← Table of contents
The History of "Punch"

ContentsINDEX

Reading edition

ContentsINDEX

The Heavy Figures indicate the main references in the Text.

À Beckett, Mr. Arthur W., 61, 67, 74; Parish Councils Bill cartoon, 169; contributions, etc., 374, 375

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, and the origin of Punch, 14, 17; the first number, 26, 61, 67; at the Dinners, 75, 76; the Jews, 103; suggestions for cartoons, 171, 180; attack on Bunn, 226, 228; attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239; his only artistic contribution to Punch, 251; number of contributions, 259, 260, 276, 277; as a magistrate, 278, 279; biographical summary, 272-280; his sons as children, 435; et passim

À Beckett, Gilbert Arthur, and "Dropping the Pilot," and "The Hidden Hand," 180, 383, 381-384

À Beckett, Hon. T. T., and the origin of Punch, 12, 272, 274

Aberdeen, Lord, 101, 111, 119, 147

Accounts relating to transfer of Punch to Bradbury & Evans, 34-36

Acrostics, Double, 493, 494

Advertising on umbrellas and house-fronts, 125

"Advice to persons about to marry," 141, 186

"Advice to Vocalists," 161

Æstheticism and Mr. Du Maurier, 506

Agnew, Mr. John Henry, 38, 61

Agnew, Mr. Philip, 38

Agnew, Mr. Thomas, 38, 61

Agnew, Sir William, 38, 61, 87

Agreement constituting Punch (Appendix II.), 25, 36, 575-580

Ainger, Canon, 147

Ainsworth, Harrison, 220

"Airs Resumptive," 405

Albany, Duke of, Death of, 183

Albert, Prince, 101, 199; attitude of Punch towards him, 215-217

"Albion," The, and the dinner to Mr. Burnand, 88

Alexander III. as the New Pharaoh, 105; and Lord Augustus Loftus, 194

Allen, Joseph, 26; and the Punch Club, 93, 282, 452

"Almanac," The, 31; its reputed originators, 32, 33; great success, variations in production, and "influenza year," 40; piratical imitations, 41; a drawing of Sir John Gilbert's, 451, 562, 567; et passim

"Almanac Dinner," 87

Amateur Humorists, 147-149

America, War of Secession, 80, 111, 120, 177; humour, 163; opinion of Punch, 370; Mr. du Maurier's portrayal of American girls, 511, 512

Andersen, Hans Christian, 265

Andover Workhouse Scandals, 278 and note

"Animal Types," Sir John Tenniel's, 176, 177

Anstey (Guthrie), Mr. F., 67; politics, 80; 396-401

"Answers to Correspondents," 31

"Anti-Graham Envelope," and "Wafers," 52, 114-117

"Anti-Punch," The, 240

Appendices, Signatures of Punch's artists, 573, 574; text of agreement constituting Punch, 575-580

Argyll, Duke of, and "The Old Crusaders," 182

Armitage, Mr. Arthur, 406

Armstrong, T., 16

Arnold-Forster, Mr., 145

"Arrow," The, 157, 240, 500

"'Arry Papers," 378-380 and note

Art, Punch's attitude towards, 126, 127, 221, 222; past and present in Punch, 409, 410

Art Union, The, Satire on, 52

Artists on Punch, Number of, 410; signatures of (Appendix I.), 573, 574

"Ascot Cup Day," Thackeray's, 314

Ashby-Sterry, Mr., 361, 372, 386, 387, 499

Ashley, 444

Asquith, Mr., 205

"Athenæum," a criticism on Punch, 243

Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman, Contributions of, 368, 371, 372, 410, 524, 525

"Atonement Dinner," Thackeray's, 87, 88

Attacks on Punch, 227-232, 237-241

"Author's Miseries," 315

"Awful State of Ireland," Hood's, 336

"B. W.," 501

Bacon, Mrs., and the title of Punch, 24

Bailey, the sculptor, and Jerrold's bust, 87

"Bang went Saxpence," 140, 141, 186

Bank of England, and error of Punch's, 245

Banting, Mr., 157

Barham, R. ("Tom Ingoldsby"), and the Punch Dinners, 86

Baring, Sir Francis, 233

Barnard, Mr. Fred, 156, 518, 519

Barry, Michael John, and the "Peccavi" despatch, 361

Bather joke, The, 162

Bayley, F. W. N., 17, 19

Baylis, Henry, 19, 24; and the Punch Club, 93, 97

Beaconsfield, Lord, see Disraeli, Mr.

"Beard movement," 423

Beardsley, Mr. Aubrey, 222

"Bede, Cuthbert," see Bradley, Rev. Edward

Bedford, Mr. Deputy, 317, 385, 386

Bedford Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64, 65, 86, 87

Beetle, Sergeant-at-Arms as a, 145, 146

Bellew, Frank, 500, 501

Benefit performances, 132-135

"Bengal Tiger, The," 208

Bennett, Charles H., 61, 66; letter from his fellow-diners, 76, 77, 527; benefit performance for his widow, 132, 134, 528; death of, 180, 455, 525-528

Bennett, J., 498

Bennitt, Mr., 542

Bennitt, Colonel Ward, 547, 548

Betham-Edwards, Miss M., 371, 372

Bethell, Mr. (afterwards Lord Westbury), and Punch's applications for injunctions, 151, 152

"Bibs' Baby, Mrs.," 295

"Bicycle made for Two, A," 471

"Billie Barlow," 360

"Bird's-eye Views of English Society," 455

Bismarck, Prince, Resignation of, 179, 180; and the Emperor William II., 193; a "junior cartoon" by Mr. Sambourne, 535

Black, Mr. William, on Keene, 489

"Black Maria" joke, A, 143, 144

Blackwood, Mr., 330

Blanchard, Laman, 259, 260, 337, 338

Blanchard, Sidney, and "Mr. Punch, His Origin and Career," 12; and the "London Charivari," 15; proposal for a "comic Punch," 14 note

Blatchford, Mr. Montagu, 88, 548

Blocks for Punch illustrations, 249-251

Bloomerism, 424

Board School, Hugh Middleton, 125

"Book of Beauty," 467, 479

Borrow, George, and Thackeray, 318

"Bow Street Ballads," 320

Bowers, Miss Georgina, 166, 529, 530

Boyd, Mr. A. S., 167

Bradbury, William, 36, 49, 61

Bradbury, William Hardwick, 38

Bradbury, Mr. W. Lawrence, 38

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 38

Bradbury & Evans, 31, 32; and negotiations for the purchase of Punch, 33-35

Bradbury, Evans & Co., 38

Bradley, C. H., 477

Bradley, Rev. Edward, and "Verdant Green," 129, 492, 355, 372, 491-495

Brewtnall, Mr. E. F., 543

Brezzi, Mrs., and the Title of Punch, 24

"Briefless, Mr.," 275

"Briefless, Junior," 375

"Briggs, Mr., or Housekeeping versus Horse keeping," 131, 425

Bright, John, 101, 111; and the New Reform Bill, 118; "Hercules," 121; with an eye-glass, 204; obituary notice, 377

Brine, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the first Staff of Punch, 19; cartoons, 171, 412

"Britannia," 208, 473, 535

"British Lion," 70 and note, 176, 177, 208, 470

Bromley, Valentine, 548

Brooks, Reginald Shirley, 67, 387

Brooks, Shirley, and the origin of Punch, 11; misconception as to the first editorship of Punch, 25 note; portrait, 60, 80; politics, 99; his lectures, 129; the "Man in the Moon," 154, 238, 357; old jokes, 163; a Cawnpore cartoon, 177; verses on Abraham Lincoln, 177, 178; verses on the death of the Prince Consort, 217; "Our Flight with Punch," 238, 357; friendship with Angus Reach, 357; as Editor, 359, 360; work and characteristics, 356-360

