" St. Michael's Church, 2
" Parish Register, 2
" Catnach's shop in, 3
" Register of Death, 3
" Printing Press in, 4
" The Catnach Press, 4
" The Castle, 6
" The Abbey, 6
" Davison's business, 9
" Election at, 74
Attack on William IV, 88
Ballads:--Banks of the Nile, 239
" Crazy Jane, 240
" Death of Nelson, 236
" Drink to me eyes, 228
" Gallant Sailor, 224
" Meet me Willow Glen, 227
" Mistletoe Bough, 229
" Mountain Maid, 226
" O Rare Turpin, 225
" Rose will cease to blow, 230
" Scarlet Flower, 237
" Sun that lights Roses, 233
" The Thorn, 238
" True Hearted Sailor, 231
" When Bibo though fit, 232
" Woodpecker, The, 234
" Ye Topers all, 235
Benton, Mrs. _nee_ Elizabeth Catnach, 38
Bewick, T., wood-engraver, 14
Bewick Collector, The, 16
Bewick:--See BOOKS
Bewick's Illustrations--See BOOKS.
Bishop and Williams, 84
Black Sal and Dusty Bob, 45
Books printed by John Catnach:--
" Beauties of Natural History 4
" Chevy Chase, 34
" Cock Robin, 8
" Dr. Johnson's Works, 34
" Hermit of Warkworth, 5
" Life of Thompson, 34
" Stockdale's Poems, 4
----By Catnach and Davison:--
" Beattie's Minstrel, 9
" Blair's Grave, 9
" Burn's Poems, 13
" Gray's Elegy, 9
----By Davison:--
" Crazy Jane, 12
" Ferguson's Poems, 14
" Guess Book, The, 17, 32
" Halfpenny Books, 16
" Northumberland Minstrel, 15
" Repository, The, 11
----Illustrated by Bewick.
" Beauties of Natural History, 4
" Burn's Poems, 13
" Blair's Grave, 9
" Hermit of Warkworth, 5
" Repository, The, 11
" Stockdale's Poems, 4
Brown, Mrs., murdered, 91
Brunswick Theatre, The, 77
Burkers, The, 84
Burnie, Sir Richard, 43
Burradon Ghost, The, 4
Caroline, Queen, The trial of, 46
Verses on, 47, 48, 50
Death of, 49, 51
Cato Street Conspiracy, The, 45, 46
Catchpennies:--Apparition, The, 261
" Burning Shame, 281
" Cruel Murder, 264
" Execution of Ward, 273
" Extraordinary Marriage, 285
" Horrid Murder, 267
" Liverpool Tragedy, 270
" Murder by a Soldier, 269
" Murder of Capt. Lawson 264
" Murder of Two Lovers, 291
" Secrets Revealed, 269
" Scarborough Tragedy, 265
" Shocking News, 289
" Shocking Rape, 291
Catnach, John--the father, born 1
" Married, 2
" At Alnwick, 3, 4, 5, 8
" At Newcastle, 33
" A Bankrupt, 35
" In London, 35, 36
" Death of, 37
Catnach, James, born 1792, 2
" His early life, 38
" Arrives in London, 40
" Imprisoned for 6 months, 43
" Queen Caroline, 47
" Verses on Caroline, 48
" Life in London, 57, 63
" At Alnwick, 75, 76
" And Mother Cummins, 81
" His education, 94
" Nursery books, 94
" Christmas Carols, 242
" His Woodcuts, 257
" Dying Speeches, 258
" His Retirement, 295
" At Dancer's Hill, 296
" Letter to his sister, 297
" Return to London, 298
" Death of, 299
" Will of the, 301
Charlotte, The Princess of, 42
" " " Death of, 43
Christmas Carols, 241 to 255
Collins, Dennis, 88
Copy of Affectionate Verses, 65, 66, 67, 68, 80, 292
Clennell, Luke, 4
Corder, Wm., The murderer, 79
" " Execution of, 80
Cruikshank, George, 54
Cruikshank, Robert, 55
Cubitt's Treadmill, 64
Cummins "Mother", 81
and Catnach, 81-2-3
Davison of Alnwick:--
Davison and Catnach, 1
" Partnership, 9-11
" His chemistry, 9
" Death of, 15
Dennis Collins, 88
Earl Grey, 87
Executions--Public of:--
Bishop and Williams, 85
Courvoisier, 92
Corder, 92
Fauntleroy, Mr. H., banker, 73
Five Pirates, The, 92
Greenacre, 92
Muller, 92
Mannings, 92
Pegsworth, 91
Thurtell, 72
False News, circulating of, 14
Flying Stationer, The, 66
Fortey, Mr., 242-300
George the III, death of, 45
George the IV, 45
Goldie, Mr., of Alnwick, 94
Graham, printer, Alnwick, 39
Greenacre and Gale, 91
