THE BOOK OF BALLADS

By Various

Illustrated By Doyle, Leech, Cromquill



CONTENTS

THE BROKEN PITCHER
DON FERNANDO GOMERSALEZ
THE COURTSHIP OF OUR CID
AMERICAN BALLADS
THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE
FYTTE FIRST
FYTTE SECOND.
THE LAY OF MR COLT.
STREAK THE FIRST.
STREAK THE SECOND.
THE DEATH OF JABEZ DOLLAR
THE ALABAMA DUEL
THE AMERICAN'S APOSTROPHE TO BOZ
MISCELLANEOUS BALLADS
THE STUDENT OF JENA
THE LAY OF THE JEBITE
BURSCH GROGGNEBURG
NIGHT AND MORNING
THE BITTER BIT
THE MEETING
THE CONVICT AND THE AUSTRALIAN LADY
DOLEFUL LAY OF THE HONORABLE J. O. UWINS
THE KNYGHTE AND THE TAYLZEOUR'S DAUGHTER
THE MIDNIGHT VISIT
THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN.
MY WIFE'S COUSIN
THE QUEEN IN FRANCE
PART I.
PART II.
THE MASSACRE OF MACPHERSON
THE YOUNG STOCKBROKER'S BRIDE
THE LAUREATES' TOURNEY
FYTTE THE FIRST.
FYTTE THE SECOND.
THE ROYAL BANQUET
THE BARD OF ERIN'S LAMENT
THE LAUREATE
MONTGOMERY, A POEM.
THE DEATH OF SPACE
LITTLE JOHN AND THE RED FRIAR, A LAY OF SHERWOOD.
FYTTE THE FIRST.
FYTTE THE SECOND
THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE.
THE LAY OF THE LOVER'S FRIEND
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
TO BON GAULTIER.
THE CADI'S DAUGHTER, A LEGEND OF THE BOSPHORUS.
THE DIRGE OF THE DRINKER
THE DEATH OF DUBAL
EASTERN SERENADE
DAME FREDEGONDE
THE DEATH OF ISHMAEL.
PARR'S LIFE PILLS
TARQUIN AND THE AUGUR
LA MORT d'ARTHUR
NOT BY ALFRED TENNYSON.
JUPITER AND THE INDIAN ALE
THE LAY OF THE DONDNEY BROTHERS
PARIS AND HELEN
SONG OF THE ENNUYE
CAROLINE
FOUND IN MY EMPORIUM OF LOVE-TOKENS.
THE MISHAP
COMFORT IN AFFLICTION
THE INVOCATION
THE HUSBAND'S PETITION
SONNET TO BRITAIN.






BENJAMIN DISRAELI

THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G.

By John Leech

Cartoons From "Punch" 1843-1878.



A LIST OF THE CARTOONS.

