COLIN CLINK.
By Charles Hooton
IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.
1841
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
COLIN CLINK.
By Charles Hooton, Esq.
In Three Volumes. Vol. II. (of III)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
COLIN CLINK.
By Charles Hooton, Esq.
In Three Volumes. Vol. III.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
By Percival Leigh
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With Illustrations By John Leech
1853
CONTENTS
THE ARGUMENT.
OF GIANTS IN GENERAL.
JACK'S BIRTH, PARENTAGE, EDUCATION, AND EARLY PURSUITS.
HOW JACK SLEW THE GIANT CORMORAN.—-
JACK SURPRISED ONCE IN THE WAY
JACK SCRAPES AND ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES
JACK SETTLES THE REMAINING GIANTS AND SETTLES DOWN
THE FORTUNES OF HECTOR O’HALLORAN,
AND HIS MAN MARK ANTONY O’TOOLE.
By W. H. Maxwell
With Illustrations By J. Leech.
London: 1853
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I A FIRST ANNIVERSARY
CHAPTER II THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER III THE NIGHT ATTACK
CHAPTER IV MY ENTRÉE ON THE WORLD
CHAPTER V I AM MISTAKEN FOR A GAUGER IN IRELAND, A GREAT MISTAKE
CHAPTER VI A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
CHAPTER VII I JOIN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CHAPTER VIII LIFE IN A WATCH-HOUSE
CHAPTER IX THE COCK AND PUNCH-BOWL
CHAPTER X FRIENDS MUST PART
CHAPTER XI THE STORY OF THE WANDERING ACTRESS
CHAPTER XII A GENERAL DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIII MARK ANTONY IN LOVE FIRST, AND IN TROUBLE AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XIV THE TABLES TURNED—THE SAILOR’S STORY
CHAPTER XV LIFE IN LONDON
CHAPTER XVI A SECOND DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER XVII THE ROBBERY OF TIM MALEY
CHAPTER XVIII CONFESSIONS OF THE RAT-CATCHER.
CHAPTER XIX MY GRANDFATHER
CHAPTER XX A MEETING BETWEEN MEN OF BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XXI MY TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
CHAPTER XXII I ESCAPE—BUT MR. SLOMAN MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT
CHAPTER XXIII SUNDRY OCCURRENCES NARRATED-MR. BROWN AND HIS FRIENDS IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV MY UNCLE’S STORY
CHAPTER XXVI MY UNCLE’S STORY CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXVII I JOIN THE CANTONMENTS OF THE ALLIED ARMY—LIEUTENANT CROTTY’S INTERVIEW WITH LORD WELLINGTON
CHAPTER XXVIII A SPANISH INN THE EMPECINADO—AND A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXIX THE EXECUTION
CHAPTER XXX THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXI THE TRIAL
CHAPTER XXXII THE PARDONED VOLTIGEUR
CHAPTER XXXIII THE GUERILLA’S GIFT
CHAPTER XXXIV FARTHER ADVENTURES—MEMOIR OF THE VOLTIGEUR
CHAPTER XXXV RETURN TO THE ALLIED ARMY—LETTERS FROM ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXXVI CONFESSIONS OF MAJOR FITZMAURICE.
CHAPTER XXXVII MY INTERVIEW WITH LOUD WELLINGTON AND FURTHER PARTICULARS TOUCHING PETER CROTTY
CHAPTER XXXVIII OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN—BATTLE OF VITTORIA
CHAPTER XXXIX SAN SEBASTIAN
CHAPTER XL CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER XLI BATTLES OP THE PYRENEES
CHAPTER XLII A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE, AND PREPARATIONS FOR ESCAPE
CHAPTER XLIII ESCAPE FROM SAN SEBASTIAN, AND RETURN TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XLIV THE CRISIS APPROACHES
CHAPTER XLV
CONCLUSION
PUCK ON PEGASUS
By H. Cholmondeley Pennell
Illustrated By Leech, Phiz, Portch, and Tenniel
With a Frontispiece By George Cruikshank
Fourth Edition
1862.
