Chapter 10

“Babil and Bijou,”212

Bachelor (gaol chaplain, Tasmania),254–259

Bagster (Bible publisher),288

Baird, Abingdon,250

Ballantine, Serjeant,97

Ballet,144,234

Bancrofts,24,93,156,218,222

Barber (in Temple Bar),59

Barn Club,114

Barnard, Richard,135

Barnato, Barney,119

Barnet, Dr.,32

“Baron Nicholson” (“Judge and Jury” President),239

Barrett, Oscar,158

—, Wilson,277

Barristers, and journalism,49

Barry, Helen,213

—, Shiel,137

Bat,The,95,108,111,194

Baum, John,234

Bayliss, “Bill,”221

Beaconsfield, Lord, “Ape’s” cartoon,166

Beaufort, Duke of,214

Beck (landlord of Unity Club),215

Becker, Bernard,73,169

Bedford, Duke of,22

Bedford Hotel, Covent Garden,246

Belasco,162

Belfast, Charles Williams contests,148

“Bells, The,”103,216

“Bells go ringing for Sarah,”237

Bell’s Life,122

Bellwood, Bessie,228,250,270

“Ben My Chree,”277

Bend Or (race-horse),267

Bendall, Ernest,94,102,203

Benjamin, Alfred,287

Benzon, Ernest,284

Beresford, Lord Marcus,160

Bernal, Ralph,175

“Bet Belmanor,”138

Betting: Government’s attitude,268;Hornetsaved by,203; “Jubilee Juggins,”284

“Bible in Spain, The,”42

Bicycle, effect on Sunday observance,107

Biggar, Joseph,170

Bignell, Bob,223

Bingham-Cox, William Henry,122

Bird o’ Freedom,The,196

Black and White artists,15

“Black Crook, The,”237

Blackburn, Judge,53

Blackmore, R. D.,246,290

Blackpool,219

Blanton, Charles,266

“Bleak House,”75,158

Blue Posts (Cork Street),47,283

Board of Works,240

“Bob Acres,”210

“Bobbos”:seeWilliams, Robert

Bohemian clubs:seeClubs

“Book of the Dog, The,”289

Bookmakers,260–275

Booth, General, Huxley’s opinion of,115

“Boris”:seeBromhead, Harry

Borrow, George,42–46

Boswell,55,64

Boucicault, Dion,213,219

Boulanger, General,252

Bowen, Lord Justice,177

Bowles, T. Gibson,68,70,97,193

Bowling-alley, American,282

Boxing,281

Boyd, Dr A. K. H.,115

—, Frank,114,196

Boyes, Vincent,147

Boyle, Sir Courtney,282

Braddon, Miss, quoted,179

Bradford, Lord,266

Bradlaugh, Charles,77

Brereton Austin,103

Brett, Tommy,288

Brewer, Charles,266

Briant, Barney,63

Bromhead, Harry,268

Bromley, Val,173

Brooks, Reginald Shirley,64,109

Brough, Lionel,158–160,212–214

Brougham, Lord,151

Broughton, F. C.,202

Brown, Madox,36,244

—, Oliver Madox,36

—, Tom (waiter at Cheshire Cheese),65

“Brown Study, A” (notorious cartoon),199

Browne, Harold (Bishop of Winchester),113

—, Lennox,100

Bruce, Edgar,172

Brunton, William,31,62,220

Bryan, Alfred,202

Buchanan, Robert,124,261–262,280

Buckstone, J. B.,30

“Bulgarian Atrocities,” Gladstone and,185

Bulls, Parliamentary,177

Burdett-Coutts, Baroness,100

Burleigh, Bennet,58

Burlesque,86,208

Burnand, F. C.,102

Burnham, Lord,54,93

Burton, Bloundelle,290

Bury, Viscount,151

Butler, Richard,271

Byron, Henry J.,130–133,199,202,209,281

—, Lord,37,132,288

Café l’Étoile,243

— Royal,241,247,251; Romano at,250

— Verrey:seeVerrey’s

Caine, Hall,46,277

Cairns, Sir Hugh McCalmont,148

Camden Town, Paravicini’s Theatre,238

Campbell, Herbert,228

Canteen, in music-halls,236

Canterbury Music-Hall,144,232

Carlyle, Thomas,89,90; on Dr. Boyd (quoted),108; Shiel Barry and,219

“Carols of Cockayne, The,”153

Carr’s Restaurant,248

Carte, D’Oyly,221,287

Cartoons,Vanity Fair,69

Cassell and Co.,The Echo,197

Castro:seeOrton, Arthur

Catling, Thomas,102

“Cavalleria Rusticana,”249

Cave, Joseph,238

Chair of Journalism,18

Chairman:seeMusic-Halls

Chalice, Edith,173

“Champagne Charlie is my Name,”225

Chandor, John,196

Chantecler,193

Chappel, “Cis,”287

“Charles I.,” at Lyceum,244

Charlotte Street, Bohemian restaurants,244

Chertsey,288

Cheshire Cheese, The,62–66,166

Chevalier, Albert,225–231; song quoted,275

“Chicken and Champagne,” Irving’s first-night receptions,88

“Chilperic,”96

Chinery,150

Chop-houses,246

Christian World, referred to,78

Church and Sunday amusements,108,111–115

Circus, at Covent Garden,219

Clarke, Sir Edward,101

—, Hamilton,100,158

—, John (Adelphi),218

—, John Sleeper,210–212

Clarke’s Ferry,287

Claude, Angelina,210

“Cloches de Corneville, Les,”137

“Cloister and the Hearth, The,”280

Clubs, Bohemian,146et seq.

“Clytie,”201

Coborn, Charles,228

“Cock” Tavern, Fleet Street,60

“Cock-and-Hen” Clubs,149

Cockburn, Sir Alexander,179

“Cocky”:see“Flying Baker, The”

Coffins, Wickerwork, Godfrey Turner’s exhibition,56

Cohen, Sam,162

Colborne, John,149

Cole, Comyns,271

Coleman, “Fatty,”149

—, John,212

Colenso, Bishop,200

Collette, Charles,142,158

Collins, Churton,18,19

“Colonel Lighthouse”:seeWhitehead, Colonel

Comic News,199

Coney, Jack,228

Conjurers, street,119

Conservatives, T. Gibson Bowles attacks,69

“Conversion of Colonel Quagg, The,”55

Conway, Harry B.,288

Cook, Basil,112

—, Dutton,73,101

Coombe End, Dr. Gordon Hake at,42

Cooper (Twickenham ferryman),291

Cooper (Brothers) of the Albion Tavern,28

Cordery, George,171

Corlett, John,62,109–110,270

Cornhill,The,55,206

“Coster’s Serenade, The,”231; quoted,275

“Cosy Club,”83

Covent Garden Opera House,212–213

Coventry Club,159

Cowell, Peter,165

Cowley (poet),291

Crauford, Sterling,263

Cremorne Gardens,235

Crime, newspaper portrait leads to arrest,15; specialist on newspaper,12

Crimean War, Captain Hamber and the German Legion,198

Criterion Theatre,286

Cromer, Clement Scott’s articles,57

Cruikshank, George, jun.,187

“Crutch and Toothpick Brigade,”208

Cuckoo,The,95,193


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