Mr. Bernard Partridge made his first drawing for Punch in 1891, through the instrumentality of Mr. du Maurier, one of his greatest admirers. It was a drawing of a bishop in a distressing and undignified pose, and, though small in size, it proved at once to readers of Punch the justice of the extraordinary reputation the young artist had gained elsewhere. It was not only that his drawing and proportion are always entirely right—that, perhaps, is to be expected in the son of the late teacher of anatomy at the Royal Academy Schools—but that his handling is so graceful and dainty, his effects of light and shade so masterly, his portraiture so true, and his power of representing expression, as shown both in face and figure, so absolute. Mr. du Maurier saw in him his own successor for the time when he may be called upon to lay the pencil down; and the public recognised in him an appreciator of beauty to a degree hardly excelled by Mr. du Maurier himself. Being, moreover, as familiar with the expression of the foreigner as with that of the East-Ender, or the resident of "Buckley Square," he was a recruit after Mr. Punch's own heart and interest.

It is because Mr. Partridge's love for the stage is stronger than for the pencil that the invitation to contribute to Punch, and, in 1892, his promotion to the regular Staff, did not arouse in him any great enthusiasm at the time. Soon, however, he warmed up to his work, and his illustrations to Mr. Anstey's inimitable "Voces Populi," "The Man from Blankley's," and other of that writer's serials, made their mark at once, supported as they were by the "socials," signed now with his cipher, now with his quaint "Perdix fecit."

Concurrently with Mr. Partridge (1891), Mr. Everard Hopkins made his appearance with one of two drawings sent in. The accepted one was an admirable travesty of the denouement of Ibsen's "Doll's House," representing a buxom middle-aged virago leaving the house of her diminutive hen-pecked husband, whose "birdie" she declines any longer to be. Numerous drawings of a graceful kind have since come from him, until he is in the way of being regarded as a recognised outside contributor.

Then followed Mr. Reginald Cleaver, whose work, somewhat hard, but of great beauty in its own line, has been devoted to "social" subjects; and on January 1st, 1892, Mr. W. J. Hodgson sent in a picture that was destined to be the first of a long series. He is essentially a sporting man—a vital necessity for Punch—and having been brought up in the thick of the sporting world, has immortalised in his pages many a hunting joke and scrap of "horsey" humour. His subjects are usually actualities, and more than once has a whole countryside been startled by the appearance in Punch of an incident that had just formed matter for gleeful conversation after a day's sport. Such was the amusing otter-hunt story that appeared in July, 1894, in which, under the title of "The Course of True Love, etc.," Miss Di, a six-foot damsel, asks her five-foot-three curate-lover to pick her up and carry her across the watercourse, "as it is rather deep, don't you know;" and the Wiltshire village where it occurred and the chief actors in the little comedy became at once the talk of the county, and the water itself is pointed out as the scene of the incident. Mr. Hodgson, it may be noted, was introduced to Punch through Sir Frank Lockwood, who sent to the Editor a volume which the draughtsman had illustrated.

Miss Maud Sambourne, when no more than eighteen years of age, also contributed her first drawing in the spring of 1892—a charming little figure of a girl, as dainty as a sketch by Mr. Abbey, and as different from her father's work as well could be imagined. Similar little drawings from her graceful pencil have appeared from time to time, the prettiest, perhaps, being "A Fair Unknown," on June 2nd, 1894.

On November 12th, 1892 (p. 221, Vol. CIII.), appears an elaborate page of verses, explanatory notes, and four cuts illustrative of "The Vanishing Rupee"—a picture greatly appreciated in India. The originator of this satirical page was Mr. J. H. Roberts, an architect who had turned his back on his profession and had cast in his lot with illustrated journalism; and the manner in which he hit off the standing grievance of Anglo-India betrayed a touching personal interest in this painful fiscal question.

Mr. Arthur A. Sykes, more closely identified with Punch as a verse and prose writer than as a draughtsman, began the first of his sketches in November, 1893; and on the 18th of the same month Sir Frank Lockwood, Q.C., who had hitherto been content to see his artistic effervescence re-drawn by Mr. E. T. Reed, appeared in his own right with a comic scribble representing a barrister afflicted with a bad cold energetically addressing the court. It was entitled: "Cold, but In-vig-orating"—a pictorial pun worthy of Hood or Hine. This was the first of a series.

About this time the distinguished draughtsman, Mr. Arthur Hopkins, who has rarely been surpassed in rendering the simple grace of pretty English girlhood, evolved a joke while shopping with his wife, and straightway illustrated it and sent it on to Punch. It appeared the next week, and was quickly followed by another on the 1st of April. Since then the artist has been seen no more in Punch's pages, although, jokes serving, he is still a persona grata in Whitefriars. Mr. J. F. Sullivan—the immortal depictor of the humours and amenities of "The British Workman," and for many years the incarnation of "Fun"—struck up a belated connection with Punch, also in November, 1893. His drawings ran continuously during that and the next two months to the number of a dozen or so, and then, with the exception of an "old stock" sketch or two, they incontinently ceased.

The Almanac for 1894 witnessed the debut of Mr. J. A. Shepherd, who, on the strength of his comic "Zig-Zags at the Zoo," was invited by Mr. Burnand to send in a page. His comic animals, drawn with singular precision and skill, and full of character, seemed to hit the popular taste, and, save for a period when ill-health interrupted, Mr. Shepherd has continued his contributions. He was a pupil of Mr. Alfred Bryan, and for a couple of years was on the staff of "Moonshine." Another recruit of 1894 was Mr. A. S. Boyd, one of the most brilliant of the "Daily Graphic" staff, and still affectionately remembered as "Twym" of the "Bailie" and "Quiz" of Glasgow. His first contribution (April 7th) was a sketch of a lady in an omnibus, whose outrageously large sleeves extinguished her neighbours as effectually as the crinoline of her grandmother (according to John Leech) had cancelled her grandfather. Since that time Mr. Boyd has been seen fitfully in Punch, and always with drawings executed with great care and with singular appreciation of the value of his blacks.



Then came Mr. Phil May. Punch was long in discovering him, but he found him at last. Indeed, he could not afford to do without him, for Mr. May, though barely more than thirty years of age, was already in the foremost rank of humorous draughtsmen of the day, and few—even of Mr. Punch's own Staff—were better known and more popular than the young artist who had burst upon the town not long before. He had gone through a hard life as a boy. He had turned his back upon architecture, as Charles Keene, Mr. Moyr Smith, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Bernard Partridge, and other contributors to Punch had done before him, and had joined a strolling company, with whom he strolled and acted for four years, drawing caricatures of his fellow-actors for the shop-windows. He was only fourteen when he began sketching for a Yorkshire paper, and four years later he came to town and, after an interval of the direst want, soon made his mark. At that time he had evidently been looking at Mr. Sambourne's drawings, but a three years' visit to Australia, aided by the bitter experience of Melbourne newspaper printing presses, simplified his style to the point we now see it—in which elimination of all unnecessary lines seems carried to its furthermost limit. Indeed, his "economy of means" borders on parsimony. Gifted with a powerful personality, with the keenest sense of humour, and with strong human sympathies that lean much more to the side of the poor than of the well-to-do, and, above all, with a brilliant power of draughtsmanship, he was recognised as a master as soon as he asserted himself—an original master with many disciples and more imitators. He cannot be called a caricaturist, for in his work there lacks that fierce quality of critical conception—above all, that subject-matter that makes one think, that sardonic appeal to head and heart at once, which make up the sum of true caricature. If caricature is drollery, and not humour, as Carlyle says it is, Mr. May is above all things a humorist, and not at all a droll. He is neither a politician nor a reformer, nor even, if properly understood, a satirist. His aim is to show men and things as they really are, seen through a curtain of fun and raillery—not as they might or ought to be. Yet the essence of his work is inexorable truth, and his version of life is depicted to a delighted public with the unerring pencil of a laughing philosopher. And, moreover, his greatest quality is the astounding excellence of his draughtsmanship, which, so far from being germane to caricature, is not only unnecessary to it, but sometimes even a hindrance.

And so Mr. May began with his "social" cuts for Punch, selecting "low life" for the most part, as Mr. du Maurier chose high life, and making for every picture as careful a study from Nature as ever Charles Keene did—and probably as many of them. Furthermore, he prefers to seek out his jokes for himself. When he was in New York and found that the professional joke-purveyor was untrustworthy, he sauntered into a police court in the hope of finding character there, and perhaps humour. A woman was up before the magistrate on a charge of drunkenness—a charge which the lady denied. "How do you know she was drunk?" asked the magistrate. "She walked into a baker's shop," replied the policeman, "and wanted to buy a bonnet." The evidence was accepted as conclusive; and Mr. May sketched the prisoner there and then, and introduced her into his first drawing for Punch's page as the gutter-woman who, looking over an illustrated paper, confides to a friend that the portrait it contains of "Lady Sorlsbury" isn't a bit like what she really is in private life. Mr. May was in due course drawn into Punch's net, and eating his first Dinner in February, 1895, he cut his initials on the Table between those of Thackeray and Mr. du Maurier. The accompanying sketch was the eloquent announcement I received of his promotion.



In the Almanac of 1894 two artists new to Punch made their appearance—the first, Mr. Stafford, the quondam cartoonist of "Funny Folks;" and the other, the world-famous humorist "Caran d'Ache" (M. Emmanuel Poiree), with a satire on the female craze of the day in respect to M. Paderewski and his flowing locks. In November of the same year Mr. Fred Pegram, who had for three years been one of the "Judy" artists, made his clever appearance in Punch, since then several times repeated; and with Mr. W. F. Thomas—the well-known successor of Baxter as the delineator of Ally Sloper and his low but amusing circle—who appeared twice in 1895, I close my list.



It will thus be seen that with the exception of a very few among the earlier comic draughtsmen, and a half-a-dozen others of our own day, Punch has at one time or another engaged the pencils of all the chief English graphic humorists of his time, and has even persuaded notable artists of more serious turn to try their hand at comic work.

In its artistic aspect, at least, Punch is more than a comic journal: it is, and has been for more than half a century, a school of wood-drawing, of pen and pencil draughtsmanship, and of wood-cutting of the first rank; it is a school of art in itself. The effect of its art-teaching has been widely felt, and on this ground alone its doings must command interest and justify a close examination into its rise and progress. So far, too, as one can foretell, its future is safe. Young men are arising who are capable of carrying on its traditions and of bearing its banner bravely and merrily aloft; and it may safely be assumed that, just as the Royal Academy sooner or later absorbs the best Outsiders to adorn its circle and keep its vigour green, so Punch will never lack the ablest men to don his cap and motley and shake his jingling bells.



APPENDIX I.

SIGNATURES OF PUNCH'S ARTISTS.



LIST OF ARTISTS WHOSE SIGNATURES ARE HERE GIVEN.

