LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
“The two flasks were in brief time emptied” (The Wine Cellar)Photogravure FrontispiecePAGEHeadpiece toContentsvTailpiece toContentsviHeadpiece toList of IllustrationsviiHeadpiece toShakespeare at Charlecote Park1Tailpiece toShakespeare at Charlecote Park6Headpiece toShakespeare at “Bank-Side”7Tailpiece toShakespeare at “Bank-Side”12Headpiece toThe Epitaph of Sir Hugh Evans13“One who would have added weight and dignity to the ceremony”17Headpiece toBully Bottom’s Babes22Tailpiece toBully Bottom’s Babes27Headpiece toShakespeare in China28“Became wise by poring on his book”34Tailpiece toShakespeare in China38Headpiece toSolomon’s Ape39“Cast him down a ripe pomegranate”43Tailpiece toSolomon’s Ape45Headpiece toThe Castle Builders of Padua46Headpiece toThe Tapestry Weaver of Beauvais50Tailpiece toThe Tapestry Weaver of Beauvais57Headpiece toThe Wine Cellar: A “Morality”58Tailpiece toThe Wine Cellar: A “Morality”66Headpiece toRecollections of Guy Fawkes67“Rejoicing in the captivity of a suit of clothes stuffed with hay”70Tailpiece toRecollections of Guy Fawkes74Headpiece toElizabeth and Victoria75“Rank ... preached its high prerogative from externals”80“Hangman’s surgery”83Headpiece toThe Little Great and the Great Little90Tailpiece toThe Little Great and the Great Little94Headpiece toThe Manager’s Pig95Tailpiece toThe Manager’s Pig102Headpiece toSome Account of a Stage Devil103“Would solace the child by playing upon a diabolic fiddle”113Tailpiece toSome Account of a Stage Devil120Headpiece toFireside Saints121Tailpiece toFireside Saints126Headpiece toCat-and-Fiddle Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger127“Almost for two whole days did the tiger sleep”135Tailpiece toCat-and-Fiddle Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger139Headpiece toA Gossip at Reculvers140“Sugar from even the sweeter lips of lady mistress”143Tailpiece toA Gossip at Reculvers149Headpiece toThe Two Windows150Headpiece toThe Order of Poverty154“He has dreamed away his life upon a hillside”164Tailpiece toThe Order of Poverty165Headpiece toThe Old Man at the Gate166Headpiece toThe Folly of the Sword171“Hodge, poor fellow, enlists”175Tailpiece toThe Folly of the Sword180Headpiece toThe Greenwich Pensioner181Tailpiece toThe Greenwich Pensioner188Headpiece toThe Drill Sergeant189“He is, indeed, unbent”195Headpiece toThe Handbook of Swindling199“Politely receives his destroyer”233“Any one of these names may be ... confidently given in to the night constable”246“Other worthies laboured on horseback”256