ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| A STREET SCENE | Frontispiece |
| JAMES HADFIELD’S ATTEMPT TO KILL GEORGE III., MAY 15, 1800 | 11 |
| THE LOYAL DUCKING; OR, RETURNING FROM THE REVIEW ON THE FOURTH OF JUNE, 1800 | 14 |
| HINTS TO FORESTALLERS; OR, A SURE WAY TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GRAIN | 18 |
| JOHN BULL AND HIS FRIENDS COMMEMORATING THE PEACE | 46 |
| JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY TAKING LEAVE OF THE INCOME TAX | 48 |
| LONG-EXPECTED COME AT LAST; OR, JOHN BULL DISAPPOINTED AT HIS CRIPPLED VISITOR | 51 |
| SKETCH OF THE INTERIOR OF ST. STEPHEN’S AS IT NOW STANDS | 60 |
| “DESPAIR” | 61 |
| THE FREEMAN’S OATH | 90 |
| BILLY IN THE SALT-BOX | 116 |
| DEATH OF NELSON | 118 |
| NELSON’S FUNERAL CAR | 123 |
| EXTRAORDINARY NEWS | 143 |
| A STAGE COACH—1804 | 183 |
| THE STAGE WAGGON | 184 |
| TUNBRIDGE ORIGINAL WAGGON | 185 |
| “TOMMY ONSLOW” | 192 |
| HOW TO BREAK IN MY OWN HORSE | 193 |
| ROTTEN ROW—1803 | 194 |
| ONE OF THE MISERIES OF LONDON | 197 |
| LAMPLIGHTER—1805 | 202 |
| LAMPLIGHTER—1805 | 203 |
| THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS! | 205 |
| A PEEP AT THE GAS LIGHTS IN PALL MALL | 207 |
| A FIRE ENGINE | 211 |
| A FIREMAN—1805 | 212 |
| DRINKING WATER SUPPLY—1802 | 213 |
| “WATER CRESSES! COME BUY MY WATER CRESSES!” | 219 |
| “HOT CROSS BUNS! TWO A PENNY BUNS!” | 220 |
| “DO YOU WANT ANY BRICK-DUST?” | 221 |
| “BUY A TRAP! A RAT TRAP! BUY MY TRAP!” | 222 |
| “BUY MY GOOSE! MY FAT GOOSE!” | 225 |
| “ALL A GROWING, A GROWING! HERE’S FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDENS!” | 226 |
| A POSTMAN | 228 |
| TALES OF WONDER | 233 |
| A JEAN DE BRY | 251 |
| ALL BOND STREET TREMBLED AS HE STRODE | 252 |
| THE THREE MR. WIGGINS’S | 257 |
| ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON | 260 |
| ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON | 261 |
| PARIS FASHIONS FOR WINTER DRESS—1800 | 264 |
| FASHIONS, EARLY 1800 | 265 |
| FASHIONABLE FURBELOES; OR, THE BACK FRONT OF A LADY OF FASHION, IN THE YEAR 1801 | 266 |
| LIGHT HEAD-DRESSES AND LONG PETTICOATS FOR THE YEAR 1802 | 267 |
| PREPARING FOR A BALL—1803 | 268 |
| PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 1. | 269 |
| PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 3. | 269 |
| PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 2. | 270 |
| GRACE, FASHION, AND MANNERS, FROM THE LIFE—1810 | 273 |
| WALKING DRESSES—1810 | 273 |
| “LES INVISIBLES,” 1810 | 274 |
| GROUP OF CHILDREN—1808 | 278 |
| FILIAL AFFECTION; OR, A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN | 279 |
| A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN (ROWLANDSON) | 281 |
| GREAT SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT BROOKES’S | 289 |
| LIFE GUARDS ESCORTING A LOTTERY WHEEL | 291 |
| DRAWING THE LOTTERY AT COOPER’S HALL | 292 |
| CUDGEL PLAYING—1800 | 303 |
| FOX-HUNTING BREAKFAST | 306 |
| PERCH-FISHING—1804 | 307 |
| AFTER A DAY’S SHOOTING—1809 | 308 |
| COCK-SHOOTING WITH SPANIELS—1804 | 309 |
| BILLIARDS—1801 | 319 |
| THE YOUNG ROSCIUS, AS FREDERICK, IN “LOVERS’ VOWS” | 325 |
| THEATRICAL LEAP-FROG | 328 |
| VAIN ATTEMPT TO SEE YOUNG ROSCIUS | 329 |
| THE INTRODUCTION | 331 |
| MADAME CATALANI | 340 |
| CATALANI | 341 |
| ISAAC CRUIKSHANK’S CARICATURE | 347-349 |
| THE PIC-NIC ORCHESTRA | 356 |
| VAUXHALL GARDENS—1808-9 | 359 |
| MRS. BILLINGTON, AS CLARA, SINGING A BRAVURA (1802) | 362 |
| THEATRICAL DOCTORS RECOVERING CLARA’S NOTES! | 363 |
| PLAYING IN PARTS | 364 |
| HARMONY BEFORE MATRIMONY—1805 | 366 |
| WALTZER AU MOUCHOIR—1800 | 368 |
| LA VALSE—1810 | 368 |
| DRAWING FROM LIFE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY—1808 | 370 |
| CONNOISSEURS EXAMINING A COLLECTION OF GEORGE MORLAND | 373 |
| A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL—1803 | 386 |
| THE COW POCK; OR, THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THE NEW INOCULATION! | 388 |
| METALLIC TRACTORS—1802 | 389 |
| WOMEN’S WARD, ST. LUKE’S—1808 | 392 |
| AN IRON FOUNDRY—1802 | 397 |
| A COLLIERY—1802 | 398 |
| BRITISH SAILOR—1805 | 404 |
| BRITISH SOLDIER—1805 | 414 |
| SOLDIERS—1806 | 414 |
| DRESSING PIG-TAILS IN THE OPEN AIR—1801 | 414 |
| HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY—1803 | 415 |
| VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS—1803 | 415 |
| BLOOMSBURY AND INNS OF COURT VOLUNTEER—1803 | 416 |
| MRS. CLARKE | 428 |
| MRS. CLARKE’S LEVÉE | 429 |
| MILITARY LEAP FROG; OR, HINTS TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN | 430 |
| THE PRODIGAL SON’S RESIGNATION | 431 |
| WATCHMEN GOING ON DUTY—1808 | 436 |
| WATCH-HOUSE. MARYLEBONE—1808 | 437 |
| CONSTABLES—1805 | 438 |
| PILLORY. CHARING CROSS | 441 |
| THE PILLORY | 442 |
| THE CONDEMNED SERMON. NEWGATE | 447 |
| THE LAST DYING SPEECH AND CONFESSION | 448 |
| INTERIOR OF FLEET PRISON | 454 |
| HOUSE OF CORRECTION. COLD BATH FIELDS | 456 |
| BOW STREET POLICE OFFICE | 458 |
THE DAWN OF THE XIXTH CENTURY
IN ENGLAND.
A SOCIAL SKETCH OF THE TIMES.