1. WILLIAM NEWMAN. 2. A. S. HENNING. 3. H. G. HINE. 4. KENNY MEADOWS. 5. ALFRED "CROWQUILL." 6. JOHN LEECH. 7. GAVARNI. 8. W. M. THACKERAY. 9. SIR JOHN GILBERT, R.A. 10. HABLOT K. BROWNE ("PHIZ"). 11. H. HEATH. 12. R. J. HAMERTON. 13. W. BROWN. 14. RICHARD DOYLE. 15. HENRY DOYLE, C.B. 16. A. WATTS PHILLIPS. 17. E. J. BURTON. 18. W. MCCONNELL. 19. SIR JOHN TENNIEL. 20. CAPT. H. R. HOWARD. 21. C. H. BRADLEY. 22. REV. EDWD. BRADLEY ("CUTHBERT BEDE"). 23. T. HARRINGTON WILSON. 24. REV. W. F. CALLAWAY. 25. HALLIDAY. 26. G. W. TERRY. 27. FRANK BELLEW. 28. CHARLES KEENE. 29. JULIAN PORTCH. 30. G. R. HAYDON. 31. GEORGE DU MAURIER. 32. GORDON THOMPSON. 33. H. STACY MARKS, R.A. 34. PAUL GRAY. 35. E. J. BURTON. 36. FRITZ ELTZE. 37. SIR JOHN E. MILLAIS, BART., R.A. 38. FRED BARNARD. 39. R. T. PRITCHETT. 40. A. R. FAIRFIELD. 41. COLONEL SECCOMBE. 42. DEVER. 43. W. S. GILBERT. 44. ERNEST GRISET. 45. ALFRED THOMPSON. 46. J. PRIESTMAN ATKINSON. 47. CHARLES H. BENNETT. 48. T. W. WOODS. 49. G. BOUVERIE GODDARD. 50. MISS GEORGINA BOWERS (MRS. BOWERS-EDWARDS). 51. WALTER CRANE. 52. O. HARLING. 53. H. R. ROBINSON. 54. FREDERIC SHIELDS. 55. E. J. ELLIS. 56. LINLEY SAMBOURNE. 57. L. STRASYNSKI. 58. F. WILFRID LAWSON. 59. A. CHASEMORE. 60. WALTER BROWNE. 61. BRITON RIVIERE, R.A. 62. J. MOYR SMITH. 63. WALLIS MACKAY. 64. J. SANDS. 65. MISS J. ROMER. 66. R. CALDECOTT. 67. A. C. CORBOULD. 68. MAJOR-GENERAL H. G. ROBLEY. 69. W. RALSTON. 70. F. WOODS. 71. J. CURREN. 72. L. G. FAWKES. 73. COLONEL BENNITT. 74. T. WALTERS. 75. W. J. HODGSON. 76. MISS FRASER. 77. MONTAGU BLATCHFORD. 78. W. G. SMITH. 79. W. G. HOLT. 80. E. J. WHEELER. 81. HARRY FURNISS. 82. C. J. LILLIE. 83. G. A. STOREY, A.R.A. 84. WILLIAM PADGETT. 85. THOMPSON. 86. E. MORANT COX. 87. HARPER PENNINGTON. 88. G. H. JALLAND. 89. GEORGE DARRE. 90. J. P. MELLOR. 91. C. A. MARSHALL. 92. E. T. REED. 93. EVERARD HOPKINS. 94. W. J. HODGSON. 95. J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE. 96. SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. 97. J. A. SHEPHERD. 98. A. A. SYKES. 99. J. F. SULLIVAN.



APPENDIX II.

TEXT OF AGREEMENT CONSTITUTING PUNCH.

Articles of Agreement indented made and entered into this fourteenth day of July—in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty one Between Henry Mayhew of Number 3 Clements Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman Mark Lemon of Number 12 Newcastle Street Strand in the said County of Middlesex Gentleman and Joseph Stirling Coyne of Number 14 Fludyer Street in the City of Westminster Gentleman of the first part Ebenezer Landells of Number 32 Bidborough Street in the Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex Engraver of the second part and Joseph Last of Crane Court in the City of London Printer of the third part.

It is Agreed between the persons parties hereto each so far as the stipulations hereinafter contained are to be performed by or are applicable to him respectively.

[Sidenote: First.]

That there shall be published a periodical Work to consist of humorous and political Articles and embellished with Cuts and Caricatures to be called "Punch or the LONDON CHARIVARI" the same to be published in weekly numbers on every Saturday after the date of these presents every such number to be contained in and fill one sheet of double demy of Sixteen pages each page to contain two Columns except the pages containing advertisements each of which are to contain three Columns and that the average size of the Type shall be brevier solid.

[Sidenote: Second.]

That the persons parties hereto of the first part shall be the Editors of the said work. That the said Ebenezer Landells shall be the Engraver to the same work and that the said Joseph Last shall be the Printer thereof.

[Sidenote: Third.]

That the said Editors shall supply the said Ebenezer Landells (by delivering the same at Number 12 Newcastle Street Strand the present Office of the Editors of the said work or other the Office for the time being of the said Editors) with written suggestions for subjects for the Cuts for illustration and embellishment of the said work such suggestion for the Cut or Cuts on page 9 of each number (and which page is to be filled with one or more Cut or Cuts and letterpress in explanation thereof) to be furnished at least on the fourteenth day—preceeding [sic] the day on which the number in which they are to be contained is to be published and such suggestions for other Cuts to be furnished one half on the Eighth day and the other half on the Seventh day preceeding the day on which the number in which they are to be contained is to be published such Fourteenth and Seventh days to be reckoned exclusive of such last mentioned day.

[Sidenote: Fourth.]

That provided the said Editors shall supply the said Ebenezer Landells with such written suggestions as aforesaid he shall as such Engraver as aforesaid deliver the blocks in which such Cuts shall be Engraved to the said Joseph Last as such Printer as aforesaid (such delivery to be at the Printing Office for the time being of the said Joseph Last) at latest by Eight o'Clock in the Evening of the Tuesday next preceeding the day on which the number in which they are to be contained is to be published.

[Sidenote: Fifth.]

That the said Editors shall supply the said Joseph Last (by delivering the same at his Printing Office for the time being) with the matter (exclusive of Cuts) necessary for each number of such work in the proportions following—namely half at latest by the Monday preceeding the day on which the number to contain such matter is to be published One quarter more at latest by the Tuesday at noon preceeding such last mentioned day and the remaining one quarter at latest by Six o'clock in the Evening of the last mentioned Tuesday.

[Sidenote: Sixth.]

That if the said Cuts and Matter shall be so supplied to the said Joseph Last as aforesaid he shall print and deliver at the publishing Office for the time being of the said work and at latest by Five O'clock in the Afternoon of the Wednesday preceeding the day on which the number to contain such Cuts and Matter is to be published so many such numbers of the said Work as shall be required for Country Circulation And shall also print and deliver at the said Publishing Office and at latest by Eight O'clock in the Morning of the Thursday preceeding the last mentioned day so many such numbers as shall be required (not exceeding Two hundred quires) for Town circulation and shall also print and deliver at the said publishing Office after the last mentioned Thursday when and as they may be reasonably required so many more such numbers as may be required.

[Sidenote: Seventh.]

That the publisher for the time being of the said work shall be the person by whom all Sales of the same Work shall be made and who shall receive all monies in respect of such Sales but all such Sales shall be made on account of the persons parties hereto proprietors of the said Work and all accounts against debtors shall be sent in and delivered to them as being indebted to the said proprietors.

[Sidenote: Eighth.]

That the said several persons parties hereto shall be entitled to the profits arising from the said work as hereinafter mentioned in that behalf but before any sum of money or any other thing shall be adjudged profits or in the nature of profits the said persons parties hereto of the first part shall as such Editors as aforesaid be entitled to receive out of the assetts in respect of the said Work on every Saturday next after the date of these presents the sum of Twenty pounds and the said Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last shall be entitled to receive out of the same assets on every Saturday next after the date of these presents the amount of their respective Bills (duly audited and allowed as hereinafter mentioned) in respect of the Engraving for and printing of the said Work respectively—The said Editors to be entitled to the said Weekly sums in equal shares and proportions.

[Sidenote: Ninth.]

That all claims and demands in respect of the said Work (including those of the said Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last for Engravings for and printing of the said Work) shall be sent in to and delivered at the said Editors Office on every Saturday Evening by Eight O'Clock at the latest that on every Saturday Evening after the date of these Presents at Eight o'Clock a Meeting shall be held of the several persons parties hereto at No. 12 Newcastle Street Strand or other the Office for the time being of the Editors of the said Work—at every of which Meeting shall be present at least one of the said Editors and one other of them the said Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last and at every such meeting all claims and demands on and in respect of the same Work shall be audited and allowed by the parties present at such Meeting and the publisher of the said Work and all other persons shall attend at such Meeting and bring all monies which may since the last Meeting have been received in respect of the sale of the same Work or otherwise on Account thereof and pay the same over to the parties constituting such Meeting and such parties shall out of such monies in the first place pay all expences of Advertising, Cost of paper, salary to the publisher Rent of any premises necessary for conducting the said Work and all other incidental outgoings and expences whatsoever which shall have been incurred in respect of the said Work and which shall have been duly audited and allowed as aforesaid (other than those which shall be payable to the parties hereto as such Editors Engraver or printer as aforesaid) and then in the next place in paying to the several persons parties hereto all their claims and demands in respect of the same Work as such Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Tenth.]

That in case the last mentioned monies shall not be sufficient to pay and satisfy the outgoings and expenses concerning the same Work (other than those which shall be payable to the parties hereto as such Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid) then the deficiency shall be made good out of any monies which [may] be received on any subsequent Saturday or (if received) by monies raised from the sale of any of the assetts in respect of the said Work so that at no time shall any of the several persons parties hereto receive any money as such Editors Engraver or printer as aforesaid until all other claims and demands on and in respect of the said Work shall be fully paid and satisfied and in case the assets in respect of the said Work shall not be sufficient to pay and satisfy the outgoings and expenses concerning the same Work (other than those which shall be payable to the parties hereto as such Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid) then the deficiency shall be borne paid and defrayed by the said Henry Mayhew Mark Lemon Joseph Stirling Coyne Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last in equal proportions and in case the assets in respect of the said Work shall not be sufficient or no more than sufficient to pay and satisfy the claims and demands concerning the same Work other than those which shall be payable to the parties hereto as such Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid then the said parties hereto shall not have any claim the one against the other in respect of any such claim or demand and in case the said assetts shall be more than sufficient to pay and satisfy the claims and demands concerning the said Work other than those which shall be payable to the said parties hereto as such Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid but not sufficient to pay the entirety of the claims and demands of such Editors Engraver and printer then such Editors Engraver and printer shall be entitled to such surplus assetts by an equal pound rate according to the amount due to the said Editors at the rate of Twenty pound per Week as aforesaid and the amount of the respective Bills of the said Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last as such engraver and Printer as aforesaid.