Brough, Robert, 265, 360

Brough, William, 265, 288, 360

Brougham, Lord, 101, 153; opinion of Punch's portraits of him, 200; as "Mrs. Caudle," and as a clown, 202

Brown, W., 454

"Brown, Mrs.," 489

"Brown, Jones and Robinson," 455

"Brown's Letters, Mr.," 321

Browne, Charles F., 180, 317, 369, 370

Browne ("Phiz"), Hablôt Knight, and the origin of Punch, 19; his design for the cover, 41, 42, 451; "Valentines," 49, 50; "Mokeanna," 365, 427, 446, 451, 452

Browne, Mr. Walter, 539

Brunton, W., 232, 502

Bryan, Mr. Alfred, 557, 567

Bryant, W., first publisher of Punch, 19, 27

Buccleuch, Duke of, 233

Buckingham, James Silk, Punch's attack on, 223-225

Bulgarian atrocities, 165

Bull, W. P., 337

Bull-fights, 429

"Bull Frog" cartoon, 449

Bunn, Alfred, Punch's attack on, 225-227; his "Word with Punch," 131, 227-232

Burnand, Miss, 392

Burnand, Mr. F. C., 40; portrait, 60; politics, 80, 99; dinner in his honour at the "Albion," 88; the Two Pins Club, 98; "Happy Thoughts," 129, 365; first contribution, 146, 362; puns, 151, 366; "Mrs. Gummidge," 179; "Out of Town," 276, 366; contributions, editorship, etc., 362-368

Burnham Beeches, Jubilee Dinner at, 87

Burns, Mr. John, 235

Burton, E. J., 460

Butts, Punch's favourite, 217-233, 330

Byron, Henry J., verses on Punch, 8; Comic News, 160; Fun, 364, 407

"C.," 491

"C. B.," 547

Cabinet Ministers, Attitude of Punch towards, 195-205

Caldecott, Randolph, 545, 546

Callaway, Rev. W. F., 498, 499

Calverley, C. S., 371

Campbell, Mr. Gerald F., 403

Campbell, Lady, 392, 406

"Candidates under Different Phases," 188

Canning, Lord, 177

Capital punishment, 2, 3

"Captain Jinks of the Selfish," etc., 523

"Captious Critic," The, 541, 542

Carnigan, Lord, Epigram by Wills on, 26

Caricature, Carlyle on, 4; as illustrated by Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruikshank, 186

Carlisle, Lord, and a dinner to the Punch Staff, 90, 200

Carlyle, on caricature, 4; on humour, 5; "Latter-day Pamphlets," 112

Carthusians on the Staff, 69, 70

"Cartoon Junior," The, 82, 170

Cartoons, and tinted background, 41; history, weekly arrangements for design and production, etc., 79, 80, 168-184, 463, 464; origin of name, etc., 185-188; as a reflection of popular opinion, 188, 189; engraving, 249, 464, 468

Cartoonists, 170-172

Cartoons for Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of, 187

"Cartoons, Sir John Tenniel's," 52

Catling, Mr., 95

"Caudle, Mrs.," and the "Lectures," 73, 98, 130; and Lord Brougham, 202; "sudden death," 238, 291-293

"Caudle at Gravesend, Mrs.," 130

Cawnpore Cartoons, 176, 177

"Cham," 501, 502

Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 408

Chambers, Mr., 498, 523

"Charivari," Philipon's, 15

Chartism, 108, 425

Chasemore, Mr. A., 483, 538, 539

Cheltnam, Mr. Charles Smith, 374

Chess-problem joke, 160

Chester, Fred, 60

Chester, George, 60, 255

"Child Snobson's Pilgrimage," 166

"Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage," 146, 166, 378

Children, Mr. du Maurier's drawings of, 507, 513

Children, Punch men's love of, 294

Chinese War, 111, 119

"Chronicles of a Rural Parish," 403

Church, Affairs of the, in Punch, 102, 103

"Church-going Bell," 536

Churchill, Lord Randolph, 199; portraits, 204, 552, 553

Circulation of Punch, early numbers, 28, 30, 31; after the production of the "Almanac," 33; after "A Visit to the Watering-Places," 49

Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, on Lemon's "Falstaff," 135

Clarke, H. Savile, Contributions of, 371; 483

Cleaver, Mr. Reginald, 92, 565

Club, Punch, 52, 55, 93-98, 452; Two Pins, 98; Mulberry, 447; Shakespeare, 447

Clubs in Fleet Street, 54

Clubs, Complaint books of, and Thackeray's "Snob Papers," 319

Cobden, Richard, 111, 157, 165; portraits in Punch, 205

"Cock-a-doodle-do," 190

Collins, Mrs. Frances, 392, 405

Collins, Mortimer, 240, 376

"Columbia," 208

Combe, George, 240

"Comic Blackstone," The, 276

"Comic Bradshaw," The, 276, 280

"Comic Latin Grammar," 419, 420

"Comic Mythology," 282

"Comic News," 160, 265, 414, 500, 525

"Comic Times," 361, 412, 525

"Commercial Intelligence," 274

"Complete Letter-Writer," 294

"Confessions of a Duffer," 392

Consort, Prince, see Albert, Prince

Contributions of Staff, Relative, 258-263

Conundrums by Thomas Hood, 330, 331

"Conversational Hints for Young Shooters," 402

Conway, Mr. Moncure, 440

Coode, Miss, 502, 529 note

Cooke, Mr. C. W., 403

Cooke, T. P., 298

Cooper, Mr., 540

Cooper, Mr. Sidney, and a device of Douglas Jerrold, 75

Corbould, Mr. A. Chantrey, 410, 543, 544, 545

"Cosmorama, The," 16, 17, 414

"Cousin Jonathan," 208

Covers of Bi-Annual Volumes, Designs for, 41-49

Cox, Mr. Everard Morant, 558

Coyne, Joseph Stirling, and the origin of Punch, 12, 14, 17, 19; and the editorship, 25, 256, 271, 272

Crane, Mr. Walter, 530

Crawhall, Mr. Joseph, 147

Cricket, Punch on, 514, 515

Crimean War, 109, 110, 111, 119, 174

Crinolines, 424

"Crown Inn," Vinegar Yard: the Punch Dinner, and the Punch Club, 55

"Crowquill," Alfred, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the "London Charivari," 15; "Valentines," 49, 158; cartoons, 171; "Vauxhall Papers," 226, 449-450

Cruikshank, George, his etchings, 9, 186; "Omnibus," 162, 496, 497; and the Court, 189, 190; Almanack, 417; relations with Punch, 495-498

Cruikshank, Robert, 273

"Cry of the Clerk," 388

Crystal Palace, christened by Punch, 84, 85;

"Gentleman's Magazine" dinner, 88 "Curiosities of Medical Experiences," 305

Curren, Mr. J., 548

"Daily News," and Charles Dickens, 84; and Peter Rackham, 85

Dalziel, Edward, 16, 248

Dalziel, George, 16, 248

Darré, Monsieur G., 559, 560

Davies, Mr. George, 404

"Deaf Burke," 165

Deane, Rev. Anthony C., 404, 405

Delane, Mr., and mousseline de laine, 91

"Derby Ram," The, 524

Deterioration of Punch, Alleged, 245, 246

Dever, 523

Devonshire House, amateur theatrical performance at, 135

"Diary of Mr. Yellowplush," 317

"Diary of a Nobody," 392

"Diary of the Premier at Sea," 384

Dickens, Charles, at the Punch Dinner, 83, 351; quarrel with Mark Lemon and Bradbury and Evans, 83, 352, 353; friendship with Jerrold, 84; dinner at the Mansion House, 90; at the Punch Club, 93; as an amateur actor, 135; on Lemon, 255; and the fund for Jerrold's widow, 298; opinion of Thackeray's art, 313; authorship of the "Song of the Shirt," 332; sole (and unpublished) contribution to Punch,349; verses by Mr. E. J. Milliken, 378, 435; friendship with Leech, 436

