Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## FOUR HUNDRED HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
## THE BACHELOR'S OWN BOOK
## THE CENTENARY GARLAND
## POINTS OF HUMOUR, PART I, (of II)
## POINTS OF HUMOUR, PART II (of II)
## PAMPHLETS AND PARODIES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS
## JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. I (of III)
## JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. II (of III)
## JACK SHEPPARD, VOL. III (of III)
## CRUIKSHANK'S WATER COLOURS
THE TRUE LEGEND OF ST. DUNSTAN AND THE DEVIL
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN
## FRANK FAIRLEGH
## THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER
PETER SCHLEMIHL
## GUY FAWKES
THE TRUE HISTORY OF TOM AND JERRY
## THREE COURSES AND A DESSERT
## TALES OF HUMOUR, GALLANTRY
## ODD VOLUME
## LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, v. I
## LIFE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, v. II
## THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
## OLIVER TWIST
## MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. I (of III)
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (of III)
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. III (of III)
## PUNCH AND JUDY
## PUCK ON PEGASUS
## THE TOWER OF LONDON
## THE COMIC ALMANACK, Vol. 1
## THE COMIC ALMANACK, Vol. 2
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
FOUR HUNDRED HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
Volumes I and II
By George Cruikshank
CONTENTS
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THE BACHELOR'S OWN BOOK
Being Twenty-Four Passages In The Life Of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent,)
By George Cruikshank.
CONTENTS
PLATE 1
PLATE 2
PLATE 3
PLATE 4
PLATE 5
PLATE 6
PLATE 7
PLATE 8
PLATE 9
PLATE 10
PLATE 11
PLATE 12
PLATE 13
PLATE 14
PLATE 15
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THE CENTENARY GARLAND
Being Pictorial Illustrations of the Novels of Sir Walter Scott,
in Their Order of Publication.
By George Cruikshank, and Other Artists of Eminence.
CONTENTS
MEMOIR.
THE CENTENARY GARLAND.
WAVERLEY.
GUY MANNERING.
THE ANTIQUARY.
ROB ROY,
OLD MORTALITY.
A LEGEND OF MONTROSE,
THE BLACK DWARF,
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN.
THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR.
IVANHOE.
THE MONASTERY.
THE ABBOT.
KENILWORTH.
THE PIRATE.
FORTUNES OF NIGEL
PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
QUENTIN DURWARD.
ST RONAN'S WELL
RED GAUNTLET.
THE BETROTHED.
THE HIGHLAND WIDOW.
THE TALISMAN.
WOODSTOCK.
THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.
ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN.
THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER.
COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS.
POINTS OF HUMOUR
Part I.
By Anonymous
Illustrated by the Designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
Ten Engravings On Copper and Twelve Wood Cuts
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
POINT I. THE POINT OF HONOUR.
POINT II. THE SHORT COURTSHIP.
POINT III. YES OR NO?
POINT IV. EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY.
POINT V. THE JOLLY BEGGARS; OR LOVE AND LIBERTY, BY ROBERT BURNS
POINT VI.
POINT VII.
POINT VIII.
POINT IX. THE DOWNFALL OF HOLY CHURCH.
POINT X. A VISIT WITHOUT FORM.
POINTS OF HUMOUR
Part II.
By Anonymous
By The Designs Of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
Ten Engravings of Copper, Twelve Wood Cuts
1824
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
POINT I. THE THREE HUNCHBACKS.
POINT II. A RELISH BEFORE DINNER.
POINT III. THE HAUNTED PHYSICIANS.
POINT IV. THE FOUR BLIND BEGGARS.
POINT V. THE CONSULTATION.
POINT VI. THE DINNER.
POINT VII. THE DUEL.
POINT VIII. THE QUACK DOCTOR.
POINT IX. A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS,
POINT X.
PAMPHLETS AND PARODIES ON POLITICAL SUBJECTS
By William Hone,
With Numerous Wood Cuts, by CRUIKSHANK
CONTENTS
THE POLITICAL HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
THE CLERICAL MAGISTRATE.