[Sidenote: Eleventh.]

That after all claims and demands in respect of the said Work (including those of the said Editors Engraver and printer as aforesaid) shall be fully satisfied the said Henry Mayhew Mark Lemon Joseph Stirling Coyne Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last shall be entitled in equal proportions to the net gains and profits arising from the said Work to and for their own use and benefit absolutely such division of profits to take place as far as may be on the Saturday in which they shall be declared—And all the assetts in respect of the said Work after answering all claims and demands against the same shall belong to the last mentioned persons in equal shares and proportions to and for their own use and benefit absolutely.

[Sidenote: Twelfth.]

That the copyright of the said work including the wood and other cuts therein and the designs therefore shall belong to the parties hereto and so also shall all perquisites such as Books or other articles sent for review Tickets for Theatres Exhibitions and other places and all other things and matters incident to the said Work.

[Sidenote: Thirteenth.]

That in case the said Editors shall make default in supplying the said Ebenezer Landells with written suggestions in in breach of the clause hereinbefore contained numbered 3 then for every such default they shall pay unto the said Ebenezer Landells the sum of One pound ten shillings And in case the said Ebenezer Landells shall make default in delivering to the said Joseph Last the blocks in breach of the clause hereinbefore contained numbered 4 then for every such default he shall pay unto the said Joseph Last the sum of One pound ten shillings And in case the said Editors shall make default in supplying the said Joseph Last with matter in breach of the clause hereinbefore contained numbered 5 then for every such default they shall pay unto the said Joseph Last the sum of One pound ten shillings And in case the said Joseph Last shall make default in printing and delivering the numbers of the said work in breach of the clause hereinbefore contained numbered 6 then for any such default he shall pay unto the said Editors the sum of Fifteen shillings and unto the said Ebenezer Landells Fifteen shillings such payments to be respectively paid as liquidated damages and on the Saturday next after the defaults respectively shall have been made and may from time to time be deducted out of any monies which may be payable to the party making such default under any stipulation herein contained.

[Sidenote: Fourteenth.]

That a proper Book of account shall be kept by the said publisher whose duty it shall be without delay to enter therein all such just and proper entries as a publisher ought to enter and proper entries shall be made in the same Book of all receipts and payments and all accounts matters and things in respect of the said Work and be kept with all vouchers and writings which may relate to the same work in the publisher's Office for the time being of the said work and not elsewhere for the inspection and perusal of each of the parties hereto his executors and administrators and whereto each of them may at all times resort and take copies thereof or extracts therefrom at their free will and pleasure and that the same Book shall at each of the aforesaid Weekly meetings be laid by the said publisher before the persons parties hereto attending the hereinbefore mentioned weekly meetings respectively which person shall at each such Meeting then and there make up state and balance the said Book and sign the same when so made up stated and balanced and the same shall within one week afterwards be signed by such of the parties hereto as may not have attended the weekly meeting in which such Book shall have been lastly stated and balanced and after such signature each of them shall be bound and concluded therein unless some manifest error to the amount of Five pounds or upwards shall be found therein and signified by either of the parties to the other within six calendar months next after the taking of such accounts respectively in which case the error shall be rectified but no other par of the said account shall be impeached or disturbed.

[Sidenote: Fifteenth.]

That the getting up of the work shall be executed in all respects in the best possible manner by all the parties hereto and each party shall be just and true to each other in all matters and things relating to the said Work.

[Sidenote: Sixteenth.]

That the whole conduct of the said work as well with regard to the Editing printing designing engraving and publishing thereof as every other matter and thing connected therewith or incidental thereto and the expenses thereof respectively shall in case there be any difference about the same be decided by a majority of the votes of the several parties hereto the said Ebenezer Landells being entitled to one vote the said Joseph Last to one other vote and the parties hereto of the first part or any two of them to one other vote the vote of the last mentioned parties or any two of them being to be taken for the purpose of such voting but as one person only.

[Sidenote: Seventeenth.]

That any person may retire from this Agreement and from all concern in the said Work on leaving at the Publisher's Office for the time being of the said Work Twenty one days notice in writing of his intention so to do such Notice expiring on a Saturday.

[Sidenote: Eighteenth.]

That upon the retirement of any such person as aforesaid the assetts belonging to the said work (including debts) shall at the joint expence of the persons parties hereto be valued by three indifferent and competent persons in the publishing business who shall take upon themselves the office of such valuation one to be chosen by the said Editors another by the said Ebenezer Landells and the third by the said Joseph Last within one week after such retirement and in case any or either of the said parties shall for any cause whatever not nominate such valuor on his or their behalf within the said week then a valuer may be nominated by the valuer or valuers chosen by the party or parties who may be willing to proceed with the said valuation and such valuor so nominated as last aforesaid may with the valuer so previously nominated (in case only one of such parties shall have nominated a valuer) nominate a third valuer to carry into effect the aforesaid valuation And in case such third valuer shall not from any cause be nominated within one week after two valuers shall have been nominated then such third valuer may be nominated by the Clerk of nisi prius of the Court of Queens Bench for the time being on the application of any party hereto who shall first make application to him for that purpose And in case of the death of any of the said valuers another or other may be chosen in manner hereinbefore set forth And after such valuation shall be made known it shall be lawful for the persons parties hereto (other than the person so retiring as aforesaid) to purchase the whole (but not a part of) the share and interest of the Party so retiring in the net assetts belonging to the said work and the parties so purchasing as aforesaid shall enter into a Bond in a sufficient penalty with two good and sufficient sureties for securing to the party so retiring the payment of the amount of such his share and interest ascertained by such valuation as aforesaid at the respective periods of three six nine and twelve calandar months next after such retirement with interest at the rate of five pounds per cent. per annum from the time of such retirement payable quarterly in the meantime That in case of the death of either of the said persons parties hereto a valuation shall be made of the assetts belonging to the said Work (including debts) in the manner hereinbefore stipulated the executors or administrators of the deceased partner being substituted for such deceased party and the surviving parties shall have the option of purchasing the share of the party so dying of and in the said assetts upon the same terms as are hereinbefore mentioned in case such party had retired as hereinbefore provided That in case either person shall become Lunatic or Imbecile or from any cause prevented from attending to the business of the said Work as hereinbefore provided for the period of two entire calendar months he shall to all intents and purposes be considered to have retired from this Agreement and from all concern in the said Work as fully and effectually as if he had given notice under the clause hereinbefore contained in that behalf and a valuation shall be made of the assetts in respect of the said Work (including debts) in the manner hereinbefore stipulated the friends acting on behalf of the Lunatic or imbecile person being substituted for such Lunatic or imbecile person. That if in any of the cases aforesaid the parties in whom shall be the right of purchasing the share and interest of the party so retiring dying becoming Lunatic or imbecile or prevented from attending to the business of the said Work as aforesaid shall decline to elect to exercise such right (and they shall be deemed to have so declined unless the contrary be made known by notice in writing under the hands of the parties entitled to such right and left at the said publishing Office for the time being within seven days after such right shall have accrued) then the assetts belonging to the said Work including debts shall be sold by public auction and the net produce of the said assetts after discharging all claims and demands in respect of the same work shall be equally divided between the said Henry Mayhew Mark Lemon Joseph Stirling Coyne Ebenezer Landells and Joseph Last or (as the case may be) the survivor of them and the executors or administrators of him or them who may be deceased.

[Sidenote: Nineteenth.]

=That= in case the said Work shall be discontinued and the parties hereto cannot agree upon any other mode of winding up the affairs of the said Work then the assetts belonging to the same Work including debts shall be sold by public auction and the net produce of the said assetts after discharging all claims and demands in respect of the same work shall be equally divided between the said =Henry Mayhew= =Mark Lemon= Joseph Stirling Coyne= =Ebenezer Landells= and =Joseph Last= or (as the case may require) the survivors of them and the executors or administrators of such as may be dead.

[Sidenote: Twentieth.]

That in case any dispute or question shall arise between the parties hereto their executors or administrators or any of them concerning any stipulation herein contained or otherwise concerning the said Work (which cannot be decided under the clause herein contained Numbered 16) then the grounds of every such dispute or question shall upon the request of any one or more of the parties in difference and within three days after such request be reduced into writing and signed by the parties in difference or by the parties complaining and shall be referred to the arbitration of two indifferent persons one to be named by the person or persons who shall take one side of the matter in difference and the other to be named by the person or persons who shall take the other side of the matter in difference And that in case the person or persons who shall take either side of the said difference shall refuse to name a referee within seven days after notice in writing for that purpose to be left at the said Publishers Office for the time being then the grounds of every such dispute or question shall be reduced into writing and signed by the person or persons who shall take the other side of the difference and to be referred to the arbitration of two indifferent persons to be named by the person or persons who shall sign the said last mentioned writing And in case the two referees to be named by both or one of the said parties as aforesaid cannot agree on an award then to the Umpirage and arbitration of such one person as the referees shall appoint by any writing under their hands such Umpire to be appointed by the said referees before proceeding in the matter of the said reference and if from any cause such Umpire shall not be appointed by the said referees within three days after their appointment then the same shall be appointed by the Clerk of Nisi Prius of the said Court of Queens Bench upon the application of either party in difference who shall first make application to him for that purpose And that such person or persons who shall be a party or parties to such reference on the one part shall enter into a bond of reference with the person or persons who shall be a party or parties to the said reference on the other part and in the usual form to stand to obey and keep the same Award or determination when made without any further suit or trouble whatsoever And that the Award or determination which shall be made by the said two referees or their Umpire concerning the Premises referred to them or him or any part thereof shall be final and conclusive on the said parties their respective executors and administrators So that such referees shall make their Award in writing within seven days next after such reference to them and so as such Umpire shall make his determination in writing under his hand within seven days next after the matter shall be referred to him And that every Bond of reference shall be made a rule of Her Majestys Court of Queens Bench at Westminster on the application of either of the said parties to the same reference his or her executors or administrators and that the reference shall not be defeated or affected by the decease of all or any of the parties thereto pending the same and that no Suit at Law or Bill in Equity shall be brought commenced sued or prosecuted against the said referees or their Umpire touching or concerning their Award or determination.

[Sidenote: Twenty-first.]

That no suit at Law or in Equity upon or by virtue of these Presents or any Clause or Article herein contained or otherwise concerning the said Work shall be commenced preferred or instituted by either of the said parties hereto his heirs executors or administrators against the other of them his heirs executors or administrators before the party or parties his or their heirs executors or administrators who is or are to be a party or parties defendant or defendants in such suit or suits shall have refused or declined to refer the matters in difference to arbitration pursuant to the stipulation hereinbefore contained or the referees or their Umpire shall have declined or omitted to make any Award or determination within the respective times hereby appointed for that purpose And that when such difference shall arise between any two or more of the parties hereto each of the other parties hereto shall have notice thereof by writing to be left at the said Publishers Office for the time being to the intent that the said parties respectively may have the option of taking a part in the matters in difference on either side and that the party or parties who shall refuse or decline to become a party to such reference shall be bound and concluded by all the parties hereto and by the Award and determination of the Arbitrators or their Umpire in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if he or they had been a party or parties to the matters in difference concerning which such Award or determination shall be made and had joined in referring the same.

