gardens 15
From The Microcosm of London
Death's Dance 19
From The Dance of Death—Volume I.
Hunting the Slipper 20
From The Vicar of Wakefield
Tom and Jerry in the Saloon at Covent Garden 25
From Life in London
Adventures in a Whiskey Parlour 28
From Real Life in Ireland
Race Horse 34
From The National Sports of Great Britain
A New Hunter 36
From The Life of John Mytton
Mr. Ridgeway's Good Health 38
From The Life of a Sportsman
"O, Gentlemen, Gentlemen! " 39
From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
Mr. Jorrocks' Lecture on 'Unting 40
From Handley Cross
Coloured Title Page 41
From The Analysis of the Hunting Field