Dining-room at 10, Bouverie Street, 58-63

Dining Table at Bouverie Street, Initials on, 63 and note

"Dinner, Almanac," 40

Dinner, Punch, 40, 53-87, 168; names of diners in frontispiece drawing, 536 note

"Dinner at Timmins's, A," 320

Dinners, Special Punch, 87-92

"Diogenes," 159, 414, 459, 500, 525

"Dirty Father Thames," cartoon, 412

Disraeli, Mr., and Keene's unused cartoon, 60; as presented in Punch, 100; change of politics, 107; the "Political Chameleon," 118; the "Premier-Peri," 121, 473; Bulgarian atrocities 165; and "A Leap in the Dark," 179; and the "Pas de Deux," 179; as a beaten Minister, 182; at the Printers' Pension Society dinner, 197-199; and "Scaramouche," 199; as Hamlet, 200; obituary notice, 377

Dowse, Baron, Lines of farewell to, 373

Doyle, Henry, 459

Doyle, Richard, his portrait of Punch, 8; secession, 40, 103; designs for cover of Punch, 46-49, 202; "Holidays," 50; at the Dinners, 68; "Papal Aggression" cartoons, 102, 103, 171, 455; and Mr. Swain, 252; "High Art and the Royal Academy," 349, 458 note; his one literary contribution, 372; 454-458

Drama, The, Punch's support of, 128

"Drama, The," by Hood, 335

Draughtsmen on Punch, Number of, 410

Dress, Fashions in, 122, 123

"Dropping the Pilot," 179, 180, 383

Drunkards, Punch's pictures of, 245

Duelling, 187

"Dumb Crambo, Junior," see Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman

Duncombe, M.P., Mr., 114

"Easel, Jack," see Eastlake, Mr Charles L.

Eastern Question, 118, 119

Eastlake, Mr. Charles L., 362

Edwards, Mr. Sutherland, and "Pasquin," 240, 348; contributions to Punch, 348, 349

Egg, R.A., Augustus, 135

Electrotyping Punch blocks, 251

"Elephant and Castle" joke, 144

Eliot, George, 161, 332

Ellis, Mr. E. J., 255, 537

Eltze, F., his portrait of Punch, 9, 144, 521, 522

Engraving Punch illustrations, 247-253

Epigram Club, of Oxford, 149

Errors of Punch, 243-245, 472

"Essence of Parliament," 100, 245, 348, 359, 389-391, 526, 533, 551

"Eton Boy," an, Contribution of, 435

Eugénie, Empress, 110

Evans, Mr. Edmund, 16, 248, 445

Evans, Frederick Mullett ("Pater"), 36, 38

Evans, Mr. F. M., 38, 61

Extra Numbers, 49-51

"F. B.," 549

"F. M.," 498

"F. Captain," 549

Faddists as critics of Punch, 245

Fairfield, Mr. A. R. and the "Tercentenary Number," 50, 522; and 410, 522

"Fairy Tales," 337

Family Trees of Punch, 382

Farmer, British, 166

Fashions, 122, 123

Fawkes, L. G., 548

Ferguson, J. W., 259, 260, 337

"Février turned Traitor, General," 119, 174-176

Field, Mrs., 529 note, 545

"Figaro in London," 11, 188, 226, 273, 413

First Avenue Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64

"Fitzdotterel," 378

Fleet Prison, 3

Fleischmann, A., Statue of "Punch" by, 62

"Flight with Punch, Our," 238

Footpad joke, The, 159

Forbes, Professor, 405

"Foreign Affairs," 173, 420

"Forlorn Hope" Cartoon, 180, 181

"Forlorn Maiden" Cartoon, 472

Forster, John, 135; and Punch's portraits of Lord Brougham, 200

Forster, Rumsey, revenges himself on Thackeray, 319, 320

Foster, Mr. Birket, 16; and the title of Punch, 25, 43, 60; and "Bang went Saxpence," 140, 147; and cartoon, 171; on Mark Lemon, 256; 445, 446

Founders of Punch, 16, 17, 28

France, Punch's exclusion from, 165, 190, 191; and the "United Service," 176; Anglo-Congolese difficulty, Marshal MacMahon, and the "Madagascar Lamb," 191; and Russia, 191, 192; satirists, 242, 243

Franco-Prussian War, 110, 179, 192

Fraser, Miss, 549

Free Trade and Protection, 118

Frenchmen and Punch, 51, 437

Frith, R.A., Mr., and the first number of Punch, 29; and "General Février," 175, 176, 435; and the relations between Leech and George Cruikshank, 496

"Fun," 232, 364, 371, 459, 516, 539, 540, 567

"Funny Folks," 160

Furniss, Mr. Harry, his portraits of Punch, 9; Paris Exhibition number, 51; caricature by Mr. Sambourne, 61, 79; the Two Pins Club, 98; his public entertainments, 129; "I used your soap two years ago," 145; his first drawing, 146; portraits of politicians, 204, 551-554; and "Mrs. Ramsbotham," 237, 238; a literary contribution, 372; and "Toby, M.P.," 391, 551; 549-556

"Fusbos," 282

Gale, Frederick, 406

Gaiter, William, 16

"Gamp" and "Harris," Mesdames, 50, 211

Garibaldi, 120

Geake, Mr. Charles, 403

"General Février," 119, 174-176

"Gentleman's Magazine," and the dinner at the Crystal Palace, 88

"German Reeds' Entertainment," 130

Germany, Exclusion of Punch from the Court of, 192

Gilbert, R.A., Sir John: his portrait of Punch, 8; design of cover, 11, 41, 45, 450; 126; and "Bang went Saxpence," 140; "Mokeanna," 364; 450, 451, 528

Gilbert, Mr. W. S., 232, 364, 372

Gillray and Rowlandson, 186, 189

Girdlestone, Rev. A. G., Pulpit tribute, 102

Gladstone, Mr.: and the dinner given by Mr. Lucy, 91; on Punch's politics, 100, 197; as presented in Punch, 101; and Home Rule, 106; under Sir Robert Peel, 107; "Jupiter," 121; "He won't be happy till he gets it," 160; Bulgarian Atrocities, 165; Parish Councils Bill, 169; and Lord Rosebery's first speech as Premier, 170; on political satirists, 172; "Mrs. Gummidge," 179, 466; "Forlorn Hope," 180, 181; "The Old Crusaders," 182; and the rejection of the Paper Duty Bill, 200; portraits, 204; on Mark Lemon, 267; "Diary of the Premier at Sea," 384; and "Britannia's Volunteers," 394, 395; Sir John Tenniel's drawings, 466; and Sir John Tenniel's knighthood, 473; a sketch by Mr. Sambourne, 535; collars, 551, 552; loss of a digit, 556

"Globe," The, and "Mrs. Ramsbotham," 236, 237

"Glow-Worm," The, 375

Goddard, G. B., 528, 529

Gordon, Sir A., and the Punch Staff, 92

Gordon, General, 183

Goschen, Mr., 160, 200

Gossett, Captain, 145, 146

Graham, Mr., 545

Graham, Sir James: "Anti-Graham Envelope" and "Wafers," 113-116; on Disraeli, 198

"Granta," The, 401-403

"Grattan," H. P., 19, 26; and the origin of the "Almanac," 32;

Graves, Mr. Alfred Perceval, 373

Gray, Paul, 232, 517

Great Exhibition, The, 51, 111, 424

"Great Gun," The, 210, 218, 226, 238, 412, 416, 449, 451, 459

Greek Question of 185, The, 116

Greek Throne put up to auction, 120

Greenaway, J., 16

Greenwood, Mr. Frederick, and the announcement of Thackeray's death at the Punch Dinner, 86, 87