[Sidenote: Twenty-second.]

That this Agreement shall be deposited for safe Custody on behalf of all parties with Alfred Mayhew of No. 26 Carey Street Lincolns Inn Attorney at Law to be produced by him to and for the benefit of the said parties respectively and their respective heirs executors and administrators when and as often as occasion shall require and the said parties respectively or their respective heirs executors and administrators shall be at liberty as often as they shall think proper at their own Costs to obtain from the said Alfred Mayhew Copies or Extracts of or from the same Agreement.

[Sidenote: Twenty-third.]

That the expenses of and incidental to this Agreement shall be paid on the execution thereof by the said Joseph Last who shall be repaid out of the first proceeds of the sale of the said Work As witness the hands and seals of the parties.

Signed sealed and delivered by all the above named parties in the presence of

Wm. Eldridge Clerk to Messrs. Mayhew & Co. 26 Carey St. Lincolns Inn

HENRY MAYHEW

MARK LEMON

JOSEPH STIRLING COYNE

EBENEZER LANDELLS

JOSEPH LAST



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INDEX



The Heavy Figures indicate the main references in the Text.

A Beckett, Mr. Arthur W., 61, 67, 74; politics, 80; Parish Councils Bill cartoon, 169; contributions, etc., 374, 375

A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, and the origin of Punch, 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 to Punch, 251; number of contributions, 259, 260, 276, 277; as a magistrate, 278, 279; biographical summary, 272-280; his sons as children, 435; et passim

A Beckett, Gilbert Arthur, and "Dropping the Pilot," and "The Hidden Hand," 180, 383, 381-384

A Beckett, Hon. T. T., and the origin of Punch, 12, 272, 274

Aberdeen, Lord, 101, 111, 119, 147

Accounts relating to transfer of Punch to Bradbury & Evans, 34-36

Acrostics, Double, 493, 494

Advertising on umbrellas and house-fronts, 125

"Advice to persons about to marry," 141, 186

"Advice to Vocalists," 161

AEstheticism and Mr. Du Maurier, 506

Agnew, Mr. John Henry, 38, 61

Agnew, Mr. Philip, 38

Agnew, Mr. Thomas, 38, 61

Agnew, Sir William, 38, 61, 87

Agreement constituting Punch (APPENDIX II.), 25, 36, 575-580

Ainger, Canon, 147

Ainsworth, Harrison, 220

"Airs Resumptive," 405

Albany, Duke of, Death of, 183

Albert, Prince, 101, 199; attitude of Punch towards him, 215-217

"Albion," The, and the dinner to Mr. Burnand, 88

Alexander III. as the New Pharaoh, 105; and Lord Augustus Loftus, 194

Allen, Joseph, 26; and the Punch Club, 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," 87

Amateur Humorists, 147-149

America, War of Secession, 80, 111, 120, 177; humour, 163; opinion of Punch, 370; Mr. du Maurier's portrayal of American girls, 511, 512

Andersen, Hans Christian, 265

Andover Workhouse Scandals, 278 and note

"Animal Types," Sir John Tenniel's, 176, 177

Anstey (Guthrie), Mr. F., 67; politics, 80; 396-401

"Answers to Correspondents," 31

"Anti-Graham Envelope," and "Wafers," 52, 114-117

"Anti-Punch," The, 240

APPENDICES, Signatures of Punch's artists, 573, 574; text of agreement constituting Punch, 575-580

Argyll, Duke of, and "The Old Crusaders," 182

Armitage, Mr. Arthur, 406

Armstrong, T., 16

Arnold-Forster, Mr., 145

"Arrow," The, 157, 240, 500

"'Arry Papers," 378-380 and note

Art, Punch's attitude towards, 126, 127, 221, 222; past and present in Punch, 409, 410

Art Union, The, Satire on, 52

Artists on Punch, Number of, 410; signatures of (APPENDIX I.), 573, 574

"Ascot Cup Day," Thackeray's, 314

Ashby-Sterry, Mr., 361, 372, 386, 387, 499

Ashley, 444

Asquith, Mr., 205

"Athenaeum," a criticism on Punch, 243

Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman, Contributions of, 368, 371, 372, 410, 524, 525

"Atonement Dinner," Thackeray's, 87, 88

Attacks on Punch, 227-232, 237-241

"Author's Miseries," 315

"Awful State of Ireland," Hood's, 336

"B. W.," 501

Bacon, Mrs., and the title of Punch, 24

Bailey, the sculptor, and Jerrold's bust, 87

"Bang went Saxpence," 140, 141, 186

Bank of England, and error of Punch's, 245

Banting, Mr., 157

Barham, R. ("Tom Ingoldsby"), and the Punch Dinners, 86

Baring, Sir Francis, 233

Barnard, Mr. Fred, 156, 518, 519

Barry, Michael John, and the "Peccavi" despatch, 361

Bather joke, The, 162

Bayley, F. W. N., 17, 19

Baylis, Henry, 19, 24; and the Punch Club, 93, 97

Beaconsfield, Lord, see Disraeli, Mr.

"Beard movement," 423

Beardsley, Mr. Aubrey, 222

"Bede, Cuthbert," see Bradley, Rev. Edward

Bedford, Mr. Deputy, 317, 385, 386

Bedford Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64, 65, 86, 87

Beetle, Sergeant-at-Arms as a, 145, 146

Bellew, Frank, 500, 501

Benefit performances, 132-135

"Bengal Tiger, The," 208

Bennett, Charles H., 61, 66; letter from his fellow-diners, 76, 77, 527; benefit performance for his widow, 132, 134, 528; death of, 180, 455, 525-528

Bennett, J., 498

Bennitt, Mr., 542

Bennitt, Colonel Ward, 547, 548

Betham-Edwards, Miss M., 371, 372

Bethell, Mr. (afterwards Lord Westbury), and Punch's applications for injunctions, 151, 152

"Bibs' Baby, Mrs.," 295

"Bicycle made for Two, A," 471

"Billie Barlow," 360

"Bird's-eye Views of English Society," 455

Bismarck, Prince, Resignation of, 179, 180; and the Emperor William II., 193; a "junior cartoon" by Mr. Sambourne, 535

Black, Mr. William, on Keene, 489

"Black Maria" joke, A, 143, 144

Blackwood, Mr., 330

Blanchard, Laman, 259, 260, 337, 338

Blanchard, Sidney, and "Mr. Punch, His Origin and Career," 12; and the "London Charivari," 15; proposal for a "comic Punch," 14 note

Blatchford, Mr. Montagu, 88, 548

Blocks for Punch illustrations, 249-251

Bloomerism, 424

Board School, Hugh Middleton, 125

"Book of Beauty," 467, 479

Borrow, George, and Thackeray, 318

"Bow Street Ballads," 320

Bowers, Miss Georgina, 166, 529, 530

Boyd, Mr. A. S., 167

Bradbury, William, 36, 49, 61

Bradbury, William Hardwick, 38

Bradbury, Mr. W. Lawrence, 38

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 38

Bradbury & Evans, 31, 32; and negotiations for the purchase of Punch, 33-35

Bradbury, Evans & Co., 38

Bradley, C. H., 477

Bradley, Rev. Edward, and "Verdant Green," 129, 492, 355, 372, 491-495

Brewtnall, Mr. E. F., 543

Brezzi, Mrs., and the Title of Punch, 24

"Briefless, Mr.," 275

"Briefless, Junior," 375

"Briggs, Mr., or Housekeeping versus Horse keeping," 131, 425

Bright, John, 101, 111; and the New Reform Bill, 118; "Hercules," 121; with an eye-glass, 204; obituary notice, 377

Brine, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the first Staff of Punch, 19; cartoons, 171, 412

"Britannia," 208, 473, 535

"British Lion," 70 and note, 176, 177, 208, 470

Bromley, Valentine, 548

Brooks, Reginald Shirley, 67, 387

Brooks, Shirley, and the origin of Punch, 11; misconception as to the first editorship of Punch, 25 note; 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 with Punch," 238, 357; friendship with Angus Reach, 357; as Editor, 359, 360; work and characteristics, 356-360

Brough, Robert, 265, 360

Brough, William, 265, 288, 360

Brougham, Lord, 101, 153; opinion of Punch's portraits of him, 200; as "Mrs. Caudle," and as a clown, 202

Brown, W., 454

"Brown, Mrs.," 489

"Brown, Jones and Robinson," 455

"Brown's Letters, Mr.," 321

Browne, Charles F., 180, 317, 369, 370

Browne ("Phiz"), Hablot Knight, and the origin of Punch, 19; his design for the cover, 41, 42, 451; "Valentines," 49, 50; "Mokeanna," 365, 427, 446, 451, 452

Browne, Mr. Walter, 539

Brunton, W., 232, 502

Bryan, Mr. Alfred, 557, 567

Bryant, W., first publisher of Punch, 19, 27

Buccleuch, Duke of, 233

Buckingham, James Silk, Punch's attack on, 223-225

Bulgarian atrocities, 165

Bull, W. P., 337

Bull-fights, 429

"Bull Frog" cartoon, 449

Bunn, Alfred, Punch's attack on, 225-227; his "Word with Punch," 131, 227-232

Burnand, Miss, 392

Burnand, 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., 362-368

Burnham Beeches, Jubilee Dinner at, 87

Burns, Mr. John, 235

Burton, E. J., 460

Butts, Punch's favourite, 217-233, 330

Byron, Henry J., verses on Punch, 8; Comic News, 160; Fun, 364, 407

"C.," 491

"C. B.," 547

Cabinet Ministers, Attitude of Punch towards, 195-205

Caldecott, Randolph, 545, 546

Callaway, Rev. W. F., 498, 499

Calverley, C. S., 371

Campbell, Mr. Gerald F., 403

Campbell, Lady, 392, 406

"Candidates under Different Phases," 188

Canning, Lord, 177

Capital punishment, 2, 3

"Captain Jinks of the Selfish," etc., 523

"Captious Critic," The, 541, 542

Carnigan, Lord, Epigram by Wills on, 26

Caricature, Carlyle on, 4; as illustrated by Gillray, Rowlandson, and Cruikshank, 186

Carlisle, Lord, and a dinner to the Punch Staff, 90, 200

Carlyle, on caricature, 4; on humour, 5; "Latter-day Pamphlets," 112

Carthusians on the Staff, 69, 70

"Cartoon Junior," The, 82, 170

Cartoons, 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, 468

Cartoonists, 170-172

Cartoons for Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of, 187

"Cartoons, Sir John Tenniel's," 52

Catling, Mr., 95

"Caudle, Mrs.," and the "Lectures," 73, 98, 130; and Lord Brougham, 202; "sudden death," 238, 291-293

