R. B. PEAKE
ALFRED CROWQUILL
CHARLES WHITEHEAD
F. G. TOMLINS, &c.,&c.
In this Gallery of life-like and easily-recognised Portraits will be found those of the Dress-Maker.—The Diner-out.—The Stock-Broker.—The Lawyer's Clerk.—The "Lion'" of a Party.—The Medical Student.—The Maid of All-Work.—The Fashionable Physician.—The Spoilt Child.—The Old Lord—The Parish Beadle—The Draper's Assistant.—The Monthly Nurse.—The Auctioneer—Tavern Heads.—The Old Housekeeper.—The Teetotaler.—The Factory Girl.—The Omnibus Conductor.—The Common Informer.—The Family Governess.—The Midshipman.—The Pew Opener.—The Chimney-Sweep.—The Undertaker.—The Postman.—The English Peasant.—The Commercial Traveller.—The Street-Conjuror.—The Young Lord.—The Ballad-Singer.—The Irish Peasant.—The Cockney.—The Theatrical Manager.—The Retired Tradesman.—English Pauper.—The Cabinet Minister.—The Hangman.—The Exciseman.—The Farmer's Daughter.—The Apothecary.—The Printer's Devil.—The Money-lender.—The Old Squire.—The Ballet-Mistress.—The Mute.—The Farmer.—The Country Schoolmaster.—The Fashionable Authoress.—The Basket Woman.—The Lodging House Keeper.—The Bricklayer's Labourer.—Debtor and Creditor.—The Young Squire.—The Bum-boat Woman.—The Poor Curate.—The Quack Doctor.—The Pawnbroker.—The Artist.—The Solicitor.—The Dowager.—The Tory.—The Collegian.—The Capitalist.—The Waiter.—The Coachman and the Guard.—The Policeman.—The Parish Clerk.—The Spitalfields Weaver.—The Sporting Gentleman.—The Barrister.—The Judge.—The Bishop.—The Jockey.—The British Soldier.—The Chelsea Pensioner.—The Radical M. P.—Corporation Heads, &c., &c.
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD; by Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.—With a Portrait; and Life of the Author, by G. M. Bussey. Embellished with two Hundred Engravings.
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"This tale is the lasting monument of Goldsmith's genius, his great legacy of pleasure to generations past, present, and to come."—Examiner.
"If such a work be charming in its simplicity, how much more so must it be when it comes to us in so gay a dress as the present—when the simple-hearted vicar actually stands before us; when every scene, and nearly every character is engraved to the physical vision, and all that is most delightful in the language, is rendered still more delightfully visible to the eye. There is to us an added pleasure in every page; and if it be not a new book, at least we read it with a new zest, and feel that there is an additional charm added to him who was
'In wit, a man—simplicity, a child!'"—Court Journal.