WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A.
WITH PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.
LONDON
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
1891
[All rights reserved]
[CONTENTS OF VOL. II.]
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | "PUNCH" | [1] |
| II. | CARTOONS | [15] |
| III. | THE LAWYER'S STORY | [35] |
| IV. | LOVE OF FIELD SPORTS | [40] |
| V. | INVENTORS AND ILLUSTRATORS | [54] |
| VI. | "INGOLDSBY LEGENDS" | [59] |
| VII. | DICKENS AND THACKERAY ON LEECH | [66] |
| VIII. | DEAN HOLE | [80] |
| IX. | TYPES | [89] |
| X. | LEECH AND HIS PREDECESSORS | [96] |
| XI. | KENNY MEADOWS | [103] |
| XII. | "COMIC HISTORY OF ROME" | [106] |
| XIII. | PERSONAL ANECDOTES | [113] |
| XIV. | PERSONAL ANECDOTES—CONTINUED | [119] |
| XV. | SPORTING NOVELS | [130] |
| XVI. | THE "BON GAULTIER BALLADS" | [137] |
| XVII. | SPORTING NOVELS—CONTINUED | [152] |
| XVIII. | MICHAEL HALLIDAY AND LEECH | [163] |
| XIX. | THOMAS HOOD AND LEECH | [182] |
| XX. | DR. JOHN BROWN AND LEECH | [218] |
| XXI. | AUTOGRAPH-HUNTERS AND OTHERS | [229] |
| XXII. | ARTISTS' LIVES | [239] |
| XXIII. | LEECH EXHIBITION | [247] |
| XXIV. | MILLAIS AND LEECH | [275] |
| XXV. | MR. H. O. NETHERCOTE AND JOHN LEECH | [283] |
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
| PAGE | |
| The Marchioness going to Execution | [Frontispiece] |
| The Drunken Post-boy | [11] |
| "They may be Officers, but they are not Gentlemen" | [13] |
| Jack Armstrong | [17] |
| The Jew and Skeleton Tailors | [29] |
| "I'll thin your Top!" | [37] |
| "Give her her Head, Jack" | [42] |
| "Oh, if this is one of the Places Charley spoke of, I shall go back!" | [44] |
| Jack Johnson attempts to rescue Derval To face p. | [57] |
| The Maid and the Head of Gengulphus | [62] |
| Elopement of Roman Youth with Sabine Ladies | [109] |
| Rome saved from the Gauls by Geese | [111] |
| Little John and Red Friar | [140] |
| Little John and the Popish Bull | [142] |
| George of Gorbals | [149] |
| The Lover's Friend and the Lover | [150] |
| After aiming for a Quarter of an Hour, Mr. B. fires both his Barrels, and misses! | [173] |
| What wide Reverses of Fate are there! | [188] |
| Miss Kilmansegg | [191] |
| The Foreign Count | [197] |
| The Wedding—"Wilt thou have this Woman?" | [202] |
| Love at the Board | [204] |
| He brought strange Gentlemen home to Dine | [208] |
| The Torn Will | [212] |
| Bedtime | [216] |
| "He blows his own Nose!" | [228] |
| The Seal | [235] |
| A Cypress Branch for the Tomb of John Leech | [301] |