The Essays of Douglas Jerrold
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THE ESSAYS AND SKETCHES
BY DOUGLAS JERROLD
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“The two flasks were in brief time emptied.”
Edited
by his Grandson
WALTER JERROLD
with Illustrations by
H·M·BROCK
1903
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON
Douglas William Jerrold
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
SHAKESPEARE AT CHARLECOTE PARK
THE EPITAPH OF SIR HUGH EVANS
BULLY BOTTOM’S BABES
SHAKESPEARE IN CHINA
SOLOMON’S APE
THE CASTLE BUILDERS OF PADUA
THE TAPESTRY WEAVER OF BEAUVAIS
RECOLLECTIONS OF GUY FAWKES
ELIZABETH AND VICTORIA.
THE LITTLE GREAT AND THE GREAT LITTLE
THE MANAGER’S PIG
SOME ACCOUNT OF A STAGE DEVIL
FIRESIDE SAINTS
ST DOLLY
ST PATTY
ST NORAH
ST BETSY
ST PHILLIS
ST PHŒBE
ST SALLY
ST BECKY
ST LILY
ST FANNY
ST FLORENCE OR ST NIGHTINGALE
ST JENNY
THE TALE OF A TIGER
A GOSSIP AT RECULVERS
THE TWO WINDOWS
THE ORDER OF POVERTY
THE OLD MAN AT THE GATE
THE FOLLY OF THE SWORD
THE GREENWICH PENSIONER
THE DRILL SERGEANT
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V.
THE EDITOR’S CHAPTER TO THE READER
