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THE BACHELOR'S OWN BOOK Being Twenty-Four Passages In The Life Of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent,) By George Cruikshank.

CONTENTS PLATE 1 PLATE 2 PLATE 3 PLATE 4 PLATE 5 PLATE 6 PLATE 7 PLATE 8 PLATE 9 PLATE 10 PLATE 11 PLATE 12

PLATE 13 PLATE 14 PLATE 15 PLATE 16 PLATE 17 PLATE 18 PLATE 19 PLATE 20 PLATE 21 PLATE 22 PLATE 23 PLATE 24

THE CENTENARY GARLAND Being Pictorial Illustrations of the Novels of Sir Walter Scott, in Their Order of Publication. By George Cruikshank, and Other Artists of Eminence. CONTENTS MEMOIR. THE CENTENARY GARLAND. WAVERLEY. GUY MANNERING. THE ANTIQUARY. ROB ROY, OLD MORTALITY. A LEGEND OF MONTROSE, THE BLACK DWARF, THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN. THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. IVANHOE. THE MONASTERY. THE ABBOT. KENILWORTH. THE PIRATE. FORTUNES OF NIGEL PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. QUENTIN DURWARD. ST RONAN'S WELL RED GAUNTLET. THE BETROTHED. THE HIGHLAND WIDOW. THE TALISMAN. WOODSTOCK. THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS.

POINTS OF HUMOUR Part I. By Anonymous Illustrated by the Designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Ten Engravings On Copper and Twelve Wood Cuts

CONTENTS PREFACE. POINT I. THE POINT OF HONOUR. POINT II. THE SHORT COURTSHIP. POINT III. YES OR NO? POINT IV. EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY. POINT V. THE JOLLY BEGGARS; OR LOVE AND LIBERTY, BY ROBERT BURNS POINT VI. POINT VII. POINT VIII. POINT IX. THE DOWNFALL OF HOLY CHURCH. POINT X. A VISIT WITHOUT FORM.

POINTS OF HUMOUR Part II. By Anonymous By The Designs Of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK Ten Engravings of Copper, Twelve Wood Cuts 1824 CONTENTS PREFACE. POINT I. THE THREE HUNCHBACKS. POINT II. A RELISH BEFORE DINNER. POINT III. THE HAUNTED PHYSICIANS. POINT IV. THE FOUR BLIND BEGGARS. POINT V. THE CONSULTATION. POINT VI. THE DINNER. POINT VII. THE DUEL. POINT VIII. THE QUACK DOCTOR. POINT IX. A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS, POINT X.

PAMPHLETS AND PARODIES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS By William Hone, With Numerous Wood Cuts, by CRUIKSHANK CONTENTS THE POLITICAL HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. THE CLERICAL MAGISTRATE. THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER, THE JOSS AND HIS FOLLY, THE FORM OF PRAYER, WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD, ADVERTISEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY THE MAN IN THE MOON, INTRODUCTION. THE RIGHT DIVINE OF KINGS TO GOVERN WRONG! PREFACE. A SLAP AT SLOP AND THE BRIDGE-STREET GANG THE QUEEN'S DEATH

JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME I (of III) By W. Harrison Ainsworth Illustrations by Cruikshank 1839 CONTENTS EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD. CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT. CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT. CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW. CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION. CHAPTER VI. THE STORM. CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE. EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE. CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL. CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE. CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS. CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD. CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER. CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER. CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO. CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT. CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON. CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS. CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft The Murder on the Thames The Storm The Name on the Beam “May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again” Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft

JACK SHEPPARD VOLUME II (of III) By W. Harrison Ainsworth 1839

CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGDALENE. CHAPTER XIV. THE FLASH KEN. CHAPTER XV. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH. CHAPTER XVI. JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY. CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT-CELLAR. CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN. CHAPTER XIX. GOOD AND EVIL. EPOCH THE THIRD, THE PRISON-BREAKER, 1724. CHAPTER I. THE RETURN. CHAPTER II. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL. CHAPTER III. JACK SHEPPARD'S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD. CHAPTER IV. JACK SHEPPARD'S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON. CHAPTER V. THE DISGUISE. CHAPTER VI. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS. CHAPTER VII. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL. CHAPTER VIII. OLD BEDLAM. CHAPTER IX. OLD NEWGATE. CHAPTER X. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece: Jack Shepard committing the Robbery in Willesden Church Jack Sheppard gets drunk, and orders his Mother off Jack Sheppard's escape from Willesden Cage Mrs. Sheppard expostulating with her Son Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr.Wood's Bedroom Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess escaping from Clerkenwell Prison Jack Sheppard escaping from the Condemned Hold in Newgate CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED. CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE. CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S. CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED. CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED. CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR. CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM. CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL. CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS. CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE. CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE. CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER. CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT. CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS. CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL. CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE. CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL. CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL. CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN. CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN. CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING SCENE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler The Escape, No. I. The Escape, No. II The Escape, No. III Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn The Last Scene

CRUIKSHANK’S WATER COLOURS By George Cruikshank With Introduction By Joseph Grego 1903 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION OLIVER TWIST CHAPTER I TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH CHAPTER II TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’ S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD CHAPTER III RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE CHAPTER IV OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE CHAPTER V OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’ S BUSINESS CHAPTER VI OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM CHAPTER VII OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY CHAPTER VIII OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN CHAPTER IX CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY CHAPTER XI TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE CHAPTER XII IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS. CHAPTER XIII SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY CHAPTER XIV COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND CHAPTER XV SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY CHAPTER XVII OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION CHAPTER XVIII HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON CHAPTER XX WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES CHAPTER XXI THE EXPEDITION CHAPTER XXII THE BURGLARY CHAPTER XXIII WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS CHAPTER XXIV TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY CHAPTER XXV WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED CHAPTER XXVII ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY CHAPTER XXVIII LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES CHAPTER XXIX HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED CHAPTER XXX RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM CHAPTER XXXI INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION CHAPTER XXXII OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS CHAPTER XXXIII WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK CHAPTER XXXIV CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER CHAPTER XXXV CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE CHAPTER XXXVI IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES CHAPTER XXXVIII CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW CHAPTER XXXIX INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER CHAPTER XL A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER CHAPTER XLI CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE CHAPTER XLII AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS CHAPTER XLIII WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE CHAPTER XLIV THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS. CHAPTER XLV NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION CHAPTER XLVI THE APPOINTMENT KEPT CHAPTER XLVII FATAL CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER XLVIII THE FLIGHT OF SIKES CHAPTER XLIX MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT CHAPTER L THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE CHAPTER LI AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY CHAPTER LII FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE CHAPTER LIII AND LAST THE MISER’S DAUGHTER HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798 AND EMMETT’S INSURRECTION IN 1803

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