Grieve, Mr., and the Punch Club, 93

Griset, Mr. Ernest, 455, 537, 538

Grossmith, Mr. George, 391, 392

Grossmith, Mr. Weedon, 392

"Guide to Servants, Punch's," 313

Guild of Literature and Art, 134-136

"Gummidge, The Political Mrs.," 179, 467

"H.," 499

"HB.," 186, 190, 454

Hall, Mr. Harry, 491

Hall, S. C., and the "Art Union," 52; Punch's attack on, 223, 235, 290

Halliday, B. C., 499

Halliday, Mr. Mike, 424

Hallward, Mr., 549

Hamerton, Mr. R. J., 95; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275; 327, 452, 453

Hammond, W. J., 130

Hampton Court, Dinner to Sir J. Tenniel at, 89

Hannay, James: and the "Journal for Laughter," 56; his lectures, 129; and "The Man in the Moon," 238, 306; on Thackeray, 322; and Jerrold, 348; contributions to Punch, etc., 354, 355

"Happy Thoughts," 365

Harcourt, Sir Wm., 183; portraits, 204, 552

Harling, O., 530

Harris, Mr., Contributions by, 517

"Harris, Mrs.," 50, 211

Harvey, William, his design for the cover of Punch, 42-44, 444; as a draughtsman, 444

Hatton, Mr. Joseph: and the origin of Punch, 11; and Mark Lemon, 163, 255, 267; "True Story," 329 and Preface

Hawkins, Sir Henry, 152

Haydon, G. H., 423, 426, 496, 502

Hays, Mr., 528

"He won't be happy till he gets it," 160

"Heads of the People," 447

Heath, H., and cartoons, 171; 452

"Heathen Mythology," 276

Heaviness of Punch's fun, Alleged, 238-241

Hennessy, Mr. W. J., 547

Henning, A. S., 19; and the first cover of Punch, 26, 41; "Valentines," 49; and "Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 412; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275, 412; 410-412

Henning, Mr. Walton, 305, 411

Herkomer, R.A., Professor, 445

"Hidden Hand, The," 180

Higgins, Matthew J. ("Jacob Omnium"), 260, 321 note, 343

Highbury Barn Tavern and the Annual Dinner, 87

Hill, Miss Joanna (Mrs. Fellows), 518

Hine, H. G., 34; and the Almanac, 40; design for cover, 41, 43; and the first Punch Dinner, 55; the Punch Club, 94; "Anti-Graham Wafers," 115, 416; cartoons, 171, 416; 330; 414-417; serenaded by Punch Staff, 448

"His 'Art was True to Poll," 366

"History of Costume," 348

"History of the Next French Revolution," 316

Hodder, George: his "Memories of my Time" and the origin of Punch, 12, 13, 28, 283; on Kenny Meadows, 448

Hodgson, Mr., 244

Hodgson, W. J., 548, 549, 565, 566

Hogg, Mr. Jabez, on founders of Punch, 28

Hole, Dean Reynolds: and the Punch Dinners, 85, 91; and the coachman-waiter, 144; 343, 344; 362; jokes supplied to Leech, 434; on Leech, 435; at Leech's funeral, 443

"Holidays, Punch's," 50

Hollingshead, Miss, 392

Hollingshead, Mr. John, 368

Holt, Mr. W. G., 549

Home Rule, 100, 105, 106, 160, 161

Hood, Thomas: and "The Song of the Shirt," 146, 176, 331-334; 180, 217, 218; and wine-drinking, 289; conundrums, 331; his satire compared with Jerrold's, 335; summary of work on Punch and characteristics, 330-336, 454; 372

Hood, Tom, and the Punch Dinners, 86; and "Fun," 232; contributions to Punch, 295

Hopkins, Mr. Arthur, 567

Hopkins, Mr. Everard, 565

Horace, Parodies of, 306

Horsley, R.A., Mr., 144, 435

Hosack, Mr., 406, 407

"Hot Chestnut, A," 528

"House of Apollo-ticians, A," 554, 555

Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of cartoons for, 187

Howard, Captain H. R., 410, 475-477

Hume, Joseph, 112

Humour, Thackeray on, 1; Carlyle on, 5; of France, 199; lack in women of, 392, 393

Humorists, Melancholy of, 435

"Humours of Parliament," 554

Hunt, Mr. Holman, on James Hannay, 355; 435; on Doyle, 457

Hunt, Leigh, 132; on Douglas Jerrold, 297, 447

"I used your soap two years ago," 145

"Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265, 291, 338

"Illustrated London News" and "Parr's Life Pills," 265; 493

Imitations of popular writers, 365

Imperialist opinions of Punch, 120

"Important and Telegraphic," 306

"Important from the Seat of War," 321

"Incompleat Angler, The," 366

Indian Mutiny, 111 and note

"Influenza Almanac," 40

"Information for the People," 282

Inglis, Sir Robert, 104, 105

Ingram, Herbert, and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265

Initials on dining-table at Bouverie Street, 63 and note

Injunctions obtained by Punch, 151, 152

Invasion scares, 109, 120

Invitation card to the Punch Dinner, 67, 69

Irish, Leech's prejudice against the, 437

Irish affairs and cartoons, 105, 106, 453

"Irish Frankenstein, The," 449

Irish humour in Punch, 373

"J. R.," 452

Jackson, 337

Jalland, Mr. G. H., 559

James, Edwin, 232

"Janus," 467

"Jeames's Diary," 317

"Jenkins Papers," 210, 289, 319

Jerrold, Douglas, 12; and the origin of Punch, 14, 17, 18; the "London Charivari," 15; doubtful of the success of Punch, 30; and Landells, 35; edits "Illuminated Magazine," 35; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; "Mrs. Caudle," 73, 98; relations with Thackeray, 74, 311; the addressed label, 75; witticisms at the Dinner, 75; his Jubilee Dinner, 87; Punch Club, 93; the "ingredients" of Punch, 95; the prophecy of Hal Baylis, 97; anti-aristocratic sentiments, 101; the Jews, 104; as a playwright, 129; as an amateur actor, 136; Punch's plagiarists, 152; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; "Jenkins Papers," 210; and Sir Peter Laurie, 220; and Charles Kean, 222; attack on Bunn, 226, 228, 230; attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239; contributions for six months, 259; and his daughter Mrs. Henry Mayhew, 268; on Stirling Coyne, 272; on comic "Histories," etc., 277; and Angus Reach, 281; characteristics, work, etc., 284-298; relations with Albert Smith, 303; his satire compared with Hood's, 335; et passim

Jerrold, William, 269

Jest-books, Shakespeare's, 162

Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 104, 105, 111

Jews, Prejudice against, 103, 436, 437; and the "Morning Post," 104

"Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 237, 292, 412, 416

"Joe Miller's Jest-Book," 157

"John Bull," 206-208

Joinville, Prince de, Letter of, 108, 120, 190

Jokes, Punch's, their origin, pedigree, and appropriation, 138-167

Jones, Sir Edward Burne-, 221, 222

Jones, George, and Punch's attack on J. S. Buckingham, 224, 225, 235

Jopling-Rowe, Mrs., see Romer, Mrs.

