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The Essays of Douglas Jerrold

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Douglas William Jerrold
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About This Book

A varied collection of short essays and sketches that range from playful and admiring reflections on Shakespeare to sharp social commentary, theatrical anecdotes, moral tales, and personal recollections. The pieces blend humour and critique to expose folly and hypocrisy, while also offering affectionate portraits of everyday characters and theatrical life. Some essays adopt satirical, conversational tones; others pursue earnest moral observation or descriptive pastiche. Together they form a compact panorama of the author’s interests and methods, alternating light lampooning with reflective essays that probe manners, art, and human idiosyncrasy.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“The two flasks were in brief time emptied” (The Wine Cellar) Photogravure Frontispiece
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Headpiece to Contents v
Tailpiece to Contents vi
Headpiece to List of Illustrations vii
Headpiece to Shakespeare at Charlecote Park 1
Tailpiece to Shakespeare at Charlecote Park 6
Headpiece to Shakespeare at “Bank-Side” 7
Tailpiece to Shakespeare at “Bank-Side” 12
Headpiece to The Epitaph of Sir Hugh Evans 13
“One who would have added weight and dignity to the ceremony” 17
Headpiece to Bully Bottom’s Babes 22
Tailpiece to Bully Bottom’s Babes 27
Headpiece to Shakespeare in China 28
“Became wise by poring on his book” 34
Tailpiece to Shakespeare in China 38
Headpiece to Solomon’s Ape 39
“Cast him down a ripe pomegranate” 43
Tailpiece to Solomon’s Ape 45
Headpiece to The Castle Builders of Padua 46
Headpiece to The Tapestry Weaver of Beauvais 50
Tailpiece to The Tapestry Weaver of Beauvais 57
Headpiece to The Wine Cellar: A “Morality” 58
Tailpiece to The Wine Cellar: A “Morality” 66
Headpiece to Recollections of Guy Fawkes 67
“Rejoicing in the captivity of a suit of clothes stuffed with hay” 70
Tailpiece to Recollections of Guy Fawkes 74
Headpiece to Elizabeth and Victoria 75
“Rank ... preached its high prerogative from externals” 80
“Hangman’s surgery” 83
Headpiece to The Little Great and the Great Little 90
Tailpiece to The Little Great and the Great Little 94
Headpiece to The Manager’s Pig 95
Tailpiece to The Manager’s Pig 102
Headpiece to Some Account of a Stage Devil 103
“Would solace the child by playing upon a diabolic fiddle” 113
Tailpiece to Some Account of a Stage Devil 120
Headpiece to Fireside Saints 121
Tailpiece to Fireside Saints 126
Headpiece to Cat-and-Fiddle Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger 127
“Almost for two whole days did the tiger sleep” 135
Tailpiece to Cat-and-Fiddle Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger 139
Headpiece to A Gossip at Reculvers 140
“Sugar from even the sweeter lips of lady mistress” 143
Tailpiece to A Gossip at Reculvers 149
Headpiece to The Two Windows 150
Headpiece to The Order of Poverty 154
“He has dreamed away his life upon a hillside” 164
Tailpiece to The Order of Poverty 165
Headpiece to The Old Man at the Gate 166
Headpiece to The Folly of the Sword 171
“Hodge, poor fellow, enlists” 175
Tailpiece to The Folly of the Sword 180
Headpiece to The Greenwich Pensioner 181
Tailpiece to The Greenwich Pensioner 188
Headpiece to The Drill Sergeant 189
“He is, indeed, unbent” 195
Headpiece to The Handbook of Swindling 199
“Politely receives his destroyer” 233
“Any one of these names may be ... confidently given in to the night constable” 246
“Other worthies laboured on horseback” 256