À Beckett, Mr. Arthur W.,61,67,74;Parish Councils Bill cartoon,169;contributions, etc.,374,375À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, and the origin ofPunch,14,17;the first number,26,61,67;at the Dinners,75,76;the Jews,103;suggestions for cartoons,171,180;attack on Bunn,226,228;attacked in the "Puppet-Show,"239;his only artistic contribution toPunch,251;number of contributions,259,260,276,277;as a magistrate,278,279;biographical summary,272-280;his sons as children,435;et passimÀ Beckett, Gilbert Arthur, and "Dropping the Pilot," and "The Hidden Hand,"180,383,381-384À Beckett, Hon. T. T., and the origin ofPunch,12,272,274Aberdeen, Lord,101,111,119,147Accounts relating to transfer ofPunchto Bradbury & Evans,34-36Acrostics, Double,493,494Advertising on umbrellas and house-fronts,125"Advice to persons about to marry,"141,186"Advice to Vocalists,"161Æstheticism and Mr. Du Maurier,506Agnew, Mr. John Henry,38,61Agnew, Mr. Philip,38Agnew, Mr. Thomas,38,61Agnew, Sir William,38,61,87Agreement constitutingPunch(Appendix II.),25,36,575-580Ainger, Canon,147Ainsworth, Harrison,220"Airs Resumptive,"405Albany, Duke of, Death of,183Albert, Prince,101,199;attitude ofPunchtowards him,215-217"Albion," The, and the dinner to Mr. Burnand,88Alexander III. as the New Pharaoh,105;and Lord Augustus Loftus,194Allen, Joseph,26;and thePunchClub,93,282,452"Almanac," The,31;its reputed originators,32,33;great success, variations in production, and "influenza year,"40;piratical imitations,41;a drawing of Sir John Gilbert's,451,562,567;et passim"Almanac Dinner,"87Amateur Humorists,147-149America, War of Secession,80,111,120,177;humour,163;opinion ofPunch,370;Mr. du Maurier's portrayal of American girls,511,512Andersen, Hans Christian,265Andover Workhouse Scandals,278and note"Animal Types," Sir John Tenniel's,176,177Anstey (Guthrie), Mr. F.,67;politics,80;396-401"Answers to Correspondents,"31"Anti-Graham Envelope," and "Wafers,"52,114-117"Anti-Punch," The,240Appendices, Signatures ofPunch'sartists,573,574;text of agreement constitutingPunch,575-580Argyll, Duke of, and "The Old Crusaders,"182Armitage, Mr. Arthur,406Armstrong, T.,16Arnold-Forster, Mr.,145"Arrow," The,157,240,500"'Arry Papers,"378-380and noteArt,Punch'sattitude towards,126,127,221,222;past and present inPunch,409,410Art Union, The, Satire on,52Artists onPunch, Number of,410;signatures of (Appendix I.),573,574"Ascot Cup Day," Thackeray's,314Ashby-Sterry, Mr.,361,372,386,387,499Ashley,444Asquith, Mr.,205"Athenæum," a criticism onPunch,243Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman, Contributions of,368,371,372,410,524,525"Atonement Dinner," Thackeray's,87,88Attacks onPunch,227-232,237-241"Author's Miseries,"315"Awful State of Ireland," Hood's,336"B. W.,"501Bacon, Mrs., and the title ofPunch,24Bailey, the sculptor, and Jerrold's bust,87"Bang went Saxpence,"140,141,186Bank of England, and error ofPunch's,245Banting, Mr.,157Barham, R. ("Tom Ingoldsby"), and thePunchDinners,86Baring, Sir Francis,233Barnard, Mr. Fred,156,518,519Barry, Michael John, and the "Peccavi" despatch,361Bather joke, The,162Bayley, F. W. N.,17,19Baylis, Henry,19,24;and thePunchClub,93,97Beaconsfield, Lord,seeDisraeli, Mr."Beard movement,"423Beardsley, Mr. Aubrey,222"Bede, Cuthbert,"seeBradley, Rev. EdwardBedford, Mr. Deputy,317,385,386Bedford Hotel,PunchDinner at,64,65,86,87Beetle, Sergeant-at-Arms as a,145,146Bellew, Frank,500,501Benefit performances,132-135"Bengal Tiger, The,"208Bennett, Charles H.,61,66;letter from his fellow-diners,76,77,527;benefit performance for his widow,132,134,528;death of,180,455,525-528Bennett, J.,498Bennitt, Mr.,542Bennitt, Colonel Ward,547,548Betham-Edwards, Miss M.,371,372Bethell, Mr. (afterwards Lord Westbury), andPunch'sapplications for injunctions,151,152"Bibs' Baby, Mrs.,"295"Bicycle made for Two, A,"471"Billie Barlow,"360"Bird's-eye Views of English Society,"455Bismarck, Prince, Resignation of,179,180;and the Emperor William II.,193;a "junior cartoon" by Mr. Sambourne,535Black, Mr. William, on Keene,489"Black Maria" joke, A,143,144Blackwood, Mr.,330Blanchard, Laman,259,260,337,338Blanchard, Sidney, and "Mr. Punch, His Origin and Career,"12;and the "London Charivari,"15;proposal for a "comicPunch,"14noteBlatchford, Mr. Montagu,88,548Blocks forPunchillustrations,249-251Bloomerism,424Board School, Hugh Middleton,125"Book of Beauty,"467,479Borrow, George, and Thackeray,318"Bow Street Ballads,"320Bowers, Miss Georgina,166,529,530Boyd, Mr. A. S.,167Bradbury, William,36,49,61Bradbury, William Hardwick,38Bradbury, Mr. W. Lawrence,38Bradbury, Agnew & Co.,38Bradbury & Evans,31,32;and negotiations for the purchase ofPunch,33-35Bradbury, Evans & Co.,38Bradley, C. H.,477Bradley, Rev. Edward, and "Verdant Green,"129,492,355,372,491-495Brewtnall, Mr. E. F.,543Brezzi, Mrs., and the Title ofPunch,24"Briefless, Mr.,"275"Briefless, Junior,"375"Briggs, Mr., or HousekeepingversusHorse keeping,"131,425Bright, John,101,111;and the New Reform Bill,118;"Hercules,"121;with an eye-glass,204;obituary notice,377Brine, his portrait ofPunch,8;and the first Staff ofPunch,19;cartoons,171,412"Britannia,"208,473,535"British Lion,"70and note,176,177,208,470Bromley, Valentine,548Brooks, Reginald Shirley,67,387Brooks, Shirley, and the origin ofPunch,11;misconception as to the first editorship ofPunch,25note;portrait,60,80;politics,99;his lectures,129;the "Man in the Moon,"154,238,357;old jokes,163;a Cawnpore cartoon,177;verses on Abraham Lincoln,177,178;verses on the death of the Prince Consort,217;"Our Flight withPunch,"238,357;friendship with Angus Reach,357;as Editor,359,360;work and characteristics,356-360Brough, Robert,265,360Brough, William,265,288,360Brougham, Lord,101,153;opinion ofPunch'sportraits of him,200;as "Mrs. Caudle," and as a clown,202Brown, W.,454"Brown, Mrs.,"489"Brown, Jones and Robinson,"455"Brown's Letters, Mr.,"321Browne, Charles F.,180,317,369,370Browne ("Phiz"), Hablôt Knight, and the origin ofPunch,19;his design for the cover,41,42,451;"Valentines,"49,50;"Mokeanna,"365,427,446,451,452Browne, Mr. Walter,539Brunton, W.,232,502Bryan, Mr. Alfred,557,567Bryant, W., first publisher ofPunch,19,27Buccleuch, Duke of,233Buckingham, James Silk,Punch'sattack on,223-225Bulgarian atrocities,165Bull, W. P.,337Bull-fights,429"Bull Frog" cartoon,449Bunn, Alfred,Punch'sattack on,225-227;his "Word with Punch,"131,227-232Burnand, Miss,392Burnand, Mr. F. C.,40;portrait,60;politics,80,99;dinner in his honour at the "Albion,"88;the Two Pins Club,98;"Happy Thoughts,"129,365;first contribution,146,362;puns,151,366;"Mrs. Gummidge,"179;"Out of Town,"276,366;contributions, editorship, etc.,362-368Burnham Beeches, Jubilee Dinner at,87Burns, Mr. John,235Burton, E. J.,460Butts,Punch'sfavourite,217-233,330Byron, Henry J., verses onPunch,8;Comic News,160;Fun,364,407"C.,"491"C. B.,"547Cabinet Ministers, Attitude ofPunchtowards,195-205Caldecott, Randolph,545,546Callaway, Rev. W. F.,498,499Calverley, C. S.,371Campbell, Mr. Gerald F.,403Campbell, Lady,392,406"Candidates under Different Phases,"188Canning, Lord,177Capital punishment,2,3"Captain Jinks of theSelfish," etc.,523"Captious Critic," The,541,542Carnigan, Lord, Epigram by Wills on,26Caricature, Carlyle on,4;as illustrated by Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruikshank,186Carlisle, Lord, and a dinner to thePunchStaff,90,200Carlyle, on caricature,4;on humour,5;"Latter-day Pamphlets,"112Carthusians on the Staff,69,70"Cartoon Junior," The,82,170Cartoons, and tinted background,41;history, weekly arrangements for design and production, etc.,79,80,168-184,463,464;origin of name, etc.,185-188;as a reflection of popular opinion,188,189;engraving,249,464,468Cartoonists,170-172Cartoons for Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of,187"Cartoons, Sir John Tenniel's,"52Catling, Mr.,95"Caudle, Mrs.," and the "Lectures,"73,98,130;and Lord Brougham,202;"sudden death,"238,291-293"Caudle at Gravesend, Mrs.,"130Cawnpore Cartoons,176,177"Cham,"501,502Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph,408Chambers, Mr.,498,523"Charivari," Philipon's,15Chartism,108,425Chasemore, Mr. A.,483,538,539Cheltnam, Mr. Charles Smith,374Chess-problem joke,160Chester, Fred,60Chester, George,60,255"Child Snobson's Pilgrimage,"166"Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage,"146,166,378Children, Mr. du Maurier's drawings of,507,513