1845. Young Gulliver and the Brobdingnag Minister. .001
1846. A Political application of an old Fable. .002
1847. The Rising Generation-in Parliament "Cheap-Jack" .004
1848. The Parliamentary Toots. .005
1849. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo; or, the great Protectionist .006
" The Farmers' Will-o'-the Wisp. .007
" Disraeli Measuring the British Lion. .008
1850. The Protection "Dodge" .009
" Agriculture.The Rial "Unprotected Female". .010
" Gulliver and the Brobdingnag Farmers .011
1851. Dressing for a Masquerade. .012
" The Ghost of Protection appearing to Mr. Disraeli. .013
1852. "The Game of Speculation". .014
" The Protection Giant .015
" Up goes the Quartern Loaf. .016
" A Plain Question .017
" An Easy Place. .018
" A Bit of Animated Nature .019
" The Easter Recess. .020
" The "Calculating" Boy gets the Prize for Arithmetic. .021
" The Downing Street Cad .022
" The Political Chameleon. .023
" "A Dissolving View". .024
" Something Looms in the Future. .025
" A Dip in the Free Trade Sea. .026
" The Political Topsy. .027
" Mrs. Gamp taking the Little "Party". .028
" A Scene from English History .029
" A Dirty Trick-Bespattering Decent People .030
" Swell Mob at the Opening of Parliament .031
" The Balancing Brothers of Westminster. .032
" The Asiatic Mystery. .033
" Palmerston Selling Off .034
" The Rival Black Dolls. .035
" Dizzy and his Constituent. .036
" The Last Pantomime of the Season .037
" Great Poaching Affray on the Liberal Preserves .038
" The Anglers' Return. .039
" A Derby Obstruction. .040
" A Derby Spill. .041
" The Fight at St. Stephen's Academy .042
" Dressing for an Oxford Bal Masqu. .043
" Dizzy's K'rect Card for the "Derby" (?). .044
" Dizzy's Arithmetic .045
" Pudding before Meat. .046
" The First Question .047
" Political "Economy". .048
" "Heads I Win, Tails you Lose". .049
" The Honest Potboy. .050
1867. Blind Man's Buff .051
" The "Irrepressible Lodger" .052
" Extremes must meet; or, a Bit of Practical Science .053
" The Derby, 1867, Dizzy wins with "Reform Bill" .054
" The Political Egg-dance. .055
" "The Return from Victory". .056
" Puff at St. Stephen's. .057
" Fagin's Political School .058
1868. The New Head Master. .059
" Rival Stars. .060
" Steering under Difficulties. .061
" The Political Leotard. .062
" Ben and his Bogey. .063
" Rival Actors .064
" A Political Parallel .065
1870. Critics. .066
1871. The Strong Government. .067
" "Out of the Bag" .068
1872. The Lancashire Lions .069
" The Conservative Programme .070
1873. The Two Augurs .071
" "How not to say it". .072
1874. Paradise and the Peri. .073
" The Winning "Stroke" .074
" The Great "Trick Act". .075
" A Real Conservative Revival. .076
1875. "Good-bye!". .077
" The Indignant Bystander. .078
" More Slaveries than One. .079
" "Permissive" Government. .080
" "In Egitto!!!" .081
1876. The "Extinguisher" Trick .082
" The Lion's Share .083
" Service Stores .084
" "New Crowns For Old Ones!" .085
" "The Jolly Anglers". .086
" The Sphinx is Silent .087
" Neutrality tinder Difficulties .088
" Empress and Earl .089
" The Turkish Bath .090
" "A Mistake!" .091
1877. "Woodman, Spare that Tree!". .092
" Benjamin Bombastes .093
1878. The Dizzy Brink. .094
" "The Mysterious Cabinet Trick" .095
" "The Confidence Trick!". .096
" New Persuasions. .097
" "Imperial" Guard .098
" Figures from a "Triumph" .099
" "Faon de Parler!" .100
" "Happy Family" at Berlin .101
" The Schoolmaster Abroad. .102
" Triumph! .103
" "Pas de Deux!" .104






FOUR HUNDRED HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

By John Leech

With Portrait and Biographical Sketch.