"Journal for Laughter," 56

Jubilee of Punch, 6, 8

Jullien, Punch's ridicule of, 218, 219

Kean, Charles, 222, 223, 282

Keeley, Mrs., as Mrs. Caudle, 293

Keene, Charles: his portrait of Punch, 8; the "Tercentenary Number," 50; "Paris Sketches," 51; cartoon of Disraeli and financiers, 60, 61, 66; at the Dinners, 68, 78; political opinions, 77, 78, 481; cartoon on American War, 80; leniency towards women, 141; and "I used your soap two years ago," 145; and Mr. Joseph Crawhall, 147, 483; 162; repetition of drawings, 165, 166; cartoons, 171, 253, 470; "Mokeanna," 365; Irish jokes, 373; friendship with Mr. Silver, 479, 477-490

Kelly and "Dunsinane," 342

Kendall, Miss May, 392, 393

Kenealy, Dr. Edward Vaughan, 336

Kennedy, H. A., burlesque translations of Horace, 31, 306

Key, Professor T. Hewitt, 160

King, J., and "An Exiled Londoner," 342

Kingston, Mr. W. Beatty, 360, 361

Kitton, Mr. F. G., 349

Knebworth, Amateur theatrical performance at, 136, 137

Knight, Charles, and the Punch Dinners, 86

Kossuth, 117, 118

"La Belle Sauvage" and the first Punch Dinner, 55; and the Punch Club, 94

Labouchere, Mr. Henry, 163

"Labours of Hercules," 302

Lady contributors, 392, 393, 529 and note

Landells, Ebenezer, and the origin of Punch, 11-14, 15-19, 26; and Bradbury and Evans, 32-34; engraving withdrawn from him, 34, 35; and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; on the Punch Club, 93, 97; 188; and "A Word with Punch," 232; 248

Lang, Mr. Andrew, 392; 393, 404

Lara, Mr. Isidore de, 235

Last, Joseph, and the origin of Punch, 12, 17, 19, 26

Laurie, Sir Peter, 219, 220

Lawless, M. J., 502

Lawson, Mr. F. Wilfrid, 537

Layard, Sir A. H., 92

Layard, Mr. G. S. quoted, 479, et passim

"Lays of a Lazy Minstrel," 387

Le Fanu, Mr., and "Seventy Years of Irish Life," 143

Leech, John: his portraits of Punch, 8, 9; and the "London Charivari," 15; the Almanacs, 40; "Valentines," 49; "Holidays," 50; Great Exhibition Number, 51; statuette by Boehm, 60; at the Dinners, 68, 72, 73, 76; the cartoons, 81, 170-177; singing at the Dinner, 86; democratic sentiments, 101; the Jews, 103; the "Anti-Graham Envelope," 114, 420; drawings of costumes, 122; as an amateur actor, 135; 158, 159, 167; "Foreign Affairs," 173, 420; "Social Miseries," 187; "Cock-a-doodle-do!" 190; and Lord John Russell, 196; and Disraeli, 197-199; caricatures of Lord Brougham, 202; "Mrs. Gamp" and "Betsy Prig," 213; fastidiousness, 252; on Henry Mayhew, 270; relations with Albert Smith, 303; riding to hounds, 319, 426; Harlequinade verses, 342; picture of two "snobs," 358; career, 417-443; on Thackeray's death, 442; and Tenniel, 470; relations with George Cruikshank, 496; et passim

"Leeds Mercury instructing Young England," 339

Legend-writing, 432, 433, 484, 507, 508

Leger, Mr. Warham St., 395, 396

Lehmann, Mr. R. C., 67; politics, 80; 149; contributions, 401, 402

Leigh, Henry S., 157, 232, 240, 241

Leigh, Percival: and the "London Charivari," 15; and the first Staff of Punch, 19; mock-classic verses, 31; verses on Punch Club, 55, 56; 61, 69, 70, 71; at the Dinner, 76; and Thackeray's faux pas, 88; lines on Punch Club, 93, 94; suggestions for cartoons, 171; "Pauper Song," 301; "Punch's Labours of Hercules," 302; biographical summary, 299-303

Leighton, Sir Frederic, 126; on Keene, 489; portrait of Miss Dene, 559

Lemon, Harry, 525

Lemon, Mark: and the manifesto in the first number of Punch, 2; and the origin of Punch, 17; early life, 18; draft of prospectus, 19-21; the editorship, 25; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; portrait by F. Chester, 60; 69, 71, 74; the Jews, 103; his lectures, 129; as an amateur actor, 135; "Jest Book," 162, 265; his instinct for an old joke, 163; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; at the Printers' Pension Society dinner, 198; and "A Word with Punch," 228, 231; and Henry Mayhew, 257; work as editor, character, etc., 254-267; and Douglas Jerrold, 297; relations with Dickens, 352, 354; on Shirley Brooks, 358; and Hine, 415; organ-grinding nuisance, 439; et passim

Lennox, Lord William, and "The Tuft-Hunter," 217, 218; 330

Leon, M.P., Mr., 245

Lester, Mr. Horace Frank, 384

Lever, Charles, 259; "Prize Novelists," 320, 337; "A Familiar Epistle," 337

Leverson, Mrs., 392, 406

Lewes, George Henry, 135

Lewis, Mr. Arthur, and the Moray Minstrels, 92

Libel actions against Punch, 235, 236

"Lika Joko," 237, 238, 502, 525, 555

Lillie, Mr. Charles J., 556, 557

Lincoln, Abraham, Assassination of, 177

Linton, W. J., and the "Anti-Graham Envelope," 114; 248

Literary errors of Punch, 244

Literature of Punch, Past and present, 407, 408

"Little Frenchman's First Lesson," 337

"Liverpool Lion," The, 360

Locker-Lampson, Frederick, Contributions of, 371, 566; 562

Lockwood, Sir Frank, 98, 166, 566

Loftus, Lord Augustus, 194, 195

"London Charivari," 12, 15

"London Journal," Satire on, 364, 365

"Lord Jack the Giant-killer" cartoon, 470

Louis-Philippe, 191

Loyalty of Punch, 214-217

Lucas, Samuel, and the Punch Dinners, 85; 443

Lucy, Mr. Henry, 51, 67, 79; politics, 80; dinner to Mr. Gladstone, 91; 149; and cartoons, 169; 205; "Essence of Parliament," etc., 389-391, 551

Lushington, J. J., 405

Lyndhurst, Lord, 172

"Lyre and Lancet," 399

Lytton, Bulwer, 155, 220; attack on Tennyson, 344

"M. S. R.," 537

Macgregor, John ("Rob Roy"), 269, 346, 372, 460

Mackay, Mr. Wallace, 540, 541

MacMahon, Marshal, 191

MacNeill, M.P., Mr. Swift, 232, 554

Maginn, Dr., and the origin of the "Almanac," 32; obituary of, 38, 307; 297; work on Punch, 306, 307

Magistrates, Skits on, 391, 392

"Mahogany Tree, The," 53, 86, 320; Jubilee picture, 180; 536

Malmesbury, Lord, 233

"Man from Blankley's, The," 399, 565

"Man in the Moon, The," 154-156, 231, 238, 265, 280, 306, 315, 412, 416, 449

"Manners and Customs," 401, 406

Mansel, Miss, 519, 529 note

Mansion House, the, "Literature and Art" dinner at, 90

Marks, R.A., Mr. Stacy, 41, 126, 517

Marshalsea Prison, 3

Marshall, Mr. C. A., 560

Martin, Charles, 490, 491

Martin, Sir Theodore, 172

"Mask, The," 500

Mason, Mr. Finch, 556

Massacre in Algiers, and lines by Coventry Patmore, 342, 343

"Maternal Solicitude," 211-213

Mathew, Father, 102

"Matter in Camera, A," 376

Maud, Mr., 563, 564

Maurice, Rev. F. D., Lines to the memory of, 374

Maurier, Mr. G. du, 4; his portrait of Punch, 9; "Tercentenary Number," 50; 66, 79; fashions, 122, 124, 506; on the Punch artists, 128; "Social Pictorial Satire," 129; old maid and the "charming view," 162; "heir" joke, 163; "tipsy husband," 166; going into society, 319; "Mokeanna," 365; "Vers Nonsensiques," 372, 515; on drawing from Nature, 410; on Leech, 432; 473; 503-516