Gurney, Mr. Baron, 89
Haines, Mrs. _nee_ Mary Catnach, 38
"Hanging Matches", 65
Hugo, Rev. Thomas, 13, 15
" his Bewick collector, 16, 39
Jane Williams, 292
Juvenile Books:--
A Apple Pie, 177
Butterfly's Ball, 163
Cinderella, 203
Cock Robin, 199
Easter Gift, The, 171
Golden Pippin, The, 113
Good Child's Alphabet, 207
Guess Book, The, 17
Jack Jingle, 197
Jerry Diddle, 129
Jumping Joan, 145
Mother Hubbard, 187
New Year's Gift, 205
Nurse Love-child's, 97
Nursery Rhymes, 193
Red Riding Hood, 201
Simple Simon, 195
Kent, Duke of, his death, 45
Life in London, by Pierce Egan, 52
on the Stage, 54
Catnach's version 57, 63
Thackeray on, 64
Likeness of the Murderer, 69
" " William Corder, 79
Lindsay, Printer, &c., 4
Long, Song Seller, The, 221
Marten, Maria, Murder of, 78
" " Verses on, 80
Mayhew's "London Labour", 69, 92
Morgan, John, Poet!, 43, 47, 82
Paul, Mr., 296, 300
Pitts, John, 40
" Old Mother, 41
Pizzey, Sausage Maker, The 43, 44
Pocock, Mr. C. J. of Brighton, 57
Red Barn, The, 78
Reform Bill, The, 87
Ryle, Mrs. Anne, 296, 297
" death of, 299
" Marion Martha, 296
Sarah Gale, 91
Seven Dials, The Bards of, 40, 41
" " The Trade in, 42
" " and Queen Caroline, 47
Shocking Rape and Murder, 291
Smith, Mark, of Alnwick:--
" Apprenticed to Catnach, 9
" in London, 35
" in Alnwick, 74
" his autograph, 39
" the death of, 74
Songs, 3 yards-a-penny, 222
Thistlewood, The Conspirator, 46
Thompson, John, Life of, 34
Thurtell, and Weare, 70
" Execution of, 72
Tom and Jerry, 53, 55
" the Tears of, 55
Treadmill, The, 64
Vestris, Madame, 89
Vint, John, Printer, &c., 4
Walker, Mr., Paternoster Row, 35
Weare, Mr., Murder of, 70
William the IV, 88
Willoughby family Alnwick, 36
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] FRIENDLY LEAD, a gathering at a low public-house, for the purpose of
assisting some one who is "in trouble," _i.e._, in prison, or who has just
"come out of trouble," or who is in want of a "mouthpiece" to defend him,
and so forth.
[2] This is an error--See page 76.
[3] The numbers at the close of the Poll on Saturday, 24th March, at three
o'clock, stood as under:--
Sir Francis Burdett 5,327
J. Cam Hobhouse, Esq. 4,884
Hon. W. Lamb 4,436
[4] Mr. George Skelly--_Alnwick_.
[5] At an interview which we had in 1877 with
[Signature: E Benton]
_Née._ Elizabeth Catnach, the last survivor of the family of John and Mary
Catnach, she informed us that the MS. book alluded to above, remained in
the family for many years, and was last known to be in the possession of
the sister Mary--Mrs. Haines, of Gosport, to the date of about 1863.
[6] Pitts, a modern publisher of love garlands, merriments, penny ballads,
"Who, ere he went to heaven,
Domiciled in Dials Seven!"--
G. DANIEL'S "Democritus in London."
[7] The late John Camden Hotten's Introduction to the new edition of "Life
in London." Chatto & Windus: Piccadilly.
[8] Our thanks are due, and are hereby given to Mr. Crawford John Pocock,
of Cannon Place, Brighton, for the loan and use of his--what we feel
almost inclined to consider--unique copy of Catnach's broadside of "Life
in London."
[9] The above copied, _verbatim_ At our request, by Mr. George Skelly, of
Alnwick.
[10] E. L. Blanchard, in an article entitled, "Vanished Theatres," in the
_Era Almanack_, 1877.
Transcriber's Notes:
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Superscripted characters are indicated by {superscript}.
The original text includes various symbols that are represented as
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