ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A STREET SCENE[Frontispiece]
JAMES HADFIELD’S ATTEMPT TO KILL GEORGE III., MAY 15, 1800[11]
THE LOYAL DUCKING; OR, RETURNING FROM THE REVIEW ON THE FOURTH OF JUNE, 1800[14]
HINTS TO FORESTALLERS; OR, A SURE WAY TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GRAIN[18]
JOHN BULL AND HIS FRIENDS COMMEMORATING THE PEACE[46]
JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY TAKING LEAVE OF THE INCOME TAX[48]
LONG-EXPECTED COME AT LAST; OR, JOHN BULL DISAPPOINTED AT HIS CRIPPLED VISITOR[51]
SKETCH OF THE INTERIOR OF ST. STEPHEN’S AS IT NOW STANDS[60]
“DESPAIR”[61]
THE FREEMAN’S OATH[90]
BILLY IN THE SALT-BOX[116]
DEATH OF NELSON[118]
NELSON’S FUNERAL CAR[123]
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS[143]
A STAGE COACH—1804[183]
THE STAGE WAGGON[184]
TUNBRIDGE ORIGINAL WAGGON[185]
“TOMMY ONSLOW”[192]
HOW TO BREAK IN MY OWN HORSE[193]
ROTTEN ROW—1803[194]
ONE OF THE MISERIES OF LONDON[197]
LAMPLIGHTER—1805[202]
LAMPLIGHTER—1805[203]
THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS![205]
A PEEP AT THE GAS LIGHTS IN PALL MALL[207]
A FIRE ENGINE[211]
A FIREMAN—1805[212]
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY—1802[213]
“WATER CRESSES! COME BUY MY WATER CRESSES!”[219]
“HOT CROSS BUNS! TWO A PENNY BUNS!”[220]
“DO YOU WANT ANY BRICK-DUST?”[221]
“BUY A TRAP! A RAT TRAP! BUY MY TRAP!”[222]
“BUY MY GOOSE! MY FAT GOOSE!”[225]
“ALL A GROWING, A GROWING! HERE’S FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDENS!”[226]
A POSTMAN[228]
TALES OF WONDER[233]
A JEAN DE BRY[251]
ALL BOND STREET TREMBLED AS HE STRODE[252]
THE THREE MR. WIGGINS’S[257]
ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON[260]
ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON[261]
PARIS FASHIONS FOR WINTER DRESS—1800[264]
FASHIONS, EARLY 1800[265]
FASHIONABLE FURBELOES; OR, THE BACK FRONT OF A LADY OF FASHION, IN THE YEAR 1801[266]
LIGHT HEAD-DRESSES AND LONG PETTICOATS FOR THE YEAR 1802[267]
PREPARING FOR A BALL—1803[268]
PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 1.[269]
PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 3.[269]
PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 2.[270]
GRACE, FASHION, AND MANNERS, FROM THE LIFE—1810[273]
WALKING DRESSES—1810[273]
“LES INVISIBLES,” 1810[274]
GROUP OF CHILDREN—1808[278]
FILIAL AFFECTION; OR, A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN[279]
A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN (ROWLANDSON)[281]
GREAT SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT BROOKES’S[289]
LIFE GUARDS ESCORTING A LOTTERY WHEEL[291]
DRAWING THE LOTTERY AT COOPER’S HALL[292]
CUDGEL PLAYING—1800[303]
FOX-HUNTING BREAKFAST[306]
PERCH-FISHING—1804[307]
AFTER A DAY’S SHOOTING—1809[308]
COCK-SHOOTING WITH SPANIELS—1804[309]
BILLIARDS—1801[319]
THE YOUNG ROSCIUS, AS FREDERICK, IN “LOVERS’ VOWS”[325]
THEATRICAL LEAP-FROG[328]
VAIN ATTEMPT TO SEE YOUNG ROSCIUS[329]
THE INTRODUCTION[331]
MADAME CATALANI[340]
CATALANI[341]
ISAAC CRUIKSHANK’S CARICATURE[347-349]
THE PIC-NIC ORCHESTRA[356]
VAUXHALL GARDENS—1808-9[359]
MRS. BILLINGTON, AS CLARA, SINGING A BRAVURA (1802)[362]
THEATRICAL DOCTORS RECOVERING CLARA’S NOTES![363]
PLAYING IN PARTS[364]
HARMONY BEFORE MATRIMONY—1805[366]
WALTZER AU MOUCHOIR—1800[368]
LA VALSE—1810[368]
DRAWING FROM LIFE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY—1808[370]
CONNOISSEURS EXAMINING A COLLECTION OF GEORGE MORLAND[373]
A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL—1803[386]
THE COW POCK; OR, THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THE NEW INOCULATION![388]
METALLIC TRACTORS—1802[389]
WOMEN’S WARD, ST. LUKE’S—1808[392]
AN IRON FOUNDRY—1802[397]
A COLLIERY—1802[398]
BRITISH SAILOR—1805[404]
BRITISH SOLDIER—1805[414]
SOLDIERS—1806[414]
DRESSING PIG-TAILS IN THE OPEN AIR—1801[414]
HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY—1803[415]
VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS—1803[415]
BLOOMSBURY AND INNS OF COURT VOLUNTEER—1803[416]
MRS. CLARKE[428]
MRS. CLARKE’S LEVÉE[429]
MILITARY LEAP FROG; OR, HINTS TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN[430]
THE PRODIGAL SON’S RESIGNATION[431]
WATCHMEN GOING ON DUTY—1808[436]
WATCH-HOUSE. MARYLEBONE—1808[437]
CONSTABLES—1805[438]
PILLORY. CHARING CROSS[441]
THE PILLORY[442]
THE CONDEMNED SERMON. NEWGATE[447]
THE LAST DYING SPEECH AND CONFESSION[448]
INTERIOR OF FLEET PRISON[454]
HOUSE OF CORRECTION. COLD BATH FIELDS[456]
BOW STREET POLICE OFFICE[458]

THE DAWN OF THE XIXTH CENTURY
IN ENGLAND.

A SOCIAL SKETCH OF THE TIMES.