May, Mr. Phil, 67; and jokes of the "Unknown Man," 139; 149; 159; 567-570

Mayhew, Augustus, and the "Journal for Laughter," 56, 258, 269

Mayhew, Henry, and the origin of Punch, 11-14, 17-19; and the title of Punch, 24; and his co-editors, 25, 257; origin of the "Almanac," 32; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; satire on Art Union, 52; "Anti-Graham Wafers," 114; "London Labour and London Poor," 129, 269; "Advice to Persons about to Marry," 142, 270; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; 269; characteristics, etc., 268-271

Mayhew, Horace ("Ponny"), 61, 69-71; singing at the Dinner, 86; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171, 328; as sub-editor, 257, 327; and Jerrold's death, 297; characteristics, etc., 327-330

Mazzini, opening of his letters, 114

McConnell, W., and cartoons, 171; 460, 461

McCosh, Dr., 161

McDonnell, Mr., 252

Meadows, Kenny, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the "London Charivari," 15; and the Almanac, 40; design for cover of Punch, 46, 449; "Valentines," 49; at the Dinner, 74; at the Club, 95; cartoons, 171; and Leech, 436; 446-449

Melancholy of humorists, 435

Melbourne, Lord, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23; fall of his Administration, 30, 107; at an amateur theatrical performance at Knebworth, 136

"Melbourne Punch," 393

Mellor, Mr. John Page, 558, 559

"Men who have taken me in—to dinner," 406

"Mephystopheles," 154, 416

Meredith, Mr. George, his tribute to Tom Taylor, 341

"Mery Tales, Wittie Questions, and Quicke Answeres Very Pleasant to be Readde," 162

Millais, Sir John, and the Punch Dinners, 86; 126; "Mokeanna," 365, 517; 426, 427; jokes supplied to Leech, 434; 435, 443; contributions, 517, 518

Milliken, Mr. E. J., 67; politics, 80; the cartoons, 81, 381; "Childe Chappie," 146, 166, 378; and the cartoons, 169; and "Forlorn Hope," 180; "The Old Crusaders," 182; and the society lady, 246; "'Arry," etc., 377-381

Mills, Jowett, and Mills, printers, 32

"Mind and matter," 160

Missing-word competition, 125

Mistakes of Punch, 243-245

"Mistress of the Hounds," 125

Mitchell, Mr. C., and the origin of Punch, 11; and the printing of Punch, 32

"Moaning of the Tide," 413

"Model Men," 328

"Model Music Hall Songs," 396, 397

"Modern Alexander's Feast, The," 192

"Modern Life in London," 371

"Modern Sisyphus" cartoon, 455

Modern types, 401

Moir, Frank, 337

"Mokeanna," 364, 365, 450

"Month, The," 347

Moon, Alderman, 220

"Moonshine" and the dinner to Mr. Gladstone, 91; 549, 567

"Moral of Punch, The," 2, 256

Morality of Punch, 5, 6, 8, 242, 243

Moray Minstrels, 92, 484, 520, 528

Morgan, Matt: his designs in the "Tomahawk," 41; and the "Arrow," 240; "Fun," 364

Morley, Mr. John, 205

"Morning Herald," 50, 210, 211

"Morning Post" and the Jews, 104; attacked by Punch, 209, 210, 288, 289, 319

Morpeth, Lord, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23

Moses, Rev. Stainton, 374

"Mud-Salad Market," 368

Mulberry Club, 447

Mulready envelope, 52, 420

Mundella, Mr., on Punch, 189

Murray, R. F., 403, 404

Music in Punch, 52; Punch's patronage of, 128

Napoleon III., 109, 110, 120, 124, 323; as the hedgehog, 173; Franco-Prussian War, 179; "Cock-a-doodle-do!" 190; collection of Punch cartoons, 199; and Thackeray's retirement from Punch, 323, 324; cartoon on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War, 512

"National Standard," Thackeray's, 226

"Natural History of Courtship," 450

Naval defence, 172

"New Guide to Knowledge," 378

Newdegate, Mr., 232

Newman, William, 19; and the "Valentines," 49, 152; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275, 414; 413, 414

Nicholas, Tsar, 173; and "General Février," 174-176

"Night with Punch, A," 130

"Nineveh bull" cartoon, 255

"No Popery" cartoon, 196

Noé, Comte Amédée de, 501, 502

North, Colonel, 233

"Notes from the Diary of a City Waiter," 386

Obituaries, 38, 377

Obituary cartoons, 184

O'Brien, Smith, 106

O'Connell, Daniel, 106, 153

Offices of Punch, 258

O'Leary, Joseph, 330

"Old Crusaders, The," 182

Old jokes, 150-167

"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, The," 159, 245

"Old Nickotin stealing away the brains of his devotees," 512

"Old stock" in Punch, 457

"Omnibus," The, 496, 497

Omnibus jokes, 144, 156

"Omnium, Jacob," see Higgins, Matthew J.

"Once a Week" and Mr. Samuel Lucas, 85; 521

Onwhyn, Thomas, 459, 460

"Open to conviction," 413

"Opera telakouphanon," 124, 125

"Organ Boy's Appeal," 321

Organ-grinders, 437-440

Orr and Co., W.S., and the distribution of Punch, 36

"Our Dramatic Correspondent," 348

"Our Flight with Punch," 238, 357

"Our Honeymoon," 291

"Our Play Box," 526

"Out of Town," 276, 366

Oxenford, John, 259, 260, 307, 308

Padgett, Mr. William, 558

Pain, Mr. Barry, 241, 402

"Pall Mall Budget," 160

Palmerston, Lord, 99; as the "Judicious Bottle-holder," 118; 165; portraits, 203, 204

"Pantomime, Punch's," 131, 132

"Papal Aggression," 102, 103, 195, 196, 374, 455, 470

Paris Exhibition Special Number, 51, 61, 87

"Paris Revisited," 322

Parish Councils Bill, 169, 170

Parliamentary drawings by C. H. Bennett, 526

Partridge, Mr. Bernard, 67, 149, 560, 564, 565

"Pasquin," 11, 240, 348

Patmore, Mr. Coventry, 342, 343

"Pauper's Christmas Carol, The," 334

"Pauper Song," 301

"Pauvre Malheureux," The, 191

Paxton, Sir Joseph, the Punch Dinner, and the Crystal Palace, 84; 185, 480

Payn, Mr. James, 277, 406

Peake, R. B., 330

"Peccavi" dispatch, 361

"Pecksniff Papers," 289, 290

Peel, Sir Robert, 108, 109, 153, 198; Leech's drawing of, 202, 203; and "Pecksniff," 290; and Hood's pension, 336; "The Modern Sisyphus," 455

Pegram, Mr. Fred, 570

Pennington, Mr. Harper, 559

"Penny Satirist," 188, 293

Phillips, John, and Staff of Punch, 19; 412

Phillips, Watts, and the "Journal for Laughter," 56; 342, 372, 458, 459

"Phiz," see Browne, Hablôt Knight

Photography, Caricature illustrations of, 491

"Phrenological Manipulation of the Head of Punch," 240

"Physiology of a London Medical Student," 305

"Pictures of Life and Character," 422

"Pictures from Punch," 52

Pigott, Mr., 558

"Pin Money" cartoon, 334

Pincott, Mr., 242

Pinwell, George, 520

"Pips hys Diary, Mr.," 455

Piracy, 151-157

Pius IX., 102

Plagiarisms and repetitions, 150-167, 480

"Plea for Plush, A," 343

Plunkett, H. P., see "Grattan," H. P.

