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CONTENTS

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[I.]INTRODUCTORY[1]
[II.]THE COMEDY OF VICE[8]
[III.]THE COMEDY OF SOCIETY[29]
[IV.]HE COMEDY OF POLITICS[54]
[V.]THE COMEDY OF LIFE[74]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Recruits.By Henry William Bunbury [Frontispiece]
Shrimpers (Tail-piece).By Thomas RowlandsonPage[7]
Morning.By William HogarthFacing page[10]
The Distrest Poet.By William Hogarth"[12]
Marriage à la Mode.By William Hogarth"[20]
The Family Piece.By H. W. Bunbury"[42]
A Fashionable Salutation.By H. W. Bunbury"[48]
Lumps of Pudding.By H. W. BunburyPage[53]
Britannia between Death and the Doctors.By James GillrayFacing page[64]
Armed Heroes.By James Gillray"[66]
Buonaparte as King-Maker.By James Gillray"[68]
Nelson Recruiting with his Brave Tars
after the Battle of the Nile.		By Thomas Rowlandson"[82]
Filial Affection (Colour-print).By Thomas Rowlandson"[86]
A Ball at the Hackney Assembly Rooms.By Thomas Rowlandson"[90]
A Theatrical Candidate.By Thomas Rowlandson"[92]
Old Joseph Nollekens and his Venus.By Thomas Rowlandson"[94]

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INTRODUCTORY