CONTENTS
PUCK ON PEGASUS.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
THE NIGHT MAIL NORTH
SONG OF IN-THE-WATER.
THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE PETITION
'THE POET CLOSE.'
THE DU CHILLU CONTROVERSY
ADVERTISEMENT
OUR SWEET RECRUITING SERGEANTS.
SONNET
DERBY DAY
AH, WHO?
"DAILY TRIALS."
HOW WE GOT TO THE BRIGHTON REBLEW
SCHOOL "FEEDS."
LORD HOLLYGREENS COURTSHIP
LAY OF THE DESERTED INFLUENZED
I'VE LOST MY ————
THE VIII CRUSADE.
IN MEDIÆVOS.
FIRE!
COUNT CABOUR.
THE WELL OF TRUTH
PERILS OF THE FINE ARTS.
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT (IRISH) BRIGADE
WUS, EVER WUS
TOO BAD, YOU KNOW.
"THE DAYS THE THING."
GHOSTRIES.
"MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE."
ODE TO HAMPSTEAD.
OUR TRAVELLER.
CHINESE PUZZLES.
ETCETERA.
WHAT THE PRINCE OF I DREAMT.
CASE IN LUNACY.
A GIGGLE FOR "EXCELSIER"
THE THREAD OF LIFE.
STAGE, STUDY & STUDIO
by John Leech and Others
INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS
PANTOMIMICS
PAGE
Rehearsing the "fish" ballet 1
Billy and Bunny 3
Winning the gloves 4
Modern languages taught in one lesson 5
Theatre Royal—Nursery 6
An ex(bus)horse-tive argument 7
A pict-ure 8
A swallow out of season 9
"With a neck like that" 11
Experienced young fellow 12
Two transformation scenes 13
Not the correct way of pudding it 15
Humanizing influence of pantomime 16
ON THE STAGE AND OFF
Prompt but not prepared 17
A wordless story 18
English as she is spoke 23
Cassius 24
Acting under difficulties 25
Ever-popular criminal on the stage 27
On the stage—and off 28-9
When actors are Members of Parliament 31
When actors become modest 32
"Still running" 33
The part of Hamlet 34
Good and bad business at the theatre 35
"A little padding" 37
The actor's one topic—himself 39
A side-box talk 40
The bald baron 41-4
FUN AT THE PLAY
"Are you sitting on my hat?" 45
Delights of theatre-going 46-7
"Not so long as four solos" 49
A little ruse 50
A morning concert 52
Pit, boxes, and gallery 54
Playgoers and their eccentricities 56
Credit where credit is due 57
A "civil" retort 58
AMONG THE AMATEURS[iv]
At a fancy ball 61
Private theatricals 63
Private theatricals at the Titwillows' 65
THE POETS' CORNER
Portrait of a gentleman 67
The poets illustrated 69
No! Don't 70
The poets illustrated 74
"Mariar Martin, or the Red Baarn" 75
An illustrated edition of the poets 77-9
Poets and their patrons 80
MAINLY ABOUT AUTHORS
Would-be novelist 85
Lady Audley's secret 86
Perfect sincerity, or, thinkings aloud 88
The ancient Britons 88
A rural study 89
"The great cypher work" 90
Author's miseries 92-7
Harris-ing reflections 99
"Hemily Fitz-Hosborn" 100
THE EDITOR IN HIS DEN
The editor at home 101
Romance of advertising 103
"Pirates surprised at sunset" 104
Fancy portrait—Oliver Twist 105
A fact! 106
A new reading 111
STUDIES FROM THE STUDY
"He's sent the books" 113
Returned—with thanks 114
A queer cut 115
The pursuit of letters 116
Grand march of Intellect 116
Catalogue of the letter P. 117
The age of intellect 118
Subject for a picture 119
An awful apparition 121
The musical neighbour 123
British Museum catalogue 124
Analytical papers 125
"Couldn't read Miss Frump's new book" 127
The philosopher's revenge 129-136
FUN IN THE STUDIO
"Present company always excepted!" 137
"Very tiring" 138
Wholesale 139
"Qualifications" 140
Behind the scenes 141
"Asking for it" 142
The commercial side 143
Gaddy's academy picture on view 144
"Flattering" 145
Profession and practice 146
A rapid genius 147
"English langweege" 148
"Only their mothers" 149
For exhibition? 150