"Pocket-Book, Punch's," 349, 369, 406, 432, 464, 471, 497, 498, 500, 501, 525, 527

"Pocket Ibsen," 399

Poe's "Bells," 166

Poirée, M. Emmanuel, 570

Poland, 106, 120

"Political Pas de Quatre, The," 153

Politics of Punch, 78, 80, 99-121, 169, 189, 197

Poor, the, Representations of, 3, 187, 189

"Poor Man's Friend, The," 174

Pope, The, 102, 109, 120

Portch, Julian, 501

Portraits of Punch, 8, 9

Postans, R. B., and the origin of Punch, 12, 17, 19; 283

Practical jokes at the Punch Club, 94

"Prehistoric Peeps," 562, 563

Prehn, Mr., 528

"Prendergast, Paul," see Leigh, Percival

Pre-Raphaelite movement, 111, 126

Press, The, opinions of Punch, 30, 33, 41, 212, 213; Punch's attacks on, 209-213

Pretty woman, Mr. du Maurier's, 509, 510

Pritchett, Mr. R. T., 410, 423, 483, 520, 521

"Prize Novelists," 320, 337

"Process" block system, 253

"Proser, The," 321

Prospectus of Punch, 19-23

Protection and Free Trade, 118

Prowse, Jeff, 232, 364

Prussia, King of, 119

Public executions, 428

"Puck," 459

"Punch, His Origin and Career, Mr.," 12

"Punch to an eminent personage, Mr.," 321

"Punch in the East," 317

"Punch," Statuette of, 62

Punch Club, 52, 55, 93-98, 452

Punch Dinner, The, 40, 53-87, 168

Punch dinners, Special, 87-92

"Punch in London," Jerrold's, 25, 226, 273

"Punch's Complete Letter-Writer," 294

"Punch's Holidays," 50

"Punch's Letters to her Daughter, Mrs.," 11

"Punch's Letters to his Son," 288, 450

"Punch's Mazurka," 52

Puns, Supply of, 151; Mr. Burnand's, 366, 367; "Crowquill's," 450

"Puppet-Show," The, 156, 173, 231, 239, 354, 414

Purity of Punch, 5, 6, 8, 242, 243

Puseyism, 102, 103, 111

"Puzzle-heads," 555

"Q Papers," The, 285-287

Queen, see Victoria, Queen

"Queer Queries," 384

Rackham, Peter, and the Punch Dinners, 85

Railway mania, 116, 315, 317

Ralston, Mr. W., 166, 251, 372, 392, 410, 543

"Ramsbotham, Mrs.," 236-238

Reach, Angus, 132, 280, 281, 306; friendship with Shirley Brooks, 357

"Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The," 366

"Records of the Great Exhibition, extracted from Punch," 51

Rede, Leman, 283

Reed, Alfred, 532

Reed, Mr. Edward J., 391

Reed, Mr. E. T., 67; politics, 80; the Two Pins Club, 98; 151; 560-563

"Reflections on New Year's Day," 335

Reform, 118, 179

Religionist, Punch as a, 102-105

"Restored skeleton of a bicyclist," 561

Reunion Club (afterwards the Savage Club), 56

Rigby, J., 342

Ritchie, Mrs. Thackeray, 442

Riviere, R.A., Mr. Briton, 126, 539, 540

"Robert, the City Waiter," 385, 386

Roberts, Mr. J. H., 372, 404, 566

Robertson, Tom, 232

Robinson, H. R., 523

Robley, Major-General H. G., 546, 547

Rodwell, G. H. B., 283

Roebuck, Mr., 232

Rogat, Mr., 523

Rogers, Rev. W., and Lord John Russell, 196

Romer, Mr. Justice, 38

Romer, Mrs., 529 note, 541

Rosebery, Lord, 170, 180, 205

Rothschild, Baron de, and the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 105; 161

Royal Academy and the Punch artists, 126-128

"Royal Patent," Punch's, 62

Rusden, Mr. Athelstan, 549

Ruskin, Professor, on Punch's representations of the poor, 3; on Punch Staff as citizens, 111; on "General Février," 176; on Punch's politics, 197; on "John Bull," 206; on the "Song of the Shirt," 334; a remonstrance with Punch, 408; on a drawing by Leech, 426; on Mr. du Maurier's drawings of children, 507; on Mr. du Maurier's satire, 512, 513

Russell of Killowen, Lord, 98

Russell, Lord John, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23; as David attacking Goliath, 102; and the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 105; the New Reform Bill, 118; the "Political Pas de Quatre," 153; "No Popery" cartoon, 196; and Leech, 196, 348; "Story of the Mhow Court Martial," 343; and the "Modern Sisyphus," 455; "Lord Jack the Giant-killer," 470; Punch's sobriquet, 473

Russell, Sir W. H., and the Punch Dinners, 86; 298

Russia, exclusion of Punch from, 105; destruction of Punch cartoons, 194; Alexander III. and Lord Augustus Loftus, 194, 195; typical representations, 206

Russian Bear, 119, 120, 192, 208

"S," 454

Sala, Mr. George Augustus, speech at the "Albion" dinner, 88; 135; and "A Word with Punch," 227; 243, 277; on Horace Mayhew, 328; contributions, 387, 388; and A. S. Henning, 411; on W. McConnell, 460; on C. H. Bennett, 527

Salisbury, Lord, and the "Pas de Deux," 179

Sambourne, Mr. L.: his portraits of Punch, 9; caricature by Mr. Furniss, 61; 67, 79; politics, 80; and the "cartoon junior," 82, 170; drawing of the "Mahogany Tree," 89, 180; 536; the Two Pins Club, 98; "He won't be happy till he gets it," 160; cartoons, 171 and note; and difficulties in the production of cartoons, 183; "The Modern Alexander's Feast," 192; and treatment of cartoons in Russia, 194; an attempt at blank verse, 373; 455; 531-537

Sambourne, Miss Maud, 566

Sands, Mr. J., 410, 542, 543

"Satirist," 234

Saunderson, Mr., 499

Savage Club, 56, 527

Scott, Mr. Clement, 232, 388, 389

Scottish jokes, 139-141, 161

Scottish testimonial to Thackeray, 320

Scudamore, F. I., 361

Seaman, Mr. Owen, 405

Seccombe, Colonel, 523

Sergeant-at-Arms as a beetle, 145, 146

Serle, T. J., 259, 336, 337

Seymour, Robert, 158, 186, 188, 273

Shakespeare Club, 447

Shakespeare Dinner, 87

Shakespeare "Tercentenary Number," 50

Shepherd, Mr. J. A., 567

Sherbrooke, Lord, and Mr. Lucy's joke, 390

Shields, Mr. Frederic, on C. H. Bennett, 527; 530

"Ship," Greenwich, Jubilee Dinner at the, 89

Sibthorpe, Colonel, 232

Sichel, Mr. Walter, 406

"Side Scenes of Everyday Society," 305

Signatures of Punch's artists (Appendix I.), 573, 574

Silver, Mr. Henry, 66; extract from diary of proceedings at a Punch Dinner, 68-73; 79, 196; contributions, etc., 347, 348; on Leech, 433, 442; friendship with Charles Keene, 479, 480

"Singular Letter from the Regent of Spain," 315, 316

Sketchley, Arthur, 317, 407

Sketchley, Mr. R. F., 61, 67, 368, 369

Slavery, 165

Smalley, Mr., 180

Smith, Albert, and "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; victim of a practical joke, 94; withdrawal from Punch, 94, 306, 315; a repartee to Mark Lemon, 95; his lectures, 128, 304; and "A Word with Punch," 228; 281; and the benefit for Jerrold's widow, 298; relations with the Staff, 303, 304; biographical summary, 303-306

Smith, Horace, 259, 346

Smith, Mr. J. Moyr, 540, 541

Smith, Orrin, 12; and the "London Charivari," 15; 248

Smith, Mr. W. G., 549

Smith, Mr. W. H., portraits in Punch, 204

"Snobs of England," 74, 318

"Social Evil, The," 428

"Social Miseries," 187, 416

Social reformer, Punch as a, 124, 126, 185, 397

Socialists, and Punch's "summary justice," 235

"Song of the Shirt," 146, 176, 331-334

Sothern, Mr., adventure with a policeman, 351; and "Lord Dundreary," 424

"Spec's Remonstrance, Mr.," 316

Spelling reform, and Thackeray, 317

Spielmann, M. H., 407

Spurgeon, Mr., and Punch cartoons, 199

"Squeers, Mr.," Original of, 451

"Squib," The, 274, 275, 412, 414

Staff of Punch, relative contributions, 258-260, 263; their love of children, 294, 295; artists challenge the literary members, 372; "Family Trees," 382