1868



CONTENTS

Alarming Symptoms after Having Boiled Beef and Gooseberry Pie. .017
Great Want of Veneration .018
Something like a Holiday .019
Innocent and Amusing Tricks for Boys . .020
Another. .021
A London Gent Abroad .022
Unfeeling Observation. .023
Sailing versus Railways. .024
Innocence. .025
Never Satisfied. .026
Living in Hope .027
Jealousy .028
A Puzzling Order .029
How to get rid of a Gratis Patient .030
Hooking and Eyeing .031
In for It. .032
Bless the Boy. .033
Pity the Sorrows of the Poor Police. .034
Speculators. .035
Preparations for War .036
Early Beginnings .037
May difference of opinion never alter Friendship .038
The Test of Gallantry. .039
Interesting scene during the Canvas for Mr———— .040
Mal-apropos. .041
A little bit of Hunting. .042
Alarming .043
An Impudent Minx .044
Very Acute .045
Men of Business. .046
Delicacy of the Season .047
Unlucky .048
Nothing like warm Bathing. .049
The Ruling Passion .050
Different People have Different Opinions .051
The Alderman's Advice to his Son .052
An Omnibus Incident. .053
Very Proper Diet for Warm Weather. .054
Mr. Verdant's attempt at Bookmaking .055
Easily Satisfied .056
The Chatalaine—a really useful Present .057
Domestic Bliss .058
Rather Disappointing .059
Domestic Bliss-Time 3.30 — Thermometer 30 degrees. .060
A Dumb Waiter. .061
Murder Will Out. .062
Different People have Different Opinions .063
Advice Gratis. .064
Grandmamma is supposed to have given Tom some plums. .065
The Rising Generation. .066
Sour Grapes. .067
Dog Days .068
Hall along of the Betting Offices. .069
A Romance of Roast Ducks .070
Delicate .071
A Great Loss .072
Rather a Bad Look-out. .073
Curious Effect of Relaxing Air .074
Oh! The Curtains .075
A Left-handed Compliment .076
Taken at his Word. .077
The Opera. .078
Fishing off a Watering Place .079
The Conservatory .080
The Garret .081
Late Hours .082
No Place like Home when the family are at a Watering Place .083
A British Ruffian. .084
Very Considerate .085
Filling up the Census Paper. .086
Reward of Merit. .087
Doing a Little Bill. .088
Alarming .089
Domestic Bliss .090
Returning from the Seaside—A Little Commission .091
A Jolly Dog. .092
A Bon-bon from a Juvenile Party. .093
Throwing stones through ice. .094
True Respectability. .095
A Young Gentleman and Scholar. .096
Perfect Sincerity; or Thinking Aloud .097
Perfect Sincerity; or Thinking Aloud .098
Perfect Sincerity; or Thinking Aloud .099
No Doubt .100
Very Low People. .101
A Weighty Matter .102
A Cheap Day's Hunting, No. 1 .103
A Cheap Day's Hunting, No. 2 .104
A Cheap Day's Hunting, No. 3 .105
The Gentle Craft .106
Apropos of Bloomerism. .107
One of the Delightful Results of Bloomerism. .108
Bloomerism in a Ball-room. .109
Barrack Life .110
Bon-bon from a Juvenile Party. .111
Domestic Bliss .112
Solicitude .113
Flunkeiana .114
A Horrible Business. .115
Putting his foot in it .116
Flunkeiana .117
Flunkeiana .118
Domestic Bliss .119
Splendid Day with the Queen's. .120
Domestic Bliss .121
Domestic Bliss .122
Flunkeiana .123
Flunkeiana .124
Subject for a Picture. .125
Fishing off Brighton .126
Flunkeiana .127
An Enthusiastic Fisher .128
The Worst of Evening Parties .129
Sporting-Youth who has lost the Hounds .130
A lapse of twenty minutes—Sporting Youth returns .131
Flunkeiana .132
Domestic Bliss .133
The Opera. .134
How to Dress a Lobster .135
An Exclusive .136
Flunkeiana .137
Snow-flakes,—No. 1 .138
Snow-flakes,—No. 2 .139
Snow-flakes,—No. 3 .140
The Hat-moving Experiment. .141
A False Position .142
Servantgalism; or, What's to become of the Missusses?. .143
Servantgalism; or, What's to become of the Missusses?. .144
Servantgalism; or, What's to become of the Missusses?. .145
The Camp at Chobhan—Hospitality. .146