"Caudle at Gravesend, Mrs.," 130

Cawnpore Cartoons, 176, 177

"Cham," 501, 502

Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 408

Chambers, Mr., 498, 523

"Charivari," Philipon's, 15

Chartism, 108, 425

Chasemore, Mr. A., 483, 538, 539

Cheltnam, Mr. Charles Smith, 374

Chess-problem joke, 160

Chester, Fred, 60

Chester, George, 60, 255

"Child Snobson's Pilgrimage," 166

"Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage," 146, 166, 378

Children, Mr. du Maurier's drawings of, 507, 513

Children, Punch men's love of, 294

Chinese War, 111, 119

"Chronicles of a Rural Parish," 403

Church, Affairs of the, in Punch, 102, 103

"Church-going Bell," 536

Churchill, Lord Randolph, 199; portraits, 204, 552, 553

Circulation of Punch, early numbers, 28, 30, 31; after the production of the "Almanac," 33; after "A Visit to the Watering-Places," 49

Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, on Lemon's "Falstaff," 135

Clarke, H. Savile, Contributions of, 371; 483

Cleaver, Mr. Reginald, 92, 565

Club, Punch, 52, 55, 93-98, 452; Two Pins, 98; Mulberry, 447; Shakespeare, 447

Clubs in Fleet Street, 54

Clubs, Complaint books of, and Thackeray's "Snob Papers," 319

Cobden, Richard, 111, 157, 165; portraits in Punch, 205

"Cock-a-doodle-do," 190

Collins, Mrs. Frances, 392, 405

Collins, Mortimer, 240, 376

"Columbia," 208

Combe, George, 240

"Comic Blackstone," The, 276

"Comic Bradshaw," The, 276, 280

"Comic Latin Grammar," 419, 420

"Comic Mythology," 282

"Comic News," 160, 265, 414, 500, 525

"Comic Times," 361, 412, 525

"Commercial Intelligence," 274

"Complete Letter-Writer," 294

"Confessions of a Duffer," 392

Consort, Prince, see Albert, Prince

Contributions of Staff, Relative, 258-263

Conundrums by Thomas Hood, 330, 331

"Conversational Hints for Young Shooters," 402

Conway, Mr. Moncure, 440

Coode, Miss, 502, 529 note

Cooke, Mr. C. W., 403

Cooke, T. P., 298

Cooper, Mr., 540

Cooper, Mr. Sidney, and a device of Douglas Jerrold, 75

Corbould, Mr. A. Chantrey, 410, 543, 544, 545

"Cosmorama, The," 16, 17, 414

"Cousin Jonathan," 208

Covers of Bi-Annual Volumes, Designs for, 41-49

Cox, Mr. Everard Morant, 558

Coyne, Joseph Stirling, and the origin of Punch, 12, 14, 17, 19; and the editorship, 25, 256, 271, 272

Crane, Mr. Walter, 530

Crawhall, Mr. Joseph, 147

Cricket, Punch on, 514, 515

Crimean War, 109, 110, 111, 119, 174

Crinolines, 424

"Crown Inn," Vinegar Yard: the Punch Dinner, and the Punch Club, 55

"Crowquill," Alfred, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the "London Charivari," 15; "Valentines," 49, 158; cartoons, 171; "Vauxhall Papers," 226, 449-450

Cruikshank, George, his etchings, 9, 186; "Omnibus," 162, 496, 497; and the Court, 189, 190; Almanack, 417; relations with Punch, 495-498

Cruikshank, Robert, 273

"Cry of the Clerk," 388

Crystal Palace, christened by Punch, 84, 85; "Gentleman's Magazine" dinner, 88

"Curiosities of Medical Experiences," 305

Curren, Mr. J., 548

"Daily News," and Charles Dickens, 84; and Peter Rackham, 85

Dalziel, Edward, 16, 248

Dalziel, George, 16, 248

Darre, Monsieur G., 559, 560

Davies, Mr. George, 404

"Deaf Burke," 165

Deane, Rev. Anthony C., 404, 405

Delane, Mr., and mousseline de laine, 91

"Derby Ram," The, 524

Deterioration of Punch, Alleged, 245, 246

Dever, 523

Devonshire House, amateur theatrical performance at, 135

"Diary of Mr. Yellowplush," 317

"Diary of a Nobody," 392

"Diary of the Premier at Sea," 384

Dickens, Charles, at the Punch Dinner, 83, 351; quarrel with Mark Lemon and Bradbury and Evans, 83, 352, 353; friendship with Jerrold, 84; dinner at the Mansion House, 90; at the Punch Club, 93; as an amateur actor, 135; on Lemon, 255; and the fund for Jerrold's widow, 298; opinion of Thackeray's art, 313; authorship of the "Song of the Shirt," 332; sole (and unpublished) contribution to Punch, 349; verses by Mr. E. J. Milliken, 378, 435; friendship with Leech, 436

Dining-room at 10, Bouverie Street, 58-63

Dining Table at Bouverie Street, Initials on, 63 and note

"Dinner, Almanac," 40

Dinner, Punch, 40, 53-87, 168; names of diners in frontispiece drawing, 536 note

"Dinner at Timmins's, A," 320

Dinners, Special Punch, 87-92

"Diogenes," 159, 414, 459, 500, 525

"Dirty Father Thames," cartoon, 412

Disraeli, Mr., and Keene's unused cartoon, 60; as presented in Punch, 100; change of politics, 107; the "Political Chameleon," 118; the "Premier-Peri," 121, 473; Bulgarian atrocities, 165; and "A Leap in the Dark," 179; and the "Pas de Deux," 179; as a beaten Minister, 182; at the Printers' Pension Society dinner, 197-199; and "Scaramouche," 199; as Hamlet, 200; obituary notice, 377

Dowse, Baron, Lines of farewell to, 373

Doyle, Henry, 459

Doyle, Richard, his portrait of Punch, 8; secession, 40, 103; designs for cover of Punch, 46-49, 202; "Holidays," 50; at the Dinners, 68; "Papal Aggression" cartoons, 102, 103, 171, 455; and Mr. Swain, 252; "High Art and the Royal Academy," 349, 458 note; his one literary contribution, 372; 454-458

Drama, The, Punch's support of, 128

"Drama, The," by Hood, 335

Draughtsmen on Punch, Number of, 410

Dress, Fashions in, 122, 123

"Dropping the Pilot," 179, 180, 383

Drunkards, Punch's pictures of, 245

Duelling, 187

"Dumb Crambo, Junior," see Atkinson, Mr. J. Priestman

Duncombe, M.P., Mr., 114

"Easel, Jack," see Eastlake, Mr Charles L.

Eastern Question, 118, 119

Eastlake, Mr. Charles L., 362

Edwards, Mr. Sutherland, and "Pasquin," 240, 348; contributions to Punch, 348, 349

Egg, R.A., Augustus, 135

Electrotyping Punch blocks, 251

"Elephant and Castle" joke, 144

Eliot, George, 161, 332

Ellis, Mr. E. J., 255, 537

Eltze, F., his portrait of Punch, 9, 144, 521, 522

Engraving Punch illustrations, 247-253

Epigram Club, of Oxford, 149

Errors of Punch, 243-245, 472

"Essence of Parliament," 100, 245, 348, 359, 389-391, 526, 533, 551

"Eton Boy," an, Contribution of, 435

Eugenie, Empress, 110

Evans, Mr. Edmund, 16, 248, 445

Evans, Frederick Mullett ("Pater"), 36, 38

Evans, Mr. F. M., 38, 61

Extra Numbers, 49-51

"F. B.," 549

"F. M.," 498

"F. Captain," 549

Faddists as critics of Punch, 245

Fairfield, Mr. A. R. and the "Tercentenary Number," 50, 522; and 410, 522

"Fairy Tales," 337

Family Trees of Punch, 382

Farmer, British, 166

Fashions, 122, 123

Fawkes, L. G., 548

Ferguson, J. W., 259, 260, 337

"Fevrier turned Traitor, General," 119, 174-176

Field, Mrs., 529 note, 545

"Figaro in London," 11, 188, 226, 273, 413

First Avenue Hotel, Punch Dinner at, 64

"Fitzdotterel," 378

Fleet Prison, 3

Fleischmann, A., Statue of "Punch" by, 62

"Flight with Punch, Our," 238

Footpad joke, The, 159

Forbes, Professor, 405

"Foreign Affairs," 173, 420

"Forlorn Hope" Cartoon, 180, 181

"Forlorn Maiden" Cartoon, 472

Forster, John, 135; and Punch's portraits of Lord Brougham, 200

Forster, Rumsey, revenges himself on Thackeray, 319, 320

Foster, Mr. Birket, 16, and the title of Punch, 25, 43, 60; and "Bang went Saxpence," 140, 147; and cartoon, 171; on Mark Lemon, 256; 445, 446

Founders of Punch, 16, 17, 28

France, Punch's exclusion from, 165, 190, 191; and the "United Service," 176; Anglo-Congolese difficulty, Marshal MacMahon, and the "Madagascar Lamb," 191; and Russia, 191, 192; satirists, 242, 243

Franco-Prussian War, 110, 179, 192

Fraser, Miss, 549

Free Trade and Protection, 118

Frenchmen and Punch, 51, 437

Frith, R.A., Mr., and the first number of Punch, 29; and "General Fevrier," 175, 176, 435; and the relations between Leech and George Cruikshank, 496

"Fun," 232, 364, 371, 459, 516, 539, 540, 567

"Funny Folks," 160

Furniss, Mr. Harry, his portraits of Punch, 9; Paris Exhibition number, 51; caricature by Mr. Sambourne, 61, 79; the Two Pins Club, 98; his public entertainments, 129; "I used your soap two years ago," 145; his first drawing, 146; portraits of politicians, 204, 551-554; and "Mrs. Ramsbotham," 237, 238; a literary contribution, 372; and "Toby, M.P.," 391, 551; 549-556

"Fusbos," 282

Gale, Frederick, 406

Gaiter, William, 16

"Gamp" and "Harris," Mesdames, 50, 211

Garibaldi, 120

Geake, Mr. Charles, 403

"General Fevrier," 119, 174-176

"Gentleman's Magazine," and the dinner at the Crystal Palace, 88

"German Reeds' Entertainment," 130

Germany, Exclusion of Punch from the Court of, 192

Gilbert, R.A., Sir John: his portrait of Punch, 8; design of cover, 11, 41, 45, 450; 126; and "Bang went Saxpence," 140; "Mokeanna," 364; 450, 451, 528

