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John Leech His Life and Work Volume I
John Leech His Life and Work Volume I
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
I. EARLY DAYS 3
II. EARLY WORK 20
III. MR. PERCIVAL LEIGH AND LEECH 75
IV. MEETING OF MULREADY AND LEECH 95
V. "THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EVENING PARTIES," BY ALBERT SMITH 104
VI. JOHN LEECH AND THE ETON BOY 130
VII. MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR 137
VIII. "THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS," BY ALBERT SMITH 151
IX. "THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS"--CONTINUED 163
X. "A MAN MADE OF MONEY," BY DOUGLAS JERROLD 178
XI. ALBERT SMITH AND LEECH 206
XII. MR. ADAMS AND LEECH 233
XIII. "COMIC GRAMMAR" AND "COMIC HISTORY" 255
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEECH _Frontispiece_
HERCULES RETURNING FROM A FANCY BALL _To face p._ 3
PHYSICIAN AND GENERAL PRACTITIONER 27
"WHERE 'AVE WE BIN? WHY, TO SEE THE COVE 'UNG, TO BE SURE!" 29
AN EYE TO BUSINESS 31
BUT AUGUSTUS'S HEART WAS TOO FULL TO SPEAK 33
"SIR! PLEASE, MR.! SIR! YOU'VE FORGOT THE DOOR-KEY!" 38
ETON BOY (_loq._): "Come, governor! just one toast--'The Ladies'!" 39
THE RETURN FROM THE DERBY 43
THE DERBY EPIDEMIC 44
SOMETHING LIKE A HOLIDAY 46
ALARMING SYMPTOMS ON EATING BOILED BEEF AND GOOSEBERRY-PIE 47
"SO YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL YOUR STUFF, AND DON'T FEEL ANY BETTER, EH?" 50
AWFUL APPARITION TO A GENTLEMAN WHILST SHAVING IN THE EDGWARE ROAD,
SEPTEMBER 29, 1846. 51
"A HOLDER AND A THINNER WINE" 53
"HOLLO! HI! HERE, SOMEBODY! I'VE TURNED ON THE HOT WATER, AND I
CAN'T TURN IT OFF AGAIN!" 54
SYMPTOMS OF A MASQUERADE 55
THE RISING GENERATION 57
THE IRREPRESSIBLE JUVENILE 58
THE RISING GENERATION 59
SERVANT-GAL-ISM 63
THE RISING GENERATION 65
SPECIAL CONSTABLE: "Now mind, you know--if I kill you, it's
nothing; but if you kill me, by Jove! it's murder!" 67
RECREATIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY 69
CABMAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN A WRONG TURNING, THAT'S ALL 70
MR. BRIGGS DOES A LITTLE SHOOTING 73
"FIDDLE-FADDLE" FASHIONS 90
"FIDDLE-FADDLE" FASHIONS 91
THE MULREADY ENVELOPE 96
FORES'S COMIC ENVELOPE 97
MAMMA AND THE GIRLS 106
TWO RUDE YOUNG MEN 107
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE 108
AN OLIVE-BRANCH 109
TWO "GANGLING" YOUNG MEN 110
PREPARING FOR THE BALL 111
THE ASSISTANT-WAITER 112
THE BAND 112
WALLFLOWERS 114
MR. LEDBURY 115
MR. LEDBURY AND MISS HAMILTON 116
THE WALTZ 118
CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
I. EARLY DAYS 3
II. EARLY WORK 20
III. MR. PERCIVAL LEIGH AND LEECH 75
IV. MEETING OF MULREADY AND LEECH 95
V. "THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EVENING PARTIES," BY ALBERT SMITH 104
VI. JOHN LEECH AND THE ETON BOY 130
VII. MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR 137
VIII. "THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS," BY ALBERT SMITH 151
IX. "THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS"--CONTINUED 163
X. "A MAN MADE OF MONEY," BY DOUGLAS JERROLD 178
XI. ALBERT SMITH AND LEECH 206
XII. MR. ADAMS AND LEECH 233
XIII. "COMIC GRAMMAR" AND "COMIC HISTORY" 255
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEECH _Frontispiece_
HERCULES RETURNING FROM A FANCY BALL _To face p._ 3
PHYSICIAN AND GENERAL PRACTITIONER 27
"WHERE 'AVE WE BIN? WHY, TO SEE THE COVE 'UNG, TO BE SURE!" 29
AN EYE TO BUSINESS 31
BUT AUGUSTUS'S HEART WAS TOO FULL TO SPEAK 33
"SIR! PLEASE, MR.! SIR! YOU'VE FORGOT THE DOOR-KEY!" 38
ETON BOY (_loq._): "Come, governor! just one toast--'The Ladies'!" 39
THE RETURN FROM THE DERBY 43
THE DERBY EPIDEMIC 44
SOMETHING LIKE A HOLIDAY 46
ALARMING SYMPTOMS ON EATING BOILED BEEF AND GOOSEBERRY-PIE 47
"SO YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL YOUR STUFF, AND DON'T FEEL ANY BETTER, EH?" 50
AWFUL APPARITION TO A GENTLEMAN WHILST SHAVING IN THE EDGWARE ROAD,
SEPTEMBER 29, 1846. 51
"A HOLDER AND A THINNER WINE" 53
"HOLLO! HI! HERE, SOMEBODY! I'VE TURNED ON THE HOT WATER, AND I
CAN'T TURN IT OFF AGAIN!" 54
SYMPTOMS OF A MASQUERADE 55
THE RISING GENERATION 57
THE IRREPRESSIBLE JUVENILE 58
THE RISING GENERATION 59
SERVANT-GAL-ISM 63
THE RISING GENERATION 65
SPECIAL CONSTABLE: "Now mind, you know--if I kill you, it's
nothing; but if you kill me, by Jove! it's murder!" 67
RECREATIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY 69
CABMAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN A WRONG TURNING, THAT'S ALL 70
MR. BRIGGS DOES A LITTLE SHOOTING 73
"FIDDLE-FADDLE" FASHIONS 90
"FIDDLE-FADDLE" FASHIONS 91
THE MULREADY ENVELOPE 96
FORES'S COMIC ENVELOPE 97
MAMMA AND THE GIRLS 106
TWO RUDE YOUNG MEN 107
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE 108
AN OLIVE-BRANCH 109
TWO "GANGLING" YOUNG MEN 110
PREPARING FOR THE BALL 111
THE ASSISTANT-WAITER 112
THE BAND 112
WALLFLOWERS 114
MR. LEDBURY 115
MR. LEDBURY AND MISS HAMILTON 116
THE WALTZ 118
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