The Project Gutenberg eBook of John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Volume 2 (of 3) This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, Volume 2 (of 3) Creator: John Leech Release date: January 14, 2014 [eBook #44662] Language: English Credits: Produced by David Widger *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOHN LEECH'S PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, VOLUME 2 (OF 3) *** Produced by David Widger JOHN LEECH'S PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER Volume Two (of Three) FROM THE COLLECTION OF "MR. PUNCH" LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., 1887 Transcriber's Note: The only text in this file is that drawn in the images. This is not easily read unless viewing the "medium size" and "original size" available by link under each image. INDEX Academic Costume.......................................1851 ...134...134 Adding Insult to Injury ...............................1845 ...052...052 Adding Insult to Injury ...............................1857 ...188...188 Adding Iasult to Injury ...............................1859 ...202...202 Advent of Spring, The .................................1849 ...157...157 Affecting Incident at Boulogne ........................1853 ...052...052 Affecting-Rather.......................................1851 ...107...107 After the Bath ........................................1857 ...264...264 Afternoon Tea .........................................1859 ...220...220 Agreeable Prescription, An.............................1858 ...106...106 Agricultural Distress..................................1851 ...074...074 Alarming Proposition ..................................1859 ...189...189 Always be Polite when Travelling.......................1856 ...195...195 Amateur Pantomime......................................1857 ...014...014 Ample Protection ......................................1859 ...136...136 An Absentee ...........................................1845 ...232...232 An Art that doth Disfigure Nature......................1856 ...186...186 An Hour's Ride.........................................1852 ...074...074 Angling Delights ......................................1859 ...062...062 Another Bit from the Mining District...................1854 ...139...139 Another Railway Misery.................................1855 ...092...092 April Fool, An ........................................1855 ...046...046 Aquatic Manouvres......................................1859 ...168...168 'Arry and 'Arriet .....................................1S58 ...195...195 Art Progress ..........................................1S57 ...127...127 Artificial Ice-Grand Pas des Patineurs.................1850 ...026...026 Artistic (!) Studio, The...............................1857 ...193...193 Assurance .............................................1847 ...105...105 Astounding Announcement................................1857 ...130...130 Astonishing a Young One ...............................1858 ...370...370 Astonishing Request An................................1857 ...199...199 As Well be out of the World as out of the Fashion......1850 ...105...105 At Aldershot - A Rather Difficult Manouvre ............1859 ...269...269 At Epsom ..............................................1850 ...232...232 At Paris...............................................1853 ...169...169 At the Play............................................1858 ...261...261 At the Seaside ................. ......................1853 ...271...271 Average W'eight of the Foot'Guards.....................1850 ...096...096 Awkward Predicament....................................1858 ...189...189 Bad Time for John Thomas, A ...........................1856 ...225...225 Bare Assertion, A .....................................1854 ...087...087 Battle of the Hyde Park ...............................1855 ...200...200 Beard Movement, The....................................1854 ...064...064 Beard Movement, The....................................1857 ...128...128 Beard Movement, The....................................1856 ...263...263 Beauty in Distress.....................................1858 ...392...392 Benefit of Clergy .....................................1852 ...087...087 Best Run of the Season, The ...........................1857 ...126...126 Bit of a Breeze, A.....................................1856 ...185...185 Black Indignity, A ....................................1857 ...127...127 Bless You-Bless You!...................................1855 ...153...153 Blind with Rage........................................1856 ...201...201 Bon-bon from a Juvenile Tarty, A.......................1851 ...033...033 British Forces, The, and the Crimean War ..............1853 ...114...114 1856 ...120...120 British Juryman Preparing for the Worst, The...........1859 ...236...236 Broad Caricature ......................................1843 ...047...047 Brothers in Arms ......................................1853 ...187...187 Brown Entertains his Friends wi' a Haggis..............1859 ...010...010 Brutal levity..........................................1863 ...258...258 Business-like .........................................1854 ...063...063 Bye-Day at Easter, A ..................................1858 ...211...211 By the Sad Sea Waves...................................1858 ...108...108 Camp Lite-A Bit of Sentiment...........................1853 ...060...060 Camp Life-A Day Surprise ..............................1853 ...271...271 Camp Life-A Night Surprise ............................1853 ...271...271 Candid.................................................1859 ...231...231 Canine.................................................1851 ...139...139 Careful Rider, A ......................................1853 ...269...269 Case of