Gilbert, Mr. W. S., 232, 364, 372

Gillray and Rowlandson, 186, 189

Girdlestone, Rev. A. G., Pulpit tribute, 102

Gladstone, Mr.: and the dinner given by Mr. Lucy, 91; on Punch's politics, 100, 197; as presented in Punch, 101; and Home Rule, 106; under Sir Robert Peel, 107; "Jupiter," 121; "He won't be happy till he gets it," 160; Bulgarian Atrocities, 165; Parish Councils Bill, 169; and Lord Rosebery's first speech as Premier, 170; on political satirists, 172; "Mrs. Gummidge," 179, 466; "Forlorn Hope," 180, 181; "The Old Crusaders," 182; and the rejection of the Paper Duty Bill, 200; portraits, 204; on Mark Lemon, 267; "Diary of the Premier at Sea," 384; and "Britannia's Volunteers," 394, 395; Sir John Tenniel's drawings, 466; and Sir John Tenniel's knighthood, 473; a sketch by Mr. Sambourne, 535; collars, 551, 552; loss of a digit, 556

"Globe," The, and "Mrs. Ramsbotham," 236, 237

"Glow-Worm," The, 375

Goddard, G. B., 528, 529

Gordon, Sir A., and the Punch Staff, 92

Gordon, General, 183

Goschen, Mr., 160, 200

Gossett, Captain, 145, 146

Graham, Mr., 545

Graham, Sir James: "Anti-Graham Envelope" and "Wafers," 113-116; on Disraeli, 198

"Granta," The, 401-403

"Grattan," H. P., 19, 26; and the origin of the "Almanac," 32;

Graves, Mr. Alfred Perceval, 373

Gray, Paul, 232, 517

Great Exhibition, The, 51, 111, 424

"Great Gun," The, 210, 218, 226, 238, 412, 416, 449, 451, 459

Greek Question of 1850, The, 116

Greek Throne put up to auction, 120

Greenaway, J., 16

Greenwood, Mr. Frederick, and the announcement of Thackeray's death at the Punch Dinner, 86, 87

Grieve, Mr., and the Punch Club, 93

Griset, Mr. Ernest, 455, 537, 538

Grossmith, Mr. George, 391, 392

Grossmith, Mr. Weedon, 392

"Guide to Servants, Punch's," 313

Guild of Literature and Art, 134-136

"Gummidge, The Political Mrs.," 179, 467

"H.," 499

"HB.," 186, 190, 454

Hall, Mr. Harry, 491

Hall, S. C., and the "Art Union," 52; Punch's attack on, 223, 235, 290

Halliday, B. C., 499

Halliday, Mr. Mike, 424

Hallward, Mr., 549

Hamerton, Mr. R. J., 95; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275; 327, 452, 453

Hammond, W. J., 130

Hampton Court, Dinner to Sir J. Tenniel at, 89

Hannay, James: and the "Journal for Laughter," 56; his lectures, 129; and "The Man in the Moon," 238, 306; on Thackeray, 322; and Jerrold, 348; contributions to Punch, etc., 354, 355

"Happy Thoughts," 365

Harcourt, Sir Wm., 183; portraits, 204, 552

Harling, O., 530

Harris, Mr., Contributions by, 517

"Harris, Mrs.," 50, 211

Harvey, William, his design for the cover of Punch, 42-44, 444; as a draughtsman, 444

Hatton, Mr. Joseph: and the origin of Punch, 11; and Mark Lemon, 163, 255, 267; "True Story," 329 and Preface

Hawkins, Sir Henry, 152

Haydon, G. H., 423, 426, 496, 502

Hays, Mr., 528

"He won't be happy till he gets it," 160

"Heads of the People," 447

Heath, H., and cartoons, 171; 452

"Heathen Mythology," 276

Heaviness of Punch's fun, Alleged, 238-241

Hennessy, Mr. W. J., 547

Henning, A. S., 19; and the first cover of Punch, 26, 41; "Valentines," 49; and "Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 412; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275, 412; 410-412

Henning, Mr. Walton, 305, 411

Herkomer, R.A., Professor, 445

"Hidden Hand, The," 180

Higgins, Matthew J. ("Jacob Omnium"), 260, 321 note, 343

Highbury Barn Tavern and the Annual Dinner, 87

Hill, Miss Joanna (Mrs. Fellows), 518

Hine, H. G., 34; and the Almanac, 40; design for cover, 41, 43; and the first Punch Dinner, 55; the Punch Club, 94; "Anti-Graham Wafers," 115, 416; cartoons, 171, 416; 330; 414-417; serenaded by Punch Staff, 448

"His 'Art was True to Poll," 366

"History of Costume," 348

"History of the Next French Revolution," 316

Hodder, George: his "Memories of my Time" and the origin of Punch, 12, 13, 28, 283; on Kenny Meadows, 448

Hodgson, Mr., 244

Hodgson, W. J., 548, 549, 565, 566

Hogg, Mr. Jabez, on founders of Punch, 28

Hole, Dean Reynolds: and the Punch Dinners, 85, 91; and the coachman-waiter, 144; 343, 344; 362; jokes supplied to Leech, 434; on Leech, 435; at Leech's funeral, 443

"Holidays, Punch's," 50

Hollingshead, Miss, 392

Hollingshead, Mr. John, 368

Holt, Mr. W. G., 549

Home Rule, 100, 105, 106, 160, 161

Hood, Thomas: and "The Song of the Shirt," 146, 176, 331-334; 180, 217, 218; and wine-drinking, 289; conundrums, 331; his satire compared with Jerrold's, 335; summary of work on Punch and characteristics, 330-336, 454; 372

Hood, Tom, and the Punch Dinners, 86; and "Fun," 232; contributions to Punch, 295

Hopkins, Mr. Arthur, 567

Hopkins, Mr. Everard, 565

Horace, Parodies of, 306

Horsley, R.A., Mr., 144, 435

Hosack, Mr., 406, 407

"Hot Chestnut, A," 528

"House of Apollo-ticians, A," 554, 555

Houses of Parliament, Exhibition of cartoons for, 187

Howard, Captain H. R., 410, 475-477

Hume, Joseph, 112

Humour, Thackeray on, 1; Carlyle on, 5; of France, 199; lack in women of, 392, 393

Humorists, Melancholy of, 435

"Humours of Parliament," 554

Hunt, Mr. Holman, on James Hannay, 355; 435; on Doyle, 457

Hunt, Leigh, 132; on Douglas Jerrold, 297, 447

"I used your soap two years ago," 145

"Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265, 291, 338

"Illustrated London News" and "Parr's Life Pills," 265; 493

Imitations of popular writers, 365

Imperialist opinions of Punch, 120

"Important and Telegraphic," 306

"Important from the Seat of War," 321

"Incompleat Angler, The," 366

Indian Mutiny, 111 and note

"Influenza Almanac," 40

"Information for the People," 282

Inglis, Sir Robert, 104, 105

Ingram, Herbert, and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35, 265

Initials on dining-table at Bouverie Street, 63 and note

Injunctions obtained by Punch, 151, 152

Invasion scares, 109, 120

Invitation card to the Punch Dinner, 67, 69

Irish, Leech's prejudice against the, 437

Irish affairs and cartoons, 105, 106, 453

"Irish Frankenstein, The," 449

Irish humour in Punch, 373

"J. R.," 452

Jackson, 337

Jalland, Mr. G. H., 559

James, Edwin, 232

"Janus," 467

"Jeames's Diary," 317

"Jenkins Papers," 210, 289, 319

Jerrold, Douglas, 12; and the origin of Punch, 14, 17, 18; the "London Charivari," 15; doubtful of the success of Punch, 30; and Landells, 35; edits "Illuminated Magazine," 35; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; "Mrs. Caudle," 73, 98; relations with Thackeray, 74, 311; the addressed label, 75; witticisms at the Dinner, 75; his Jubilee Dinner, 87; Punch Club, 93; the "ingredients" of Punch, 95; the prophecy of Hal Baylis, 97; anti-aristocratic sentiments, 101; the Jews, 104; as a playwright, 129; as an amateur actor, 136; Punch's plagiarists, 152; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; "Jenkins Papers," 210; and Sir Peter Laurie, 220; and Charles Kean, 222; attack on Bunn, 226, 228, 230; attacked in the "Puppet-Show," 239; contributions for six months, 259; and his daughter Mrs. Henry Mayhew, 268; on Stirling Coyne, 272; on comic "Histories," etc., 277; and Angus Reach, 281; characteristics, work, etc., 284-298; relations with Albert Smith, 303; his satire compared with Hood's, 335; et passim

Jerrold, William, 269

Jest-books, Shakespeare's, 162

Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 104, 105, 111

Jews, Prejudice against, 103, 436, 437; and the "Morning Post," 104

"Joe Miller the Younger," 153, 237, 292, 412, 416

"Joe Miller's Jest-Book," 157

"John Bull," 206-208

Joinville, Prince de, Letter of, 108, 120, 190

Jokes, Punch's, their origin, pedigree, and appropriation, 138-167

Jones, Sir Edward Burne-, 221, 222

Jones, George, and Punch's attack on J. S. Buckingham, 224, 225, 235

Jopling-Rowe, Mrs., see Romer, Mrs.

"Journal for Laughter," 56

Jubilee of Punch, 6, 8

Jullien, Punch's ridicule of, 218, 219

Kean, Charles, 222, 223, 282

Keeley, Mrs., as Mrs. Caudle, 293

Keene, Charles: his portrait of Punch, 8; the "Tercentenary Number," 50; "Paris Sketches," 51; cartoon of Disraeli and financiers, 60, 61, 66; at the Dinners, 68, 78; political opinions, 77, 78, 481; cartoon on American War, 80; leniency towards women, 141; and "I used your soap two years ago," 145; and Mr. Joseph Crawhall, 147, 483; 162; repetition of drawings, 165, 166; cartoons, 171, 253, 470; "Mokeanna," 365; Irish jokes, 373; friendship with Mr. Silver, 479, 477-490

Kelly and "Dunsinane," 342

Kendall, Miss May, 392, 393

Kenealy, Dr. Edward Vaughan, 336

Kennedy, H. A., burlesque translations of Horace, 31, 306

Key, Professor T. Hewitt, 160

King, J., and "An Exiled Londoner," 342

Kingston, Mr. W. Beatty, 360, 361

Kitton, Mr. F. G., 349

Knebworth, Amateur theatrical performance at, 136, 137

Knight, Charles, and the Punch Dinners, 86

Kossuth, 117, 118

"La Belle Sauvage" and the first Punch Dinner, 55; and the Punch Club, 94

Labouchere, Mr. Henry, 163

"Labours of Hercules," 302

Lady contributors, 392, 393, 529 and note

Landells, Ebenezer, and the origin of Punch, 11-14, 15-19, 26; and Bradbury and Evans, 32-34; engraving withdrawn from him, 34, 35; and the "Illuminated Magazine," 35; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; on the Punch Club, 93, 97; 188; and "A Word with Punch," 232; 248

