LIST OF THE PLATES

[Journey to London]
[In search of Service]
[Relating his History to Sir Jeffery]
[At Oxford]
[Conflict with Lawyer Gripe-all]
[With the Sheep-Shearers]
[Assisting a Traveller]
[In the Sports of the Kitchen]
[In the Service of Sir Jeffery Gourmand]
[With a Quack Doctor]
[With a Spendthrift]
[Attending on a Sporting Finale]
[In the Service of a Miser]
[With the Money Lenders]
[Officiating at a Gaming Table]
[With a Portrait Painter]
[Gives a Grand Party]
[Interrupts a Tête à Tête]
[Committed with a riotous Dancing Party to the Watch-House]
[Engaged with Jovial Friends, or who sings best]
[The Party breaking up and Quæ Genus breaking down]
[Turned out of a House which he mistakes for his own]
[With Creditors]
[Discovers his Father]

THE HISTORY
OF
JOHNNY QUÆ GENUS
OR
The Foundling of Doctor Syntax

CANTO I

JOHNNY QUÆ GENUS! what a name

To offer to the voice of Fame!