Stafford, Mr., 570

Stage, The, and Punch's support, 128, 129

"Stags: a Drama of To-day, The," 315

"Standard," The, 50; and "Mrs. Gamp" and "Mrs. Harris," 211; attack on Punch, 212, 213

Stanfield, Clarkson, and the Punch Club, 93; relations between Dickens and Lemon, 353

Stephens, Mr. Henry Pottinger, 402, 403

Stewart, General Sir Henry, 183

Stone, Mr. Frank, and the Punch Club, 93

Storey, A.R.A., Mr. G. A., 41, 126, 557

"Storicules," 402

"Story of a Feather," 290

"Story of the Mhow Court Martial," 343

Stowers, Mr., 556

"Stranger, A," Contributions from, 501

Strasynski, L., 537

"Street-sweeping Machines," 155, 479

Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 64, 98

Sullivan, Mr. J. F., 567

Sunday opening of museums, 102

Sussex Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64

Swain, Mr. Joseph, 82, 247-253, 498

Sweaters, 104

Sykes, Mr. Arthur A., 122, 372, 404, 566

Table-turning, 424

Tanner, M.P., Dr., 554

Taylor, Tom, 60, 61, 68, 69; politics, 99, 367; his lectures, 129; as an amateur actor, 134; and old jokes, 163; suggestions for cartoons, 171, 339; and Bulwer Lytton, 220; benefit for Jerrold's widow, 298; work and characteristics, 338-341

Telephone, the, Forecast of, 124, 125

Temperance movement, 102, 245

Temple, Sir R., 232, 552

Tenniel, Sir John: his portraits of Punch, 8, 9; cartoon in "Tercentenary Number," 50; Great Exhibition Number, 51; at the Dinner, 79, 80; politics, 80, 463; the cartoons, 52, 79, 81-83, 163, 170, 172, 176; dinner on his receiving a knighthood, 89; the Two Pins Club, 98; influence on the moderation of Punch, 101; as an amateur actor, 134; Goschen cartoon, 160; and Punch's types of character, 208; early contributions, 355; 372; "heard movement," 423; 461-474; on Mr. Sambourne's work, 534

Tennyson, Lord, 220; reply to Bulwer Lytton's attack, 345, 346; and Woolner's bust, 346; obituary notice, 377; parody of his "Throstle," 402

"Tercentenary Number," 50

Terry, G. W., 499

Thackeray, W. M.: on humour and laughter, 1; on the purity of Punch, 5, 6; his portrait of Punch, 8; and the "London Charivari," 12, 15; "Punch's Holidays," 50; and Frenchmen, 51; "Mahogany Tree" quoted, 53; statuette by Boehm, 60; autotype, 61; Bedford Hotel, 64, 65; Punch Dinner, 68, 76; "Snob Papers," 74, 318; relations with Jerrold, 74, 289, 311; singing of the "Mahogany Tree" after his death, 86; "Atonement Dinner," 87, 88; the Jews, 103; and Punch's attitude towards Napoleon III., 109; his lectures, 129; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; "Jenkins Papers," 210, 316, 319; attack on Bunn, 226; attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239; and Mr. Swain, 253; working at Punch office, 258; relations with Albert Smith, 303; retirement from Punch, 323, 324; his work, characteristics, etc., 308-326; congratulates Mr. Burnand, 369; on Leech, 421, 437

Theatricals, Punch's, 132-137, 346

Thomas, Mr. Brandon, 394, 395

Thomas, George H., 477

Thomas, Mr. W. F., 570

Thompson, Mr., 558

Thompson, Alfred, 372, 500

Thompson, Dr., Master of Trinity, and the first number of Punch, 29

Thompson, Mr. John Gordon, 516, 517

"Tickletoby's Lectures on English History, Miss," 309, 310

"Times," The, and the attack of the "Standard" on Punch, 210, 212, 213; leaders by Gilbert à Beckett, 277

Title of Punch, 24

"Toby's Diary," 390, 391

"Tomahawk," The, Matt Morgan's designs in, 41

Tomlins, F. G., 26

"Too Late!" 183

"Town, The," 378

Traill, Mr. H. D., 406

"Train," The, 313

Transfer of Punch to Bradbury and Evans, 34, 36

"Travelling Companions," 399

"Travelling Notes, by our Fat Contributor," 316

"Travels in London," 320

Trollope, Anthony, on Thackeray's art, 314

Tsar's decoy train, The, 145

Tuer, Mr. Andrew, 147, 483

Tully, Henry, 52; and the Punch Club, 93 and note

Turner, Mr. Leopold Godfrey, 407

Turner's pictures, 221

Two Pins Club, 98

Types of character, Punch's, 206-208

"Under the Rose," 399, 400

"Untiled," 378

"Up before the Beak," 517

Valentines, Punch's, 49, 282, 446, 448, 451

"Verdant Green," 129, 492, 493

"Very Much Abroad," 482

Victoria, Queen, and the Tsar, 105, 106; visit to Ireland, 106; and an amateur theatrical performance at Devonshire House, 135, 346; portraits in Punch, 214, 215; Punch's reverence for, 214-217; and the imperial crown, 243

"Victorian Era," The, 52

Viles, Mr. Arthur E., 407

"Visit to the Watering-places," 49

Vizetelly, Henry, 35, 136; and Disraeli at the Printers' Pension Society Dinner, 197-199; on Henry Mayhew, 268, 269; on Jerrold and Thackeray, 289; on Albert Smith, 303; and Rumsey Forster's revenge on Thackeray, 319, 320; on Kenny Meadows, 447

"Vocalists, Advice to," 161

"Voces Populi," 398, 400, 565

Volunteer Corps, 108, 423

"W. G.," 541

"W. R.," 499

"W. V.," 540

Wales, Prince of, and Hugh Middleton Board School, 125, 126; his illness, 183, 214; Punch's representations of, 214; wedding, 351

Walford, Mr., 85

Walker, A.R.A., Fred, 126, 523, 524

Walker, Mr. Henry, 148

Wallace, R. B., 251, 457, 547

Walters, Mr. T., 537

"Ward, Artemus," see Browne, Charles F.

Weir, Mr. Harrison, 498

Wellington, Duke of, 153, 157, 164, 184, 202, 215

Wheeler, Mr. E. J., 252, 548, 549

"Whistling Oyster," The, 56; and the Punch Club, 96; 452

William II., Emperor, and "The Modern Alexander's Feast," 192; "Wilful Wilhelm," 193; Army Bills, 193; and Prince Bismarck, 193

Williams, Rev. J. de Kewer, and the Jubilee of Punch, 6, 8

Wills, W. H., 19, 26; and Jullien, 218; 259, 260; 282, 283

Wilson, Mr. Dower, 549

Wilson, Mr. J. C., 405

Wilson, Mr. T. Harrington, 119, 251, 498

Wiseman, Cardinal, 103, 470

Women, Lack of humour in, 392, 393; as drawn by Mr. du Maurier, 506, 509, 510

Woods, F., 547

Woods, T. W., 528

"Word with Bunn, A," 232

"Word with Punch, A," 131, 227-232

Yates, Edmund, and the Punch prospectus, 19; and omnibus jokes, 144, 173; and the "Comic News," 265, 281; the "Train," 313; mistaken belief that he wrote for Punch, 390 note

"Ye Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe," 455

"Yellowplush, Mr.," 317

"Young England Party," 108, 198

"Young Reciter, Mr. Punch's," 398

Zangwill, Mr., 24

FOOTNOTES:

Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings