FINE BUSINESS, INDEED! THE WRETCH!
Master of the House. "OH! MARY! WHAT IS THERE FOR DINNER TO-DAY?"
Mary. "I THINK, SIR, IT'S COLD MUTTON, SIR."
Master of the House. "H'M!—OH! TELL YOUR MISTRESS, WHEN SHE COMES IN, THAT I MAY POSSIBLY BE DETAINED IN THE CITY ON BUSINESS, AND SHE IS ON NO ACCOUNT TO WAIT DINNER FOR ME."
IMPUDENCE.
Horse Guard. "NOW, YOU BOY! YOU MUSN'T HANG ABOUT HERE."
Boy. "OH! YES, MR. HANGABOUT. I SUPPOSE I MAY SET MY WATCH BY YOUR CLOCK, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER GENT."
GORGEOUS SPECTACLE.
Sarah Jane. "OH, BETSY, COME 'ERE, AND BRING HISABELLER! WE CAN SEE THE 'OOFS OF THE 'ORSES!!"
NATIVE POLITENESS.
Boy (to be-witch-ing Old Lady of Fashion). "WAS YOU A LOOKING FOR A BROOM, MARM?"
"YOUTH AT THE PROW, AND PLEASURE AT THE HELM."
"THE HAPPY PAIR THEN STARTED FOR THE CONTINENT, VIA FOLKESTONE, TO SPEND THE HONEYMOON."
VERY ACCOMMODATING.
Cabman. "WANT A CAB, SIR? TAKE YER ANYVERE, ANY DISTANCE, ANY PRICE, AND WHEN YER PLEASE. TROT YER DOWN TO VITECHAPEL OR 'ACKNEY, OR SPIN YER ALONG LIKE ONE O'CLOCK TO HEGHAM, STAINES, OR WINDSOR."
TOO POPULAR BY HALF.
Boy (singing). "LOVER-LY LUCY NEAL, OH LOVER-LY LUCY NEAL, HIF I 'AD YOU BY MY SI-I-HIDE, 'OW 'APPY I SHOULD FEEL!"
TASTE IN THE DRAWING-ROOM.—VILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH.
Young Lady (who ought to know better). "NOW, WILLIAM, YOU ARE NOT LOW ENOUGH YET. BEGIN AGAIN AT 'HE TOOK THE COLD PIZEN.'"
FAMILIARITY.
"NOW, THEN, THOMAS, TELL YOUR OLD MAN TO PULL ON A PEG, AND LET ME GET UP TO MY PAWNBROKER'S!"
APPROPRIATE.
First Citizen. "I SAY, BILL—I WONDER WHAT HE CALLS HISSELF?"
Second Ditto. "BLOWED IF I KNOW!—BUT I CALLS HIM A BLOATED HARISTOCRAT."
MIGHT VERSUS RIGHT.
Navigator. "WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?"
Policeman. "WHY, I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE STATION HOUSE, IF YOU DON'T MOVE ON."
Navigator. "YOU TAKE ME TO THE STATION-HOUSE? TEN ON YOU MIGHT!"
A HANSOM OFFER.
Cabman (condescendingly). "HAMPSTEAD! LET'S SEE—THE FARE'S ABOUT NINE BOB, AS NEAR AS MAY BE; BUT, AS I WANT A DRIVE IN THE FRESH HAIR MYSELF, SUPPOSE WE SAY THREE 'ARF CROWNS?"
POULTRY FANCIES.—THE PETS.
Old Lady. "WELL, HE HAS GROWN; AND, REALLY, I THINK HE MIGHT LEAVE OFF THOSE FROCKS, AND HAVE A SUIT OF CLOTHES LIKE HIS BROTHERS."
TRAVELLERS' REQUISITES.
Railway Porter. "ANY LUGGAGE, SIR?"
Traveller. "YAS—CARPET-BAG AND CIGAR-CASE."
MOST DISTRESSING.
POOR STUBBS!—JUST AS HE MEETS THOSE NICE GIRLS HE ADMIRED SO AT M.'S PARTY, AN ENORMOUS BLACK SETTLES ON HIS NOSE. HE LOSES ALL PRESENCE OF MIND.
HOW TO FLATTER A GENT.
Mr. Noses. "GOT ANY OLD CLOTHES, SIR? (whispers) ANY LEFT-OFF UNIFORMS, CAPTAIN?"
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.
Man of Refinement. "NOW DON'T, MY GOOD MAN—PRAY DON'T!—I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY. YOU ARE GOING TO SAY 'YA!—HA!—SPARRERGRASS.' DO ALLOW ME TO PERSUADE YOU TO CALL IT ASPARAGUS—AND HERE IS SIXPENCE FOR YOU."
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!"
FLY-FISHING.
MR. BUNGLE ALWAYS MAKES HIS FLIES ON THE BANK OF THE STREAM. HERE IS ONE OF HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS.
"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.)
PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING.
THE INTELLIGENT READER IS REQUESTED TO IMAGINE THAT THE GATES IN THE ABOVE CARTOON HAVE JUST BEEN THOROUGHLY CLEANED, AND FRESH PAINTED. ON HIS RETURN FROM THE CITY, MR. BRIGGS FINDS THAT RUDE BOYS (TOTALLY REGARDLESS OF HIS FEELINGS) HAVE BEEN FARTHER DECORATING THEM.
A ROUGH COUNTRY.
Boy. "NOA, SIR! THERE AIN'T NO OTHER GATE OUT O' THIS VIELD, YOU MUST FOLLER THAT GENTLEMAN ON THE GRAY HORSE."
Fox Hunter. "WHAT, THAT GENT? OH! THANK YER!"
SUGGESTIVE OF A PICTURESQUE FIGURE.
Stout Old Gentleman. "A SHOWER-BATH MAKE YOUR HAIR IN A MESS! NOT A BIT OF IT, IF YOU WEAR AN OIL-SKIN CAP LIKE THIS, AS I DO."
A CAUSE FOR REPROOF.
Lady (severely). "JANET, I MUST DESIRE YOU TO GO AT ONCE AND DRESS YOUR HAIR IN A BECOMING MANNER, AND NOT TO IMITATE ME SO ABSURDLY."
AWKWARD CONSEQUENCES OF REMOVING THE SOLDIERS FROM KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
Housemaid. "IF YOU PLEASE 'M, ME, AND COOK, AND MARY, WISHES TO LEAVE, THIS DAY MONTH, MA'AM."
REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES.
Mary. "IF YOU PLEASE, SIR, IF YOU'VE DONE WITH THE INK, WILL YOU LET WILLIAM HAVE IT TO CLEAN YOUR BOOTS? BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE BLACKING WE'VE GOT IN THE HOUSE."
THE CONSTITUTIONAL WALK.
Lady. "DEAR, DEAR, IT'S COMING ON TO RAIN! RUN, JAMES! QUICK, AND FETCH AN UMBRELLA, AND TWO PARASOLS. I'M AFRAID MY POOR DEAR COCHINS WILL GET THE RHEUMATISM."
A MAN OF OPINION.
M.P. "DID YOU SEE THIS ADMIRABLE SUGGESTION IN THE PAPER, TO PULL DOWN THE TEMPLE BAR?"
Swell. "PULL DOWN THE TEMPLE BAR! A MOST EARNESTLY HOPE NOT—WHY, GOOD GWACIOUS! IT'S THE PWINCIPAL BARWIER BETWEEN US AND THE HORWID CITY!"
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."
A BRILLIANT IDEA.
Matilda. "OH, LOOK YE HERE, TOMMY! S'POSE WE PLAY AT YOUR BEING THE BIG FOOTMAN, AND ME AND LIZZERBUTH'LL BE THE FINE LADIES IN THE CARRIDGE!"
AN EXPERIENCED VETERAN.
Managing Mamma. "MY GOODNESS, ELLEN, HOW WRETCHEDLY PALE YOU LOOK! FOR GOODNESS' SAKE BITE YOUR LIPS AND RUB YOUR CHEEKS."
EXTREME DELICACY.
Exquisite in Cab. "AW—BE KIND ENOUGH, IF YOU PLEASE, TO FETCH—AW—AN—AW—UMBRELLAW, AND HOLD IT OV-AW ME WHILE I—AW—GET OUT."
THE POULTRY MANIA.
Miss ——. "GOOD GRACIOUS, EMILY. WHAT HORRID FRIGHTS!"
Emily. "FRIGHTS? MY DEAR? WHY THEY ARE LOVELY COCHIN CHINA FOWLS, AND WORTH—OH! EVER SO MUCH."
AN INQUIRING MIND.
Omnibus Driver. "REELY NOW! AND SO THE 'LECTRIC FLUID TAKES A MESSAGE BETWEEN DOVER AND CALAIS. (Inquiringly.) PRAY, SIR, WOT'S IT LIKE? IS IT ANYTHING LIKE BEER, FOR EXAMPLE?"
SOMETIMES YOU "PICK UP" HUNTERS FOR NEXT TO NOTHING.
Dealer. "THERE NOW! YOU WANT A HUNTER. THERE HE IS. HE'S QUIET, WELL-BRED, AND LAW! WITH YOUR WEIGHT, HE'S UP TO ANY HOUNDS, AND AN UNCOMMON CLEVER FENCER!"
Sporting Gent. "OH! COME NOW! THAT WON'T DO. I'VE HEARD OF A 'ORSE DANCING; BUT I'M NOT SO JOLLY GREEN AS TO BELIEVE A 'ORSE CAN FENCE, YOU KNOW!"
A LUCID EXPLANATION.
Passenger. "SIXPENCE! WHY, IT'S MARKED UP THREEPENCE!"
Conductor. "YES, SIR. THREPPUNSE WHEN YOU DON'T GET IN BETWEEN CHARING CROSS AND THE BANK, OR FROM TUESDAYS TO MILE END DOWN TO THE GATE BY UNGERFOD, OR EDGER ROAD TO BLACK LION LANE OR RATHBONE PLACE AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY—OR ELSE YOU MUST GET OUT AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, OR YOU CAN GO TO PIMLICO ALL THE WAY IF YOU LIKE—BEYOND THAT DISTANCE—IT'S SIXPUNSE!"
PERFECT SINCERITY, OR THINKINGS ALOUD.—No. IV.
Genius. "BY THE WAY, DID YOU GLANCE OVER THAT ARTICLE OF MINE ON 'THE INTELLECT OF WOMAN, AND HER SOCIAL POSITION?' I DON'T CARE TWOPENCE ABOUT YOUR OPINION; ONLY IF YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING FAVOURABLE OF COURSE I SHALL BE PLEASED."
Common Sense. "WHY, I TRIED IT, BUT UPON MY LIFE I FOUND IT SUCH CONTEMPTIBLE RUBBISH, THAT I COULDN'T GET ON: AND, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I THINK THAT A SNUG LITTLE THING IN THE CHEESEMONGERING LINE WOULD BE MORE IN YOUR WAY THAN LITERATURE."
Genius. "AH! YOU MUST BE A FOOL!"
THE AGONY COLUMN.
"I WISH, MISTER, YOU WOULD BE SO GOOD AS TO STOP THE PRESS AND PUT THIS IN A GOOD PLACE (reads): 'Hemily, Don't delay, but return to yer broken-arted Adolphus, or there's no knowing what may be the consequence!!!'"
THE INFLUENZA.
"THIS IS REALLY VERY KIND OF YOU TO CALL. CAN I OFFER YOU ANYTHING—A BASIN OF GRUEL, OR A GLASS OF COUGH MIXTURE? DON'T SAY NO."
AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
Gent. "WAITER! CHOP AND A PINT OF STOUT; AND LOOK SHARP."
Waiter. "OH, YES! IT'S ALL VERY WELL TO SAY LOOK SHARP."
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."
PLEASANT!
Affectionate Little Wife (who has made many abortive attempts to fathom the secrets of Freemasonry). "WELL, BUT DEAR! TELL ME ONE THING, DO THEY PUT YOU INTO A COFFIN?"
ONE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE BLACKGUARD BETTING OFFICES.
Sporting Character. "I DON'T EXACTLY LIKE ROBBING MASTER, BUT I MUST MEET MY ENGAGEMENTS."
PEPPERING A GENT.
Conductor (very loud). "GO ON, BILL; HERE'S THAT UGLY OLD COVE, WOT ALWAYS KICKS UP SUCH A ROW, AND MAKES HISSELF SO DISAGREEABLE, JUST GOT IN!"
Driver. "OH, HAS HE? I'VE A DOOCED GOOD MIND TO PITCH HIM OVER, AND BREAK HIS STUPID OLD 'ED!!"
GAMMON.
Ostler. "PLEASE TO TAKE 'IM GENTLY OVER THE WOOD-PAVEMENT, SIR; FOR HE'S WERRY FRESH THIS MORNING."
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!"
DELIGHTFUL OUT-DOOR EXERCISE IN WARM WEATHER.
RUNNING AFTER "ANOTHER FOUR!" AT CRICKET, AMIDST DERISIVE SHOUTS OF "NOW THEN, BUTTERFINGERS!"—"OH! OH!"—"THROW IT IN! LOOK SHARP!"—"QUICK! IN WITH IT!" &C., &C.
A SMART YOUTH.
Old Gentleman. "BLESS MY HEART! THIS VIBRATION OF THE CARRIAGE IS VERY UNUSUAL! PRAY, MY LITTLE MAN, HAVE YOU ANY APPREHENSION OF ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS?"
Juvenile. "OH, NONE IN THE LEAST; AND ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A FAT OLD BUFFER AS YOU TO BE SHOT AGAINST."
AN UNREASONABLE COMPLAINT.
Indignant Party. "WHAT? A SHILLING FOR THE TWO MILES, AND A SIXPENCE BESIDES! WHY, YOU DON'T CALL ME AN EXTRA PERSON?"
Cabman. "OH! DON'T I THO!"
BY THE "SAD SEA WAVES."
TABLEAU REPRESENTING A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, WHO FANCIES HE IS ALONE, AND TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY OF GOING THROUGH THE LAST SCENE OF "LUCIA."
N.B. The Young Gentleman's voice is of the most feeble and uncertain quality.
THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.
No. I.—A LOYAL CITIZEN.
Magistrate. "NOW, SIR, WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
Nervous Gent. "I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR; BUT I WISH TO BE SWORN IN AS A CH-CH-CHARTIST—I MEAN AS A SP-SP-SPECIAL C-CONSTABLE!"
NO. II.-SPECIAL CONSTABLE GOING ON DUTY.
Time—Two in the Morning.
Captain of the Beat. "OH! WE HAVE JUST LOOKED IN TO SAY THAT IT IS YOUR TURN TO GO ON DUTY. THE ROOKERY AT THE BACK OF SLAUGHTER'S ALLEY IS YOUR BEAT, I BELIEVE. YOU WILL LOSE NO TIME, IF YOU PLEASE. FOR ITS A DREADFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD, AND ALL THE POLICE HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN—INDEED, SEVERAL MOST BRUTAL AND SAVAGE ATTACKS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALREADY!"
No. V.—RELIEF DUTY.
Special's Wife. "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS, INDEED! FIDDLESTICKS! I MUST INSIST, FREDERICK, UPON YOUR TAKING THIS HOT BRANDY-AND-WATER. I SHALL BE HAVING YOU LAID UP NEXT, AND NOT FIT FOR ANYTHING."
THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.
No. VI.—IN ACTION.
Special Constable. "NOW MIND, YOU KNOW—IF I KILL YOU, IT'S NOTHING; BUT IF YOU KILL ME, BY JINGO, IT'S MURDER."
No. VII.—OUT OF WORK.
First. "TALK OF INTERRUPTION TO BUSINESS! VY, I GIVE YER MY VORD OF HONOUR, THAT WOT WITH THEM SPECIALS AND THE REGLAR CRUSHERS, I AIN'T SO MUCH AS PRIGGED A SINGLE HANDKERCHER FOR A VEEK."
Second. "OH, IT'S ENUFF TO MAKE VUN TURN RESPECTABLE."
No. VIII.—AN AGREEABLE DUTY.
Special Constable. "I BEG YOUR PARDON, YOUNG LADIES, BUT YOURS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROCESSION, AND WE MUST TAKE YOU IN CHARGE—WE MUST, INDEED."
THE GREAT CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.
No. IX.—THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
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!!"
HEROISM.
JOHN THOMAS, THE BELGRAVIAN FLUNKEY, AS HE APPEARED WHILE THE MOB WERE BREAKING HIS MISSUSSES WINDOWS.
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.
"IS THIS A LIBERY?"
"YES."
"THEN LET ME HAVE THE LAST NUMBER OF HEMILY FITZ HOSBORN."
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.
AN AMBITIOUS YOUTH.
Old Gentleman. "NOW, AUGUSTUS; WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE?"
Augustus. "I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD LIKE—BUT YOU WOULDN'T LET ME."
Old Gent. "WHAT IS IT—A LAWYER?"
Aug. "NO: IT AIN'T A LAWYER."
Old Gent. "A SURGEON?"
Aug. "NO."
Old Gent. "A PARSON?"
Aug. "NO."
Old Gent. "A SOLDIER?"
Aug. "NO."
Old Gent. "WHAT, THEN?"
Aug. "WHY—A CLOWN AT ASTLEY'S."
APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE.
Officer (loq). "WELL, MY FINE FELLOW, SO YOU'VE BEEN IN THE REGULAR ARMY?—IN THE WARS, TOO, I SEE—EH?"
Stout Yeoman. "NOA, COLONEL, I NEVER WASN'T IN NO WARS; BUT MY OLD SOW GAINED A SILVER MEDAL LAST COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, SO I THO'T AS O'W I MIGHT WEAR UN!"
THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.
MASTER SMITH, AS HE APPEARED TRYING TO FORCE HIS MOUSTACHES FOR THE BROWNS' PARTY.
THE WEDDING-DAY—FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
PRESENTS—BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM COVENT GARDEN, AND SUCH A LOVELY BRACELET!"
OXFORD COSTUME.
First Swell. "AWFUL SHIRT! EH?"
Second ditto. "YA'AS, LINEN'S SO DEUCED COMMON NOW—I'M GOING TO SPORT EMBROIDERED SILK."
First Ditto. "HAH! CHEESY IDEA TOO! BUT OUR GILLS WANT ELEVATING!"
THE WEDDING-DAY—FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.
PRESENTS—BEAUTIFUL BUNDLE OF ASPARAGUS FROM COVENT GARDEN, AND THE NICEST DOUBLE PERAMBULATOR IN THE WORLD!!
OUR LAZY CONTRIBUTOR.
"PLEASE, SIR, HERE'S THE PRINTER'S BOY CALLED AGAIN."
"OH, BOTHER! SAY I'M BUSY."
WHICH IS BEST?
Matilda. "I WONDER, MARIA, YOU DON'T PUT AUGUSTUS INTO JACKETS AND TROWSERS; REALLY HE GROWS TOO TALL FOR THAT KIND OF COSTUME."
Maria. "PERHAPS, MATILDA, YOU WILL BE KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO DRESS MY OWN CHILD IN MY OWN WAY. I AM MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU ALL THE SAME. I DON'T LIKE THE PRACTICE SOME PEOPLE HAVE OF DRESSING LITTLE BOYS LIKE LITTLE MEN!!!"
A GOOD SIZED FLOAT.
Little Gent (with undue familiarity). "I SAY, MY OLD COCKYWAX,—I S'POSE THE FISH AIN'T VERY LARGE OFF RAMSGIT—ARE THEY?"
Fisherman. "WELL! I SHOULDN'T SAY AS THEY WAS WERRY SMALL—WHEN WE'RE OBLIGED TO USE SICH FLOATS AS THEM TO OUR FISHIN' TACKLE! MY YOUNG COCKYWAX!" (Gent is shut up.)
BEGINNING FIRES FOR THE WINTER—SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHIMNEY.
Sweep (loq.). "THIS CHIMLE ALWAYS WAS A BAD UN TO SMOKE, SIR; THE PARTY AS LIVED HERE BEFORE YOU CAME HAD A DEAL OF TROUBLE WITH IT."
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!"
POTICHOMANIA (THE ART OF DECORATING GLASS),
AS CARRIED OUT BY MASTER TOM DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
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 |