Lang, Mr. Andrew, 392; 393, 404

Lara, Mr. Isidore de, 235

Last, Joseph, and the origin of Punch, 12, 17, 19, 26

Laurie, Sir Peter, 219, 220

Lawless, M. J., 502

Lawson, Mr. F. Wilfrid, 537

Layard, Sir A. H., 92

Layard, Mr. G. S. quoted, 479, et passim

"Lays of a Lazy Minstrel," 387

Le Fanu, Mr., and "Seventy Years of Irish Life," 143

Leech, John: his portraits of Punch, 8, 9; and the "London Charivari," 15; the Almanacs, 40; "Valentines," 49; "Holidays," 50; Great Exhibition Number, 51; statuette by Boehm, 60; at the Dinners, 68, 72, 73, 76; the cartoons, 81, 170-177; singing at the Dinner, 86; democratic sentiments, 101; the Jews, 103; the "Anti-Graham Envelope," 114, 420; drawings of costumes, 122; as an amateur actor, 135; 158, 159, 167; "Foreign Affairs," 173, 420; "Social Miseries," 187; "Cock-a-doodle-do!" 190; and Lord John Russell, 196; and Disraeli, 197-199; caricatures of Lord Brougham, 202; "Mrs. Gamp" and "Betsy Prig," 213; fastidiousness, 252; on Henry Mayhew, 270; relations with Albert Smith, 303; riding to hounds, 319, 426; Harlequinade verses, 342; picture of two "snobs," 358; career, 417-443; on Thackeray's death, 442; and Tenniel, 470; relations with George Cruikshank, 496; et passim

"Leeds Mercury instructing Young England," 339

Legend-writing, 432, 433, 484, 507, 508

Leger, Mr. Warham St., 395, 396

Lehmann, Mr. R. C., 67; politics, 80; 149; contributions, 401, 402

Leigh, Henry S., 157, 232, 240, 241

Leigh, Percival: and the "London Charivari," 15; and the first Staff of Punch, 19; mock-classic verses, 31; verses on Punch Club, 55, 56; 61, 69, 70, 71; at the Dinner, 76; and Thackeray's faux pas, 88; lines on Punch Club, 93, 94; suggestions for cartoons, 171; "Pauper Song," 301; "Punch's Labours of Hercules," 302; biographical summary, 299-303

Leighton, Sir Frederic, 126; on Keene, 489; portrait of Miss Dene, 559

Lemon, Harry, 525

Lemon, Mark: and the manifesto in the first number of Punch, 2; and the origin of Punch, 17; early life, 18; draft of prospectus, 19-21; the editorship, 25; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; portrait by F. Chester, 60; 69, 71, 74; the Jews, 103; his lectures, 129; as an amateur actor, 135; "Jest Book," 162, 265; his instinct for an old joke, 163; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; at the Printers' Pension Society dinner, 198; and "A Word with Punch," 228, 231; and Henry Mayhew, 257; work as editor, character, etc., 254-267; and Douglas Jerrold, 297; relations with Dickens, 352, 354; on Shirley Brooks, 358; and Hine, 415; organ-grinding nuisance, 439; et passim

Lennox, Lord William, and "The Tuft-Hunter," 217, 218; 330

Leon, M.P., Mr., 245

Lester, Mr. Horace Frank, 384

Lever, Charles, 259; "Prize Novelists," 320, 337; "A Familiar Epistle," 337

Leverson, Mrs., 392, 406

Lewes, George Henry, 135

Lewis, Mr. Arthur, and the Moray Minstrels, 92

Libel actions against Punch, 235, 236

"Lika Joko," 237, 238, 502, 525, 555

Lillie, Mr. Charles J., 556, 557

Lincoln, Abraham, Assassination of, 177

Linton, W. J., and the "Anti-Graham Envelope," 114; 248

Literary errors of Punch, 244

Literature of Punch, Past and present, 407, 408

"Little Frenchman's First Lesson," 337

"Liverpool Lion," The, 360

Locker-Lampson, Frederick, Contributions of, 371, 566; 562

Lockwood, Sir Frank, 98, 166, 566

Loftus, Lord Augustus, 194, 195

"London Charivari," 12, 15

"London Journal," Satire on, 364, 365

"Lord Jack the Giant-killer" cartoon, 470

Louis-Philippe, 191

Loyalty of Punch, 214-217

Lucas, Samuel, and the Punch Dinners, 85; 443

Lucy, Mr. Henry, 51, 67, 79; politics, 80; dinner to Mr. Gladstone, 91; 149; and cartoons, 169; 205; "Essence of Parliament," etc., 389-391, 551

Lushington, J. J., 405

Lyndhurst, Lord, 172

"Lyre and Lancet," 399

Lytton, Bulwer, 155, 220; attack on Tennyson, 344

"M. S. R.," 537

Macgregor, John ("Rob Roy"), 269, 346, 372, 460

Mackay, Mr. Wallace, 540, 541

MacMahon, Marshal, 191

MacNeill, M.P., Mr. Swift, 232, 554

Maginn, Dr., and the origin of the "Almanac," 32; obituary of, 38, 307; 297; work on Punch, 306, 307

Magistrates, Skits on, 391, 392

"Mahogany Tree, The," 53, 86, 320; Jubilee picture, 180; 536

Malmesbury, Lord, 233

"Man from Blankley's, The," 399, 565

"Man in the Moon, The," 154-156, 231, 238, 265, 280, 306, 315, 412, 416, 449

"Manners and Customs," 401, 406

Mansel, Miss, 519, 529 note

Mansion House, the, "Literature and Art" dinner at, 90

Marks, R.A., Mr. Stacy, 41, 126, 517

Marshalsea Prison, 3

Marshall, Mr. C. A., 560

Martin, Charles, 490, 491

Martin, Sir Theodore, 172

"Mask, The," 500

Mason, Mr. Finch, 556

Massacre in Algiers, and lines by Coventry Patmore, 342, 343

"Maternal Solicitude," 211-213

Mathew, Father, 102

"Matter in Camera, A," 376

Maud, Mr., 563, 564

Maurice, Rev. F. D., Lines to the memory of, 374

Maurier, Mr. G. du, 4; his portrait of Punch, 9; "Tercentenary Number," 50; 66, 79; fashions, 122, 124, 506; on the Punch artists, 128; "Social Pictorial Satire," 129; old maid and the "charming view," 162; "heir" joke, 163; "tipsy husband," 166; going into society, 319; "Mokeanna," 365; "Vers Nonsensiques," 372, 515; on drawing from Nature, 410; on Leech, 432; 473; 503-516

May, Mr. Phil, 67; and jokes of the "Unknown Man," 139; 149; 159; 567-570

Mayhew, Augustus, and the "Journal for Laughter," 56, 258, 269

Mayhew, Henry, and the origin of Punch, 11-14, 17-19; and the title of Punch, 24; and his co-editors, 25, 257; origin of the "Almanac," 32; "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; satire on Art Union, 52; "Anti-Graham Wafers," 114; "London Labour and London Poor," 129, 269; "Advice to Persons about to Marry," 142, 270; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171; 269; characteristics, etc., 268-271

Mayhew, Horace ("Ponny"), 61, 69-71; singing at the Dinner, 86; suggestions for cartoons, 170, 171, 328; as sub-editor, 257, 327; and Jerrold's death, 297; characteristics, etc., 327-330

Mazzini, opening of his letters, 114

McConnell, W., and cartoons, 171; 460, 461

McCosh, Dr., 161

McDonnell, Mr., 252

Meadows, Kenny, his portrait of Punch, 8; and the "London Charivari," 15; and the Almanac, 40; design for cover of Punch, 46, 449; "Valentines," 49; at the Dinner, 74; at the Club, 95; cartoons, 171; and Leech, 436; 446-449

Melancholy of humorists, 435

Melbourne, Lord, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23; fall of his Administration, 30, 107; at an amateur theatrical performance at Knebworth, 136

"Melbourne Punch," 393

Mellor, Mr. John Page, 558, 559

"Men who have taken me in—to dinner," 406

"Mephystopheles," 154, 416

Meredith, Mr. George, his tribute to Tom Taylor, 341

"Mery Tales, Wittie Questions, and Quicke Answeres Very Pleasant to be Readde," 162

Millais, Sir John, and the Punch Dinners, 86; 126; "Mokeanna," 365, 517; 426, 427; jokes supplied to Leech, 434; 435, 443; contributions, 517, 518

Milliken, Mr. E. J., 67; politics, 80; the cartoons, 81, 381; "Childe Chappie," 146, 166, 378; and the cartoons, 169; and "Forlorn Hope," 180; "The Old Crusaders," 182; and the society lady, 246; "'Arry," etc., 377-381

Mills, Jowett, and Mills, printers, 32

"Mind and matter," 160

Missing-word competition, 125

Mistakes of Punch, 243-245

"Mistress of the Hounds," 125

Mitchell, Mr. C., and the origin of Punch, 11; and the printing of Punch, 32

"Moaning of the Tide," 413

"Model Men," 328

"Model Music Hall Songs," 396, 397

"Modern Alexander's Feast, The," 192

"Modern Life in London," 371

"Modern Sisyphus" cartoon, 455

Modern types, 401

Moir, Frank, 337

"Mokeanna," 364, 365, 450

"Month, The," 347

Moon, Alderman, 220

"Moonshine" and the dinner to Mr. Gladstone, 91; 549, 567

"Moral of Punch, The," 2, 256

Morality of Punch, 5, 6, 8, 242, 243

Moray Minstrels, 92, 484, 520, 528

Morgan, Matt: his designs in the "Tomahawk," 41; and the "Arrow," 240; "Fun," 364

Morley, Mr. John, 205

"Morning Herald," 50, 210, 211

"Morning Post" and the Jews, 104; attacked by Punch, 209, 210, 288, 289, 319

Morpeth, Lord, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23

Moses, Rev. Stainton, 374

"Mud-Salad Market," 368

Mulberry Club, 447

Mulready envelope, 52, 420

Mundella, Mr., on Punch, 189

Murray, R. F., 403, 404

Music in Punch, 52; Punch's patronage of, 128

Napoleon III., 109, 110, 120, 124, 323; as the hedgehog, 173; Franco-Prussian War, 179; "Cock-a-doodle-do!" 190; collection of Punch cartoons, 199; and Thackeray's retirement from Punch, 323, 324; cartoon on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War, 512

"National Standard," Thackeray's, 226

"Natural History of Courtship," 450

Naval defence, 172

"New Guide to Knowledge," 378

Newdegate, Mr., 232

Newman, William, 19; and the "Valentines," 49, 152; cartoons, 171; the "Squib," 275, 414; 413, 414

Nicholas, Tsar, 173; and "General Fevrier," 174-176

"Night with Punch, A," 130

"Nineveh bull" cartoon, 255

"No Popery" cartoon, 196

Noe, Comte Amedee de, 501, 502

North, Colonel, 233

"Notes from the Diary of a City Waiter," 386

Obituaries, 38, 377

Obituary cartoons, 184

O'Brien, Smith, 106

O'Connell, Daniel, 106, 153

Offices of Punch, 258

O'Leary, Joseph, 330

"Old Crusaders, The," 182

Old jokes, 150-167

"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, The," 159, 245

"Old Nickotin stealing away the brains of his devotees," 512

"Old stock" in Punch, 457

"Omnibus," The, 496, 497

Omnibus jokes, 144, 156

"Omnium, Jacob," see Higgins, Matthew J.

