INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS
PANTOMIMICS
PAGE
Rehearsing the “fish” ballet 1
Billy and Bunny 3
Winning the gloves 4
Modern languages taught in one lesson 5
Theatre Royal—Nursery 6
An ex(bus)horse-tive argument 7
A pict-ure 8
A swallow out of season 9
“With a neck like that” 11
Experienced young fellow 12
Two transformation scenes 13
Not the correct way of pudding it 15
Humanizing influence of pantomime 16
ON THE STAGE AND OFF
Prompt but not prepared 17
A wordless story 18
English as she is spoke 23
Cassius 24
Acting under difficulties 25
Ever-popular criminal on the stage 27
On the stage—and off 28-9
When actors are Members of Parliament 31
When actors become modest 32
“Still running” 33
The part of Hamlet 34
Good and bad business at the theatre 35
“A little padding” 37
The actor’s one topic—himself 39
A side-box talk 40
The bald baron 41-4
FUN AT THE PLAY
“Are you sitting on my hat?” 45
Delights of theatre-going 46-7
“Not so long as four solos” 49
A little ruse 50
A morning concert 52
Pit, boxes, and gallery 54
Playgoers and their eccentricities 56
Credit where credit is due 57
A “civil” retort 58
AMONG THE AMATEURS
At a fancy ball 61
Private theatricals 63
Private theatricals at the Titwillows’ 65
THE POETS’ CORNER
Portrait of a gentleman 67
The poets illustrated 69
No! Don’t 70
The poets illustrated 74
“Mariar Martin, or the Red Baarn” 75
An illustrated edition of the poets 77-9
Poets and their patrons 80
MAINLY ABOUT AUTHORS
Would-be novelist 85
Lady Audley’s secret 86
Perfect sincerity, or, thinkings aloud 88
The ancient Britons 88
A rural study 89
“The great cypher work” 90
Author’s miseries 92-7
Harris-ing reflections 99
“Hemily Fitz-Hosborn” 100
THE EDITOR IN HIS DEN
The editor at home 101
Romance of advertising 103
“Pirates surprised at sunset” 104
Fancy portrait—Oliver Twist 105
A fact! 106
A new reading 111
STUDIES FROM THE STUDY
“He’s sent the books” 113
Returned—with thanks 114
A queer cut 115
The pursuit of letters 116
Grand march of Intellect 116
Catalogue of the letter P. 117
The age of intellect 118
Subject for a picture 119
An awful apparition 121
The musical neighbour 123
British Museum catalogue 124
Analytical papers 125
“Couldn’t read Miss Frump’s new book” 127
The philosopher’s revenge 129-136
FUN IN THE STUDIO
“Present company always excepted!” 137
“Very tiring” 138
Wholesale 139
“Qualifications” 140
Behind the scenes 141
“Asking for it” 142
The commercial side 143
Gaddy’s academy picture on view 144
“Flattering” 145
Profession and practice 146
A rapid genius 147
“English langweege” 148
“Only their mothers” 149
For exhibition? 150
Pretty innocent 151
“Aye, there’s the rub!” 152
“Work hard and get your own living” 153
March of science 154
The real 154
Pleasures of the studio 155
A happy medium 155
The ideal 156
Two principal figures 157
Answers for our artist 158
The mother of invention 159
Kindly meant 160
“Where’s your beard?” 160
How some old painters must have worked 161
Studio persuasion 162
“A portrait painter” 163
Model husband and a lay figure 164
Marvellous! 165
A visit to the studio 166
Scene in a studio 167
Ballet of action 168
Turps v. Turpitude 169
One use for “Dundrearys” 169
Accommodating! 170
“Lucky fellow!!” 171
“Noblesse oblige!” 172
Our art-school conversazione 173
“Only one spur a-piece” 174
“Sharp’s the word” 175
The sympathies of art 176
Under a great master 176
“Sent it to the wash!” 177
“Ugly and as ridiculous as possible” 178
Perfect sincerity; or, thinkings aloud 179
Easily satisfied 180
Compliments of the season 181
“Skyed” 182
ROUND THE GALLERIES
Caution 183
Painters and gazers 185
An artist’s dream 186
“Athletic exercises” 187
Let them exhibit their pictures outside 188
Pleasures of the Royal Academy 189
Art in the National Gallery 190
Outside the Royal Academy 191
Charming fashion of long skirts 192
“Unto this last” 193
“Very like—very like” 194
The umbrella question 195
Pictures of the English, painted by the French 196
A-musing 197
Perhaps 198
Reception of pictures at Royal Academy 199
Our historical portrait gallery 200-1
A study 202
Overheard at the Academy 203
Suggestions for the Royal Academy catalogue 206
THE ARTIST OUT OF DOORS
“It’s an ill wind,” etc. 207
The old cottage 208
The elysium of artists 209
“A pretty prospect” 210
Possibilities of a penny pistol and a box of caps 211
Technical and practical 212
“Impertinent curiosity of the vulgar” 213
“That pre-Raphaelite fellow” 214
Where ignorance is bliss 215
Design for an album 216
Studying skies 217
Culture for the million 218
An artist scamp in the Highlands 220
Ingenious protection against midges 221
Sketching from Nature 222
“Very nearly a pound” 223
Art at a cattle show 224
What an artist has to put up with 224
Enjoying himself in the Highlands 225
“Compliments of the (sketching) season” 226
“Fine Art” 227
“Brother Brush” 228
Making the best of it 229
One reason, certainly! 230
Æsthetics 230
A broad hint 231
Pleasant for Jack Daubs 231
Flattering! 232
Our adventurous artist 233
Art and science 234
An eye for colour 235
Ignorance was bliss 235
Our artist 236
SCULPTURE AND COMEDY
“Well broke!” 237
Venus of Milo 238
“Ingenuas didicisse” 241
At the great exhibition of 1861 243
Popular history 244
Capital punishment 245
A flagrant attempt 246
FUNNY FILMS: HUMOURS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
“Many a true word spoke in jest” 247
Bobby’s camera 249
Interesting group posed for a photograph 250-251
Happy thought 252-253
Pleasant for Simpkins 254
Unanswerable 255
Can the camera lie? 256
The artistic(!) studio 257
“What for?” 259
Portrait of a distinguished photographer 260
A photographic picture 261
Encouragement of art 263
“A florid complexion” 265
Artful! 266
Subject for a picture 267
Photographic beauties 268
WANDERING MINSTRELS
Christmas waits 269
Division of labour 271
Culture for the million 273
Nothing like advertising yourself 275
Sketch from a study window 277
THROUGH THE OPERA GLASSES
The opera 281
What indeed? 284
“French without a master” 285
We don’t sing enough 287
The high note 288
The low note 289
“Only twenty-two” 291
Culture for the million 292
Gentle rebuke 293