THE QUEEN'S MATRIMONIAL LADDER,
THE JOSS AND HIS FOLLY,
THE FORM OF PRAYER, WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD,
ADVERTISEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY
THE MAN IN THE MOON,
INTRODUCTION.
THE RIGHT DIVINE OF KINGS TO GOVERN WRONG!
PREFACE.
A SLAP AT SLOP AND THE BRIDGE-STREET GANG
THE QUEEN'S DEATH
JACK SHEPPARD
VOLUME I (of III)
By W. Harrison Ainsworth
Illustrations by Cruikshank
1839
CONTENTS
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD
CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD.
CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT.
CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT.
CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE STORM.
CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL
CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE.
CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE.
CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD.
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER.
CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO.
CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT.
CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON.
CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS.
CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard
Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft
The Murder on the Thames
The Storm
The Name on the Beam
“May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again”
Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character
Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft
JACK SHEPPARD
VOLUME II (of III)
By W. Harrison Ainsworth
1839
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIII. THE MAGDALENE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FLASH KEN.
CHAPTER XV. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH.
CHAPTER XVI. JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY.
CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT-CELLAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN.
CHAPTER XIX. GOOD AND EVIL.
EPOCH THE THIRD, THE PRISON-BREAKER, 1724.
CHAPTER I. THE RETURN.
CHAPTER II. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL.
CHAPTER III. JACK SHEPPARD'S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD.
CHAPTER IV. JACK SHEPPARD'S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON.
CHAPTER V. THE DISGUISE.
CHAPTER VI. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS.
CHAPTER VII. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER VIII. OLD BEDLAM.
CHAPTER IX. OLD NEWGATE.
CHAPTER X. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece: Jack Shepard committing the Robbery in Willesden Church
Jack Sheppard gets drunk, and orders his Mother off
Jack Sheppard's escape from Willesden Cage
Mrs. Sheppard expostulating with her Son
Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr.Wood's Bedroom
Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess escaping from Clerkenwell Prison
Jack Sheppard escaping from the Condemned Hold in Newgate
CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED.
CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED.
CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED.
CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM.
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL.
CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS.
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL.
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING SCENE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece
Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well
Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler
The Escape, No. I.
The Escape, No. II
The Escape, No. III
Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave
Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate
The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn
The Last Scene
CRUIKSHANK’S WATER COLOURS
By George Cruikshank
With Introduction By Joseph Grego
1903
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
OLIVER TWIST
CHAPTER I TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
CHAPTER II TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’ S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
CHAPTER III RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
CHAPTER IV OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER V OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’ S BUSINESS
CHAPTER VI OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
CHAPTER VII OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
CHAPTER VIII OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER IX CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XI TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIII SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
CHAPTER XV SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
CHAPTER XVII OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
CHAPTER XVIII HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
CHAPTER XX WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
CHAPTER XXI THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII THE BURGLARY
CHAPTER XXIII WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
CHAPTER XXIV TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXV WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
CHAPTER XXVII ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
CHAPTER XXVIII LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXIX HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED
CHAPTER XXX RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
CHAPTER XXXI INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
CHAPTER XXXII OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXIII WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
CHAPTER XXXIV CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
CHAPTER XXXV CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
CHAPTER XXXVI IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS
CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
CHAPTER XXXVIII CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXXIX INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
CHAPTER XL A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
CHAPTER XLI CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE
CHAPTER XLII AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER XLIII WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XLIV THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.
CHAPTER XLV NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
CHAPTER XLVI THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
CHAPTER XLVII FATAL CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLVIII THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
CHAPTER XLIX MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
CHAPTER L THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER LI AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
CHAPTER LII FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
CHAPTER LIII AND LAST
THE MISER’S DAUGHTER
HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798 AND EMMETT’S INSURRECTION IN 1803
FRANK FAIRLEGH
SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A PRIVATE PUPIL
By Frank E. Smedley
With Twenty-Eight Illustrations By George Cruikshank
CONTENTS
FRANK FAIRLEGH
CHAPTER I ALL RIGHT! OFF WE GO!