The unpublished illustrations are marked with an asterisk *

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Portrait[Frontispiece]
*Decorative Design by R. Caldecott[vii]
*Tailpiece[xvi]
*Air—"I know a Bank"[1]
*First Clerk—Second Do.[2]
*Coom, then[3]
*Three Friends[4]
*Going to the Dogs[5]
*A Sketch in Court[7]
*Full Cry[8]
*In the Hunting Field[9]
*Street Sketch—Policeman, etc.[10]
*Society in Manchester[11]
*A New Contributor (London Society)[13]
Education under Difficulties[14]
Ye monthe of Aprile[15]
Sketch in Hyde Park[16]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer[17]
*The Trombone[18]
The Two Trombones[19]
Christmas Day, 4.30 A.M.[20]
Clinching an Argument[21]
Snowballs[22]
Heigh-ho, the Holly![23]
Going to Cover[25]
Hyde Park—Out of the Season[26]
Coming of Age of the Pride of the Family[27]
*The end of all things[28]
*Sketch on a Post Card[29]
First Drawing in "Punch," 22nd June, 1872[31]
*A cool sequestered Spot[32]
A Tour in the Toy Country (Harz Mountains)[33]
A Mountain Beer Garden[34]
A Fraulein[35]
A Mountain Path[35]
A Warrior of Sedan in a Beer Garden at Goslar, 1872[36]
The Ark of Refuge[37]
*The Dance of Witches[38]
Spectres of the Brocken[39]
A Sketch at Supper[40]
Back to the View[40]
The Guide at Goslar[41]
Procession of the Sick[42]
Drinking the Waters at Goslar[43]
A General in the Prussian Army[44]
*A School on the March—Harz Mountains, 1872[45]
Sketch—Harz Mountains, 1872[46]
Sketch—Harz Mountains, 1872[48]
At Clausthal[49]
*Sketch[50]
Sketch in "Punch," 8th March, 1873[51]
A Check[53]
Sketch (Published in Pall Mall Gazette)[55]
Looking out for the "Graphic" Balloon[57]
Off to the Exhibition—Vienna, 1873[59]
*A Viennese Dog[60]
Sketch (Published in Pall Mall Gazette)[62]
*Early Decorative Design[64]
This is not a First-class Cow[66]
*Studies for a large Decorative Design, 1874[67]
The Polling Booth (Pictorial World)[70]
*Home Rule—March 1874[71]
On the Stump[72]
The Scotch Elections—Going to the Hustings[73]
Pairing Time[74]
Coursing[75]
Her First Valentine[76]
A Valentine[76]
Somebody's Coming![77]
I wonder who sent me these Flowers[78]
The young Hamlet[79]
House of Commons, March 1874—Arrival of New Members[80]
The Speaker going up to the Lords[81]
At the Bar of the House of Lords[82]
The New Prime Minister[83]
The Tichborne Trial—Breaking-up Day[84]
The Morning Walk[86]
*Decorative Painting for a Dining-room[89]
*The Cottage, Farnham Royal[90]
*Sketch from The Cottage, Farnham Royal[91]
*Bringing Home the Sultanas[92]
*The Paddock, Farnham Royal[93]
*Studying from Nature[95]
Sketch (Published in Pall Mall Gazette)[96]
Sketch (Published in Pall Mall Gazette)[97]
*Drawing from Familiar Objects[98]
*Could not Draw a Lady![99]
Headpiece (Old Christmas)[100]
The Stage Coachman[103]
In the Stable Yard[104]
The Troubadour[106]
The Fair Julia[107]
Master Simon and his Dogs[109]
On the Road Side, Brittany[111]
*At Guingamp, Brittany[113]
*To M. H.—Christmas, 1874[114]
*Facsimile of Letter[116]
*St. Valentine's Day[117]
*At Farnham Royal[118]
*Sunrise[119]
*Diagram. Study in Line[120]
*Diagram. Study in Line[120]
*Diagram. Design for a Picture, 1875[121]
*Diagram. A Mad Dog[122]
*Diagram. The Lecturer[123]
Diagram. Child[124]
Diagram. Mad Dog[125]
*Sketch[127]
*Shows his Terra Cottas[129]
*The First Year of Academy Notes[130]
*Three Pelicans and Tortoise[131]
*Inspecting Embroideries[132]
*Freshwater, Isle of Wight[132]
*A Christmas Card to K. E. B.[133]
Opinions of the Press (Manchester Quarterly)[134]
There were Three Ravens sat on a Tree[135]
*Private view of my First R.A. Picture[136]
*A Horse Fair in Brittany[137]
Captain Burton[139]
Preface 1 Bracebridge Hall[140]
Preface 2 Bracebridge Hall[140]
The Chivalry of the Hall prepared to take the Field[141]
The Fair Julia and her Lover[143]
General Harbottle at Dinner[144]
An Extinguisher[145]
*At Whitchurch[146]
At Buxton[147]
*A Christmas Card[148]
Gaming Tables at Monte Carlo (Graphic)[151]
Priest and Player (Graphic)[153]
The Priest's Servant (North Italian Folk)[155]
The Husbandman[157]
Gossip[158]
Dignity and Impudence (National Gallery)[160]
Spaniels, King Charles's Breed[160]
Portrait of a Lawyer by Moroni[161]
*Waiting for a Boat[163]
*Tailpiece[164]
*Cleopatra[165]
The Three Huntsmen (L'Art)[167]
A Boar Hunt (Grosvenor Notes)[168]
The Trap (Breton Folk)[170]
Sketching under Difficulties[171]
Breton Farmer and Cattle[172]
A Wayside Cross[173]
At the Horse Fair, Le Folgoet[174]
Trotting out Horses at Carhaix[175]
Cattle Fair at Carhaix[176]
A Typical Breton[177]
A Bretonne[178]
*Sketch[179]
A Cap of Finisterre[180]
Returning from Labour—Pont Aven, 1878[181]
A Breton[183]
*A Family Horse[184]
*Sketch in Woburn Park[185]
*A Carnation[186]
*Hotel Gray et d'Albion, Cannes[189]
*At Mentone[190]
*Sketch[191]
Sketch[192]
Not such Disagreeable Weather after all—some People Think (from Punch)[193]
*A Pig of Brittany[194]
*A Bookplate[195]
*Sketch[196]
*Sketch[197]
*Facsimile of Letter[199]
Sketch[200]
Sketch of Wybournes[201]
*A New Year's Greeting[203]
APPENDIX.
*Headpiece. Caldecott's Picture Books[212]
Æsop's Fables[214]
A Sketch Book[215]
Breton Folk[216]


Air—"I know a Bank."

[CHAPTER I.]
HIS EARLY ART CAREER.