Real Distress, A...............................1854 ...047...047 Catching a Tartar......................................1856 ...184...184 Caution During Mistletoe Season .......................1855 ...002...002 Caution to Gentlemen Walking to Evening Parlies........1855 ...250...250 Caution to Travellers .................................1853 ...171...171 CautiouS Bird, A ......................................1858 ...100...100 Cavalier, A............................................1857 ...241...241 Censors ...............................................1858 ...256...256 Census, The ...........................................1861 ...259...259 Certainly Not..........................................1S55 ...072...072 Champion, The..........................................1844 ...020...020 Christmas Eve .........................................1863 ...005...005 Christmas Party, A, Grandpapa Dances Sir Roger ........1856 ...009...009 Citizen of the World, A ...............................1855 ...207...207 Civil Cabman, The .....................................1857 ...240...240 Coarse, but Characteristic ............................1S50 ...139...139 Cold Wealher...........................................1855 ...029...029 Comet, The ............................................1858 ...229...229 Coming Collision, The..................................1857 ...225...225 Common Objects at the Seaside..........................1858 ...193...193 Common Objects at the Seaside..........................1857 ...254...254 Complacent Belief, A ..................................1857 ...270...270 Compliments of the Season..............................1861 ...004...004 Confidence of Youth, The ..............................1847 ...096...096 Consolation............................................1856 ...263...263 Consultation, A........................................1856 ...143...143 Cool Request, A .......................................1856 ...247...247 Cool Request ..........................................1857 ...082...082 Cracker Bon-Bon........................................1862 ...021...021 Cricket-Capital Practice Bowling of the Period ........1859 ...265...265 Crinoline Again........................................1858 ...132...132 Crinoline on the Water.................................1858 ...197...197 Cupid at Sea ..........................................1859 ...103...103 Currency Question, The ................................1847 ...272...272 Day After the Juvenile Party, The......................1847 ...037...037 Day at the Camp, A.....................................1860 ...251...251 Day Very Late in the Season, A.........................1859 ...198...198 Deceiver, A ...........................................1859 ...039...039 Deerstalking Made Easy.................................1857 ...233...233 Delicate Compliment, A ................................1856 ...067...067 Delicate Creature, A...................................1855 ...085...085 Delicate Hint, A ..................................... 1855 ...108...108 Delicate Way of Putting It.............................1862 ...247...247 Delicate Test .........................................1859 ...225...225 Delicious..............................................1857 ...036...036 Delicious Dip, A ......................................1857 ...207...207 Delightful Privilege during the Winter Months .........1847 ...025...025 Delusive Notion........................................1852 ...146...146 Demon of the Street, The ..............................1858 ...223...223 Did You Ever? .........................................1858 ...111...1ll Disagreeable Truth ....................................1851 ...092...092 Disappointed One, The .................................1858 ...187...187 Discretion ........................................... 1847 ...064...064 Disgusting for Augustus ...............................1858 ...196...196 Distressed Agriculturist, A............................1856 ...238...238 Distressing Result of Eating Turkey ...................1855 ...034...034 Disturber of Public Peace, A ..........................1848 ...135...135 Domestic Bliss ........................................1847 ...056...056 Domestic Doctoring ....................................1856 ...181...181 Domestic Economy ......................................1859 ...099...099 Domestic Extravaganza .................................1858 ...205...205 Double Game, A ........................................1858 ...239...239 Drawing the Line...............-.......................1857 ...141...141 Dreadful for Young Oxford..............................1859 ...213...213 Dreadful Joke .........................................1855 ...007...007 Dress Circle at Punch and Judy.........................1854 ...039...039 Dweadful Accident in High Life.........................1857 ...093...093 Eager Applicants..,....................................1854 ...039...039 Early Philosophy ......................................1847 ...112...112 Easier Said than Done..................................1856 ...239...239 East Wind Joke, An ....................................1855 ...255...255 Easy Matter, An .......................................1859 ...270...270 Education in the Mining Districts......................1855 ...095...095 Eligible Party, An ....................................1848 ...103...103 English Nobleman, An, Painted by the French ...........1848 ...109...109 Enthusiasm ............................................1854 ...115...115 Envious Youth, An .....................................1857 ...018...018 Epigrammatic ..........................................1845 ...189...189 Equestrian Difficulty, An .............................1858 ...227...227 Equine ................................................1858 ...144...144 Evening