London, 26th July, 1854.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME ONE
- Andy Icing the Champagne[Frontispiece]
- Andy's First Attempt at Music[Vignette on Title]
- Andy's Introduction to the SquirePage [6]
- An Irish Inquest[80]
- Andy's Welcome Home[102]
- The Reward of Humanity[129]
- The Widow Flanagan's Party[295]
Etched by W. H. W. Bicknell from drawings by Samuel Lover
HANDY ANDY
CHAPTER I
Andy Rooney was a fellow who had the most singularly ingenious knack of doing everything the wrong way; disappointment waited on all affairs in which he bore a part, and destruction was at his fingers' ends; so the nickname the neighbours stuck upon him was Handy Andy, and the jeering jingle pleased them.