The New Bonnet .147
A Great Mental Effort. .148
Cruel. .149
A Caution to little boys at a Festive Season .150
A Playful Creature .151
A Very Vulgar Subject. .152
Study of an Elderly Female Hailing the Last Omnibus. .153
A Large Bump of Caution. .154
Latest from Paris. .155
A Serious Threat .156
A Trifle the Matter with the Kitchen Boiler. .157
Competition. .158
Gammoning a Gent .159
Enter Mr. Bottles, the Butler. .160
Flunkeiana—a fact. .161
Railway Smoking. .162
How to get a Connection. .163
Thinking Aloud .164
A Brutal Fellow. .165
A Delicious Sail off Dover .166
Division of Labour .167
A Thorough Good Cook .168
Bottom Fishing .169
First Night in the New House .170
No Offence .171
Matrimonial Solicitude .172
Aquatics .173
Difference of Taste. .174
Teeth Extracted. .175
"By the Sad Sea Waves" .176
Miss Brown kindly takes her cousin out fishing .177
The Woman at the Wheel .178
The Female of the Future .179
How cool and nice French-Polished floors are—How very Hard . .180
Villikens in the Drawing Room. .181
Wise Man .182
Quite Safe .183
A Great Prospect .184
A Gorgeous Spectacle .185
Something Like Sport .186
Trade. .187
Delightful Out-door Exercise in Warm Weather .188
Servantgalism .189
Servantgalism. .190
Bit from the Mining Districts. .191
Bit from the Mining Districts. .192
Servantgalism. .193
Delightful Privilege during Winter Months. .194
Speaking from Experience .195
Surprise for Tomkins .196
All Right. .197
Sea-side Saturday Evening. .198
Serious for the Military .199
Fashions for Fast Men. .200
A Rare Treat .201
Alas for the old Institutions. .202
The Moustache Movement .203
Wonderful Effect of Ether in a case of scolding wife .204
Rather Awkward for Tompkins. .205
Servantgalism ; or, What's to become of the Missusses? .206
Sailing Instructions .207
A Country Ball .208
After Partaking very Heartily. .209
The Influenza. .210
How to Flatter a Gent. .211
Best Foot Foremost .212
The Rising Generation. .213
Meeting His Half-way .214
Consols at 90. .215
Consols at 80. .216
A Brilliunt Idea .217
The Rising Generation. .218
Invention Hotter than Cure .219
Honeymnon at Sea .220
A Heal Difficulty. .221
A Case of Real Distress. .222
Literal. .223
Good Security. .224
On the Moors .225
Speaks for Himself .226
One of the Fine Arts .227
Table Rapping. .228
A Good Education .229
The Finishing Touch to a Picture . .230
Close of the Season. .231
Fires for the Winter—Something wrong with the Chimney .232
An Association for the Advancement of Science on an Excursion. .233
Business-Like. .234
Jack Ashore .235
No News is Good News (?) .236
Paterfamilias Superintends removal of the snow from the roof .237
Pleasing Effect Below. .238
The Battle of the Pianos .239
Delightful for Mother. .240
A Caution to young men who wear sharp pointed moustaches . .241
Scene-Drawing Room .242
Friend, Doctor, and Wife .243
A Visit to the Antediluvian Reptiles at Sydenham .244
The Too Faithful Talbotype .245
False Pretences. .246
Another Bit from the Mining Districts .247
The Moustache Movement .248
Long Vacation. .249
Agricultural .250
Flunkeiana .251
The Ticket-Showing Nuisance. .252
Scholastic .253
Pleasures of Housekeeping. .254
These Hats .255
Rather Alarming. .256
Thinking Aloud .257
General Thaw and Bursting of the Water Pipes .258
Innocent Mirth .259
Frightful. .260
Bachelor Housekeeninp. .261
The Sensational. .262
Marly in the Morning .263
Moral Influence of Executions. .264
No Consequence .265
The First of September .266
Two Aspects. .267
The Police . .268
Women and Freemasonry. .269
Did You live .270
Awful result of giving a Season ticket to your wife. .271
Such a Lark. .272
From the Mining Districts,—an Attempt at diverting Natives .273
Moderate Terms .274