Pretty innocent 151
"Aye, there's the rub!" 152
"Work hard and get your own living" 153
March of science 154
The real 154
Pleasures of the studio 155
A happy medium 155
The ideal 156
Two principal figures 157
Answers for our artist 158
The mother of invention 159
Kindly meant 160
"Where's your beard?" 160
How some old painters must have worked[v] 161
Studio persuasion 162
"A portrait painter" 163
Model husband and a lay figure 164
Marvellous! 165
A visit to the studio 166
Scene in a studio 167
Ballet of action 168
Turps v. Turpitude 169
One use for "Dundrearys" 169
Accommodating! 170
"Lucky fellow!!" 171
"Noblesse oblige!" 172
Our art-school conversazione 173
"Only one spur a-piece" 174
"Sharp's the word" 175
The sympathies of art 176
Under a great master 176
"Sent it to the wash!" 177
"Ugly and as ridiculous as possible" 178
Perfect sincerity; or, thinkings aloud 179
Easily satisfied 180
Compliments of the season 181
"Skyed" 182
ROUND THE GALLERIES
Caution 183
Painters and gazers 185
An artist's dream 186
"Athletic exercises" 187
Let them exhibit their pictures outside 188
Pleasures of the Royal Academy 189
Art in the National Gallery 190
Outside the Royal Academy 191
Charming fashion of long skirts 192
"Unto this last" 193
"Very like—very like" 194
The umbrella question 195
Pictures of the English, painted by the French 196
A-musing 197
Perhaps 198
Reception of pictures at Royal Academy 199
Our historical portrait gallery 200-1
A study 202
Overheard at the Academy 203
Suggestions for the Royal Academy catalogue 206
THE ARTIST OUT OF DOORS
"It's an ill wind," etc. 207
The old cottage 208
The elysium of artists 209
"A pretty prospect" 210
Possibilities of a penny pistol and a box of caps 211
Technical and practical 212
"Impertinent curiosity of the vulgar" 213
"That pre-Raphaelite fellow" 214
Where ignorance is bliss 215
Design for an album 216
Studying skies 217
Culture for the million 218
An artist scamp in the Highlands 220
Ingenious protection against midges 221
Sketching from Nature 222
"Very nearly a pound" 223
Art at a cattle show 224
What an artist has to put up with 224
Enjoying himself in the Highlands 225
"Compliments of the (sketching) season" 226
"Fine Art" 227
"Brother Brush" 228
Making the best of it 229
One reason, certainly! 230
Æsthetics[vi] 230
A broad hint 231
Pleasant for Jack Daubs 231
Flattering! 232
Our adventurous artist 233
Art and science 234
An eye for colour 235
Ignorance was bliss 235
Our artist 236
SCULPTURE AND COMEDY
"Well broke!" 237
Venus of Milo 238
"Ingenuas didicisse" 241
At the great exhibition of 1861 243
Popular history 244
Capital punishment 245
A flagrant attempt 246
FUNNY FILMS: HUMOURS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
"Many a true word spoke in jest" 247
Bobby's camera 249
Interesting group posed for a photograph 250-251
Happy thought 252-253
Pleasant for Simpkins 254
Unanswerable 255
Can the camera lie? 256
The artistic(!) studio 257
"What for?" 259
Portrait of a distinguished photographer 260
A photographic picture 261
Encouragement of art 263
"A florid complexion" 265
Artful! 266
Subject for a picture 267
Photographic beauties 268
WANDERING MINSTRELS
Christmas waits 269
Division of labour 271
Culture for the million 273
Nothing like advertising yourself 275
Sketch from a study window 277
THROUGH THE OPERA GLASSES
The opera 281
What indeed? 284
"French without a master" 285
We don't sing enough 287
The high note 288
The low note 289
"Only twenty-two" 291
Culture for the million 292
Gentle rebuke 293
CHIEF ARTISTS REPRESENTED
Adams, Jack. 29.
