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    PHIL MAY'S

    GUTTER-SNIPES




The impressions herein are extra carefully printed as _PROOFS_ on fine
paper, and the issue is limited to one thousand and fifty copies, of
which this is No. =462=.

A paper-covered edition, on thinner paper, at a popular price, will
follow.

[Illustration: GRACE!]




    [Illustration]

    PHIL MAY'S

    GUTTER-SNIPES

    50
    ORIGINAL SKETCHES
    IN PEN & INK.

    LONDON:
    THE LEADENHALL PRESS, LIMITED.
    (THESE SKETCHES xxHAVE BEENxx ARE SEPARATELY COPYRIGHTED)

    COPYRIGHT 1896
    IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.




    [Illustration: DEDICATION

    THIS TO THAT.]




DRAWINGS


    1  GRACE! FRONTISPIECE

    2  TITLE.

    3  DEDICATION.

    4  INTRODUCTION.

    5  SHUTTLECOCK.

    6  A GUTTER-BALL.

    7  PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.

    8  WATER-WORKS.

    9  A GAME AT BALL.

    10 LONGING FOR LICKINGS.

    11 LUXURIES.

    12 "ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"

    13 PLUNDERERS.

    14 LOST.

    15 HOMELESS.

    16 THE SLIDE.

    17 THE FIRST SMOKE.

    18 BROTHER ARTISTS.

    19 BITS & SCRAPS.

    20 PEG-TOP.

    21 TANTALIZING!

    22 SEE-SAW.

    23 HONEY-POTS.

    24 SNOWBALLING.

    25 "BOX O' LIGHTS, MY LORD?"

    26 MUDLARKS.

    27 A SWELL.

    28 BUTTONS.

    29 FAIRIES.

    30 "WHIP-BEHIND."

    31 "WILL IT BE ME?"

    32 "'EAR Y'ARE SIR!"

    33 "THREE SHIES A PENNY."

    34 "GIVE US A BITE."

    35 WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT.

    36 HOP-SCOTCH.

    37 MARBLES.

    38 OLD FRIENDS.

    39 AN ADEPT.

    40 "REMEMBER, REMEMBER!"

    41 PLAYING AT HORSES.

    42 "SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY, MUM?"

    43 A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.

    44 HIDE & SEEK.

    45 TWO PENNORTH.

    46 RUGBY RULES.

    47 LITTLE MOTHERS.

    48 WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.

    49 A MISUNDERSTANDING.

    50 LEAP-FROG.

    51 BOB-IN-THE-CAP.

    52 TIP-CAT.

    53 ACROBATS.

    54 GUTTER GYMNASTICS.




[Illustration: Andrew Tuer]

                                                         June 30th. 96.

My Dear Tuer

    Here is the last of the Gutter snipe drawings and sorry I am to
    leave them! Children of the gutter roam about free and are often
    hungry, but what would one give for such appetites? You and I smoke
    big cigars while they--all too soon, poor little chaps--smoke what
    you and I and others throw away. Sometimes I wonder whether they
    don't lead the happier lives?

                                 Yours always

                                                               Phil May

[Illustration: Phil May]




[Illustration: SHUTTLECOCK.]

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[Illustration: A GUTTER-BALL.]

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[Illustration: PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.]

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[Illustration: WATER-WORKS.]

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[Illustration: A GAME AT BALL.]

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[Illustration: LONGING FOR LICKINGS.]

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[Illustration: BOY. "NO? WHY DON'T YOU =NEVER= TREAT YOURSELF TO NO
LUXURIES, GUVNER?"]

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[Illustration: "ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"]

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[Illustration: PLUNDERERS.]

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[Illustration: LOST]

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[Illustration: HOMELESS]

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[Illustration: THE SLIDE.]

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[Illustration: THE FIRST SMOKE.]

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[Illustration: BROTHER ARTISTS.]

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[Illustration: BITS & SCRAPS.]

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[Illustration: PEG-TOP.]

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[Illustration: TANTALIZING!]

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[Illustration: SEE-SAW]

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[Illustration: HONEY-POTS]

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[Illustration: SNOWBALLING.]

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[Illustration: "BOX O' LIGHTS MY LORD?"]

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[Illustration: MUDLARKS.

"CHUCK US A COPPER!"]

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[Illustration: A SWELL.]

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[Illustration: BUTTONS.]

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[Illustration: FAIRIES.]

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[Illustration: "WHIP-BEHIND."]

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[Illustration: "WILL IT BE ME?"]

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[Illustration: "'Ear y'are Sir!"]

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[Illustration: "THREE SHIES A PENNY."]

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[Illustration: "GIVE US A BITE."]

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[Illustration: =WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT.=

DEPARTING GUEST. "WILL YOU CALL ME A CAB?"

BETSY-ANN. "ANSOM, FOUR-WHEELER OR MOVER, SIR?"

(A =TIMES= CORRESPONDENT SUGGESTS THAT THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE BE
CALLED AN "AUTO-MOVER")]

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[Illustration: HOP-SCOTCH.]

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[Illustration: MARBLES.]

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[Illustration: OLD FRIENDS.]

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[Illustration: AN ADEPT.]

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[Illustration: "REMEMBER REMEMBER!"]

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[Illustration: PLAYING AT HORSES.]

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[Illustration: "SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY MUM?"]

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[Illustration: LITTLE MOTHERS.]

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[Illustration: WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.]

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[Illustration: A MISUNDERSTANDING.]

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[Illustration: LEAP-FROG.]

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[Illustration: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.]

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[Illustration: HIDE & SEEK.]

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[Illustration: TWO PENNORTH.]

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[Illustration: RUGBY RULES.]

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[Illustration: BOB-IN-THE-CAP.]

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[Illustration: TIP-CAT.]

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[Illustration: ACROBATS.]

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[Illustration: GUTTER GYMNASTS.]




PHIL MAY'S

[Illustration: A B C]

FIFTY-TWO

ORIGINAL DESIGNS

forming

TWO HUMOROUS ALPHABETS

from

A TO Z


LONDON

THE LEADENHALL PRESS LIMITED.

_Each initial has been separately copyrighted._

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Page 12, Period added. (You and I smoke big cigars while they--all too
soon, poor little chaps--smoke what you and I and others throw away.)