Fine Business, indeed! The Wretch! .275
Old Clothes. .276
Servantgalism. .277
How Disgreeable the Boys are .278
The Rising Generation. .279
Poor Muggins .280
Our Little Friend Tom Noddy. .281
Coarse, but Characteristic .282
Old Lady and Leveller. .283
A Perfect Wretch .284
The Moustache Movement .285
Life in London .286
At the Crimea. .287
Friendly, but very Unpleasant. .288
Keeping Step .289
The Moustache Movement .290
Too Bad. .291
Prudent Resolve. .292
Disgusting for Augustus. .293
Servantgalism. .294
Flunkeiana Rustica .295
A Fact .296
In Hope. .297
Hope Rewarded. .298
Not to be Daunted. .299
Hope and Fear. .300
Most Provoking .301
Never Say Die. .302
Marry on 300 a Year. .303
The Husband as he ought not to be. .304
Fair and Equal .305
A Very Particular Party. .306
Comparisons. .307
Good Looking .308
A Cautious Bird. .309
Pleasing Delusion in re Round Hats .310
Roasted Chestnuts. .311
"Where Ignorance is Bliss" .312
Folly to be Wise". .313
Private Opinion. .314
Taken Aback. .315
Nicely Caught. .316
Perfectly Dreadful .317
Cupid at Sea .318
Very Considerate .319
A Railway Collision—A Hint to Station Masters. .320
Patience Rewarded. .321
A Sketch from the Stand at Scarboro. .322
Astounding Announcement from the Small Country Butcher .323
Offended Dignity .324
Amateur Pantomine. .325
Remarkable Occurrence. .326
Young Upholsterers .327
The Valentine. .328
True Gallantry .329
Self-Help. .330
Startling Advice .331
Early Responsibility .332
A Moral Lesson from the Nursery. .333
The Bloated Aristocrat .334
Married for Money—the Honeymoon. .335
Under the Mistletoe. .336
Alarming Proposition .337
Young Lady of the Period .338
Serve Him Right. .339
Everything in its Place. .340
A Hint to Gentlemen. .341
A Hint to Railway Travellers .342
Oh, Yes; Of Course .343
The Quadrille in Hot Weather .344
The New Regulation Mess. .345
A Painful Subject. .346
Photograph Beauties. .347
The Opera,—No. 1 .348
The Opera,—No. 2,. .349
A Sketch at a Railway Station. .350
Hi' Art. .351
Flunkeiana .352
Servantgaliism .353
Symptoms of Hard Reading .354
The Stout Lady .355
Head of the House,—No. 1 .356
Head of the House,—No. 2 .357
Milk versus Water. .358
Thrilling Domestic Incident. .359
Very Artful Contrivance. .360
A Windy Day. .361
Common Objects at the Seaside. .362
Astonishing a Young One. .363
Awkward Predicament. .364
A Notion of Pleasure .365
A Bad Time for John Thomas .366
Learning to Swim .367
On the Roof. .368
Nothing but Eating .369
Lively for Jones .370
Very Odd .371
Wholesome Feast. .372
Of a very Studious Turn. .373
A very green-eyed monster. .374
Juvenile Dissipation .375
None but the Brave deserve the Fair. .376
Tit for Tat. .377
Solicitude .378
Skeletons. .379
Great Minds Think Alike. .380
An elegant row about a machine .381
What a Terrible Turk .382
A Safe Convoy. .383
Impertinent Curiosity. .384
Tickled with a Straw .385
Horrible Question after a Greenwich Dinner .386
Touching Appeal. .387
A Great Mistake. .388
It's the Early Bird that Picks up the Early Worm .389
Serious Thing for Brown. .390
The Moustache Movement .391
The Beard. .392
Consolation. .393
Fortunate Fellows. .394
Pursuit of Pleasure. .395
A Domestic Extravaganza. .396
Sisterly Love. .397
Freezing .398
A Peace Conference .399
When Railway Companies fall out the Public derive the benefit. .400
Quite True .401
A Holiday. .402
Cold in the Head .403
Touching .404
A Fishing Adventure. .405
Self-Examination .406
Delicate Test. .407
The Moustache Movement .408
Conclusive Table-Turning Experiment made at Greenwich. .409
The Farmyard .410
A Suburban Delight .411
Juvenile Etymology .412
Portrait of the Old Party who rather likes Organ-grinding. .413
An Injured Individual. .414
Practical Science. .415
A Shock. .416