Barnard, Fred. 9, 69, 74, 76-9, 99, 115, 147, 160, 169, 176, 206, 220, 244.
Bateman, H. M. 3, 208, 288-9, 291.
Bede, Cuthbert. 58.
Booth, J. L. C. 50, 90, 138, 190.
Brentnall, E. F. 212.
Bromley, V. W. 146.
Browne, W. G. A. 234.
Brunton, W. S. 154, 185, 235, 296.
Bull, René. 18.
Cooper, T. G. 155.
Cruikshank, George. 24, 54, 116, 118, 178, 216, 279, 280.
Daubeny, Hesketh. 104.
Doyle, Richard. 84, 124, 200-1, 209, 269.
Du Maurier, George. 65, 67, 89, 129-136, 141, 157-9, 192, 218, 229, 238, 252, 253, 263, 271, 273, 292, 293.
Griset, Ernest. 161.
Haselden, W. K. 25, 27, 31, 32, 35, 39, 46, 47, 56, 57, 189, 287.
Howard, Capt. H. R. 222.
Keene, Charles. 91, 101, 139, 143-5, 168, 172, 173, 175, 182, 193, 195, 198, 207, 213, 217, 223, 226-8, 230, 232, 233, 241, 245, 254, 255, 265, 285.
Lawson, F. W. 75.
Leech, John. 4, 8, 63, 70, 86, 88, 100, 114, 119, 121, 123, 155, 166, 167, 179, 180, 196, 243, 246, 251, 256-7, 267, 268, 277, 281, 284.
Leete, Alfred. 45.
May, Phil. 1, 11, 23, 37, 61, 137, 148, 149, 237, 247, 259.
Maybank, Thomas. 81-3.
Pears, Charles. 211, 249.
Proctor, J. 162.
Sandercock, H. 106, 125, 150.
Thackeray, William Makepeace. 286.
Thomas, Bert. 34, 49, 191.
Thomson, Gordon. 6, 14, 15, 16, 152, 197, 203.
Wall, A. H. 194.
Weigand, W. J. 17.
Wright, Frank. 215.
PRINCIPAL LITERARY CONTENTS
PAGE
PLAYERS' PRANKS 2
EMMA AND ULPHO 19
HUMOURS OF THE PLAYHOUSE 22
SCENERY AND COSTUME OF THE STAGE 48
ASS YOU LIKE IT 55
HAMLET'S LAST SOLILOQUY 58
AT THE MASQUERADE 60
AMATEUR FLUTE-PLAYER 62
ONLY SEVEN 64
LYCEUM LYRICS 66
THE POETS AT PLAY 68
MOTLEY'S KINGDOM 76
MY MANUSCRIPTS 81
A MAN I HATE 84
MARK TWAIN AND THE KEY 87
HUMOURS OF THE PRINTING HOUSE 91
HARRIS-ING REFLECTIONS 98
HUMOURS OF ADVERTISING 102
APPROVED BY THE EDITOR 109
RULES FOR NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS 110
LITERARY FLUNKEYISM 112
HUMOURS OF OUR LANGUAGE 114
MORE HUMOURS OF ADVERTISING 120
HE NEVER CALLED AGAIN 126
A DANGEROUS WRITER 128
PAINTERS AND GAZERS 184
A DREAM OF UNFAIR WOMEN 204
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS 209
PYRAMUS AND THISBE 239
PHOTOGRAPHIC FAILURES 248
THE PHOTOGRAPHS 258
MRS BROWN AND THE GERMAN BAND 270
STREET MUSICIANS 280
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL 282
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA 286
A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN 290
THE ONION GIRL 294