"Once a Week" and Mr. Samuel Lucas, 85; 521

Onwhyn, Thomas, 459, 460

"Open to conviction," 413

"Opera telakouphanon," 124, 125

"Organ Boy's Appeal," 321

Organ-grinders, 437-440

Orr and Co., W.S., and the distribution of Punch, 36

"Our Dramatic Correspondent," 348

"Our Flight with Punch," 238, 357

"Our Honeymoon," 291

"Our Play Box," 526

"Out of Town," 276, 366

Oxenford, John, 259, 260, 307, 308

Padgett, Mr. William, 558

Pain, Mr. Barry, 241, 402

"Pall Mall Budget," 160

Palmerston, Lord, 99; as the "Judicious Bottle-holder," 118; 165; portraits, 203, 204

"Pantomime, Punch's," 131, 132

"Papal Aggression," 102, 103, 195, 196, 374, 455, 470

Paris Exhibition Special Number, 51, 61, 87

"Paris Revisited," 322

Parish Councils Bill, 169, 170

Parliamentary drawings by C. H. Bennett, 526

Partridge, Mr. Bernard, 67, 149, 560, 564, 565

"Pasquin," 11, 240, 348

Patmore, Mr. Coventry, 342, 343

"Pauper's Christmas Carol, The," 334

"Pauper Song," 301

"Pauvre Malheureux," The, 191

Paxton, Sir Joseph, the Punch Dinner, and the Crystal Palace, 84; 185, 480

Payn, Mr. James, 277, 406

Peake, R. B., 330

"Peccavi" dispatch, 361

"Pecksniff Papers," 289, 290

Peel, Sir Robert, 108, 109, 153, 198; Leech's drawing of, 202, 203; and "Pecksniff," 290; and Hood's pension, 336; "The Modern Sisyphus," 455

Pegram, Mr. Fred, 570

Pennington, Mr. Harper, 559

"Penny Satirist," 188, 293

Phillips, John, and Staff of Punch, 19; 412

Phillips, Watts, and the "Journal for Laughter," 56; 342, 372, 458, 459

"Phiz," see Browne, Hablot Knight

Photography, Caricature illustrations of, 491

"Phrenological Manipulation of the Head of Punch," 240

"Physiology of a London Medical Student," 305

"Pictures of Life and Character," 422

"Pictures from Punch," 52

Pigott, Mr., 558

"Pin Money" cartoon, 334

Pincott, Mr., 242

Pinwell, George, 520

"Pips hys Diary, Mr.," 455

Piracy, 151-157

Pius IX., 102

Plagiarisms and repetitions, 150-167, 480

"Plea for Plush, A," 343

Plunkett, H. P., see "Grattan," H. P.

"Pocket-Book, Punch's," 349, 369, 406, 432, 464, 471, 497, 498, 500, 501, 525, 527

"Pocket Ibsen," 399

Poe's "Bells," 166

Poiree, M. Emmanuel, 570

Poland, 106, 120

"Political Pas de Quatre, The," 153

Politics of Punch, 78, 80, 99-121, 169, 189, 197

Poor, the, Representations of, 3, 187, 189

"Poor Man's Friend, The," 174

Pope, The, 102, 109, 120

Portch, Julian, 501

Portraits of Punch, 8, 9

Postans, R. B., and the origin of Punch, 12, 17, 19; 283

Practical jokes at the Punch Club, 94

"Prehistoric Peeps," 562, 563

Prehn, Mr., 528

"Prendergast, Paul," see Leigh, Percival

Pre-Raphaelite movement, 111, 126

Press, The, opinions of Punch, 30, 33, 41, 212, 213; Punch's attacks on, 209-213

Pretty woman, Mr. du Maurier's, 509, 510

Pritchett, Mr. R. T., 410, 423, 483, 520, 521

"Prize Novelists," 320, 337

"Process" block system, 253

"Proser, The," 321

Prospectus of Punch, 19-23

Protection and Free Trade, 118

Prowse, Jeff, 232, 364

Prussia, King of, 119

Public executions, 428

"Puck," 459

"Punch, His Origin and Career, Mr.," 12

"Punch to an eminent personage, Mr.," 321

"Punch in the East," 317

"Punch," Statuette of, 62

Punch Club, 52, 55, 93-98, 452

Punch Dinner, The, 40, 53-87, 168

Punch dinners, Special, 87-92

"Punch in London," Jerrold's, 25, 226, 273

"Punch's Complete Letter-Writer," 294

"Punch's Holidays," 50

"Punch's Letters to her Daughter, Mrs.," 11

"Punch's Letters to his Son," 288, 450

"Punch's Mazurka," 52

Puns, Supply of, 151; Mr. Burnand's, 366, 367; "Crowquill's," 450

"Puppet-Show," The, 156, 173, 231, 239, 354, 414

Purity of Punch, 5, 6, 8, 242, 243

Puseyism, 102, 103, 111

"Puzzle-heads," 555

"Q Papers," The, 285-287

Queen, see Victoria, Queen

"Queer Queries," 384

Rackham, Peter, and the Punch Dinners, 85

Railway mania, 116, 315, 317

Ralston, Mr. W., 166, 251, 372, 392, 410, 543

"Ramsbotham, Mrs.," 236-238

Reach, Angus, 132, 280, 281, 306; friendship with Shirley Brooks, 357

"Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The," 366

"Records of the Great Exhibition, extracted from Punch," 51

Rede, Leman, 283

Reed, Alfred, 532

Reed, Mr. Edward J., 391

Reed, Mr. E. T., 67; politics, 80; the Two Pins Club, 98; 151; 560-563

"Reflections on New Year's Day," 335

Reform, 118, 179

Religionist, Punch as a, 102-105

"Restored skeleton of a bicyclist," 561

Reunion Club (afterwards the Savage Club), 56

Rigby, J., 342

Ritchie, Mrs. Thackeray, 442

Riviere, R.A., Mr. Briton, 126, 539, 540

"Robert, the City Waiter," 385, 386

Roberts, Mr. J. H., 372, 404, 566

Robertson, Tom, 232

Robinson, H. R., 523

Robley, Major-General H. G., 546, 547

Rodwell, G. H. B., 283

Roebuck, Mr., 232

Rogat, Mr., 523

Rogers, Rev. W., and Lord John Russell, 196

Romer, Mr. Justice, 38

Romer, Mrs., 529 note, 541

Rosebery, Lord, 170, 180, 205

Rothschild, Baron de, and the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 105; 161

Royal Academy and the Punch artists, 126-128

"Royal Patent," Punch's, 62

Rusden, Mr. Athelstan, 549

Ruskin, Professor, on Punch's representations of the poor, 3; on Punch Staff as citizens, 111; on "General Fevrier," 176; on Punch's politics, 197; on "John Bull," 206; on the "Song of the Shirt," 334; a remonstrance with Punch, 408; on a drawing by Leech, 426; on Mr. du Maurier's drawings of children, 507; on Mr. du Maurier's satire, 512, 513

Russell of Killowen, Lord, 98

Russell, Lord John, and the heading of the Punch prospectus, 23; as David attacking Goliath, 102; and the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, 105; the New Reform Bill, 118; the "Political Pas de Quatre," 153; "No Popery" cartoon, 196; and Leech, 196, 348; "Story of the Mhow Court Martial," 343; and the "Modern Sisyphus," 455; "Lord Jack the Giant-killer," 470; Punch's sobriquet, 473

Russell, Sir W. H., and the Punch Dinners, 86; 298

Russia, exclusion of Punch from, 105; destruction of Punch cartoons, 194; Alexander III. and Lord Augustus Loftus, 194, 195; typical representations, 206

Russian Bear, 119, 120, 192, 208

"S," 454

Sala, Mr. George Augustus, speech at the "Albion" dinner, 88; 135; and "A Word with Punch," 227; 243, 277; on Horace Mayhew, 328; contributions, 387, 388; and A. S. Henning, 411; on W. McConnell, 460; on C. H. Bennett, 527

Salisbury, Lord, and the "Pas de Deux," 179

Sambourne, Mr. L.: his portraits of Punch, 9; caricature by Mr. Furniss, 61; 67, 79; politics, 80; and the "cartoon junior," 82, 170; drawing of the "Mahogany Tree," 89, 180; 536; the Two Pins Club, 98; "He won't be happy till he gets it," 160; cartoons, 171 and note; and difficulties in the production of cartoons, 183; "The Modern Alexander's Feast," 192; and treatment of cartoons in Russia, 194; an attempt at blank verse, 373; 455; 531-537

Sambourne, Miss Maud, 566

Sands, Mr. J., 410, 542, 543

"Satirist," 234

Saunderson, Mr., 499

Savage Club, 56, 527

Scott, Mr. Clement, 232, 388, 389

Scottish jokes, 139-141, 161

Scottish testimonial to Thackeray, 320

Scudamore, F. I., 361

Seaman, Mr. Owen, 405

Seccombe, Colonel, 523

Sergeant-at-Arms as a beetle, 145, 146

Serle, T. J., 259, 336, 337

Seymour, Robert, 158, 186, 188, 273

Shakespeare Club, 447

Shakespeare Dinner, 87

Shakespeare "Tercentenary Number," 50

Shepherd, Mr. J. A., 567

Sherbrooke, Lord, and Mr. Lucy's joke, 390

Shields, Mr. Frederic, on C. H. Bennett, 527; 530

"Ship," Greenwich, Jubilee Dinner at the, 89

Sibthorpe, Colonel, 232

Sichel, Mr. Walter, 406

"Side Scenes of Everyday Society," 305

Signatures of Punch's artists (APPENDIX I.), 573, 574

Silver, Mr. Henry, 66; extract from diary of proceedings at a Punch Dinner, 68-73; 79, 196; contributions, etc., 347, 348; on Leech, 433, 442; friendship with Charles Keene, 479, 480

"Singular Letter from the Regent of Spain," 315, 316

Sketchley, Arthur, 317, 407

Sketchley, Mr. R. F., 61, 67, 368, 369

Slavery, 165

Smalley, Mr., 180

Smith, Albert, and "Visit to the Watering-Places," 49; victim of a practical joke, 94; withdrawal from Punch, 94, 306, 315; a repartee to Mark Lemon, 95; his lectures, 128, 304; and "A Word with Punch," 228; 281; and the benefit for Jerrold's widow, 298; relations with the Staff, 303, 304; biographical summary, 303-306

Smith, Horace, 259, 346

Smith, Mr. J. Moyr, 540, 541

Smith, Orrin, 12; and the "London Charivari," 15; 248

Smith, Mr. W. G., 549

Smith, Mr. W. H., portraits in Punch, 204