Party at Sebastopol ...........................1854 ...116...116 Every Lady her Own Bathing Machine.....................1849 ...058...058 Excitement ............................................1856 ...053...053 Expanse of Fashion, The ...............................1859 ...203...203 Fact, A................................................1861 ...243...243 Fact from the Nursery, A ..............................1856 ...234...234 Faded Youth, A ........................................1847 ...131...131 Fair and Equal.........................................1858 ...030...030 Fair Disputants .......................................1858 ...258...258 Fair Toxophilites, The ................................1858 ...221...221 Family Group, A, Baby Stirring the Pudding.............1862 ...006...006 Fancy goes a Great Way.................................1846 ...257...257 Fancy Sketch ..........................................1858 ...270...270 Farm-yard, The ........................................1853 ...246...246 Fashion of the Period .................................1858 ...247...247 Fellow Feeling.........................................1856 ...246...246 Feminine Amenities.....................................1856 ...174...174 Festive Season, The....................................1857 ...025...025 Fine Hautboys..........................................1855 ...051...051 Finishing Touch to a Picture ..........................1854 ...051...051 Flattering ............................................1855 ...087...087 Flunkeiana.............................................1848 ...054...054 Flunkeiana.............................................1857 ...184...184 Flunkeiana Rustica ....................................1857 ...024...024 Flycatcher, The .......................................1852 ...064...064 Fly Fishing ...........................................1855 ...057...057 Fog. The, is so very Thick.............................1855 ...028...028 Folly and Innocence....................................1856 ...140...140 Fortune's Favourite....................................1847 ...100...100 Fortunate Fellows......................................1858 ...231...231 Fortune-Telling, a Scene of Domestic Interest .........1858 ...070...070 Four-in-Hand Mania, The................................1856 ...226...226 Fox Hunting in a Fog...................................1856 ...223...223 Fraternity ............................................1859 ...128...128 French as it is Spoken.................................1856 ...245...245 Friendly Badinage......................................1856 ...217...217 Friendly Mount, A .....................................1857 ...061...061 Friendly Sympathy .....................................1858 ...250...250 From the Mining Districts .............................1855 ...135...135 Frozen-out Fox Hunter, The ............................1861 ...078...078 Frozen-out Fox Hunters.................................1854 ...031...031 Frugal Marriage Question, The..........................1858 ...088...088 Fumigation.............................................1855 ...211...211 Generous Offer, A......................................1857 ...162...162 Glorious News for the Boys.............................1859 ...035...035 Going to Church-Scarborough............................185S ...197...197 Good Catch, A..........................................1856 ...245...245 Going to the Ball-the Finishing Touch..................1859 ...235...235 Going Out of Town .....................................1858 ...191...191 Going to the Park......................................1859 ...263...263 Going to a Party ......................................1846 ...056...056 Golden Rule, A.........................................1846 ...107...107 Good Cheer ............................................184S ...007...007 Good Liver, A .........................................1857 ...152...152 Good News .............................................1847 ...335...335 Good News, Real Sentiment .............................1854 ...047...047 Good Old Comic Clown ..................................1860 ...038...038 Good Security .........................................1853 ...048...048 Grand Charge of Perambulators and Defeat of the Swells.1856 ...234...234 Great Boon, The .......................................1858 ...140...140 Great Boon to the Public...............................1855 ...068...068 Great Plague in Life, A ...............................1859 ...212...212 Great Tobacco Controversy, The ........................1857 ...169...169 Grievance, A...........................................1856 ...119...119 Guy Fawkes' Day........................................1856 ...254...254 Happy Notion, A........................................1858 ...265...265 Happy Notion, A........................................1S59 ...014...014 Hard Case in the Baltic ...............................1856 ...119...119 Haven of Refuge, A.....................................1856 ...209...209 Having a Pair On.......................................1857 ...038...038 Heartless Practical Joke ..............................1858 ...210...210 Hi'Art ................................................1857 ...190...190 Hint to the Authorities, A ............................1846 ...146...146 Hint to the Enterprising, A ...........................1857 ...248...248 Hint to Gentlemen Riding Home after Dinner ............1858 ...221...221 Hint to Mammas, A......................................1856 ...132...132 Hint to Railway Travellers, A .........................1856 ...205...205 Home Amusements .......................................1856 ...013...013 Home Enjoyments .......................................1859 ...013...013 Home for the Holidays .................................1863 ...014...014 Home for the Holidays .................................1859 ...033...033 Horrible Question after a Greenwich Dinner ............1856 ...189...189 Horrid Boy, A .........................................1856 ...261...261 Horrors of War, The ...................................1853 ...062...062 How Disagreeable the Boys are..........................1855 ...027...027 How Jack made the Turk Useful at Balaclava ............1S55 ...117...117 How Troublesome the Boys Are ..........................1847 ...027...027 How Very Embarrassing! ................................1855 ...103...103 Humility...............................................1843 ...250...250 Humours of the Street, The ............................1859 ...001...001 Husband as He Ought to Be, and Not ought to Be, The ...1856 ...105...105 Husband Taming.........................................1859 ...175...175 Ice Harvest, The.......................................1855 ...078...078 If you want a Thing Done, do it Your-self..............1858 ...178...178 to ...180...180 Imitation is the Sincerest Flattery....................1856 ...185...185 Imitation is the Sincerest Flattery....................1858 ...160...160 Impertinent Curiosity .................................1857 ...173...173 Impudence..............................................1844 ...024...024 In a Hurry.............................................1857 ...262...262 In Camp................................................1853 ...173...173 Incident of Camp Life, An..............................1853 ...213...213 Incident in a French Revolution .......................1848 ...092...092 Incident of Travel, An.................................1856 ...084...084 Incident with the O. P. Q. Hounds ....................1857 ...067...067 Incident of Weight, An ................................1856 ...130...130 Incredible ............................................1853 ...049...049 Indiscretion, An ......................................1859 ...202...202 Indolence .............................................1859 ...258...258 Infra dig..............................................1853 ...083...083 Injured Individual, An.................................1S57 ...216...216 Innocent Mirth. The Slide on the Pavement .............1848 ...037...037 In Society ............................................1862 ...015...015 Insulting a Refugee ...................................1842 ...157...157 Interesting Group posed for a Photograph...............1855 ...159...159 Interesting and Valuable Result........................1855 ...159...159 In the Park ...........................................1859 ...068...068 In the Park ...........................................1859 ...131...131 In the Ranks...........................................1853 ...057...057 In the Streets.........................................1857 ...131...131 In the Witching Time of Life...........................1859 ...204...204 Irish Lake Fishing ....................................1860 ...254...254 Irresistible...........................................1857 ...141...141 Is Smoking Injurious?..................................1857 ...090...090 It must be all right ..................................1858 ...199...199 It's the Early Bird that picks up the Worm.............1858 ...224...224 Jack Ashore............................................1854 ...052...052 Jew d'Fsprit ..........................................1855 ...101...101 John Thomas non-plushed ...............................1855 ...095...095 Jolly Game of Snowballing as played in our Square......1860 ...017...017 Jolly old Paterfamilias with some air-balloons.........1865 ...008...008 Jones tries his new Hack...............................1857 ...042...042 Judge by Appearance, A.................................1857 ...253...253 Just like 'em .........................................1858 ...187...187 Juvenile Etymology.....................................1859 ...004...004 Juvenile Party, The....................................1864 ...028...028 Juvenile Party, The. A Great Liberty...................1864 ...017...017 Juvenile Wisdom .......................................1859 ...150...150 Ketchee! Ketchee! .....................................1852 ...110...110 Kindly Offer, A........................................1861 ...034...034 Knights of the EaRth...................................1858 ...208...208 Last Alteration, The ..................................1856 ...200...200 Last Refuge of a Banished Smoker..............,........1855 ...255...255 Latest from Paris .....................................1854 ...051...051 Let us have Japanese Manners and Customs here..........1858 ...084...084 Life in London ........................................1855 ...063...063 Little bit of Sentiment................................1845 ...059...059 Little Dinner at the Crimea Club, A....................1854 ...116...116 Little Dinner at Greenwich.............................1858 ...264...264 Little Ducks ..........................................1856 ...259...259 Little Men.............................................1848 ...012...012 Little Shooting in Ireland, A..........................1862 ...264...264 Little Surprise for Muggins, A ........................1857 ...174...174 Lovers' Quarrel, The ..................................1859 ...176...176 Malapropos.............................................1856 ...185...185 Malicious .............................................1857 ...196...196 Man of Consequence, A .................................1859 ...104...104 Man of Principle, A....................................1854 ...056...056 Man of some Consequence, A.............................1857 ...022...022 Marriage Question, The ................................1859 ...177...177 Married for Money.—The Honeymoon......................1859