Chapter I: Front Matter

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S

OMNIBUS.

"DE OMNIBUS REBUS ET QUIRUSDAN ALIIS."]

PUBLISHED BY TILT & BOGUE, 86, FLEET STREET

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S
OMNIBUS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL
AND WOOD.

"De Omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis."

EDITED BY LAMAN BLANCHARD, ESQ.

LONDON:
TILT AND BOGUE, FLEET STREET.

MDCCCXLII.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS.

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"Our Preface" described.

My Portrait 1

My last pair of Hessian Boots 8

Epigram 13

Love seeking a Lodging 14

Frank Heartwell; or, Fifty Years Ago, 15, 39, 76, 112, 144,
177, 210, 246, 282.

Monument to Napoleon 26

Photographic Phenomena; or, the New School of Portrait Painting 29

Commentary on the New Police Act--Punch _v._ Law 33

Original Poetry, by the late SIR FRETFUL PLAGIARY, Knt.
"Ode to the Human Heart," "On Life et cetera," &c. 35

Love has Legs 52

Bernard Cavanagh, the Irish Cameleon 53

The Ass on the Ladder 54

Omnibus Chat 59

Scene near Hogsnorton 61

Chancery Lane Enigma ib.

Sonnets to Macready 63

Large Order to a Hom[oe]opathic Apothecary, &c. 64

"My Vote and Interest." A Communication from Mr. Simpleton
Schemer, of Doltford Lodge, Crooksley 65

The Census 72

Love's Masquerading 75

The Livery--Out of London 89

Omnibus Chat 92

Legend of Van Diemen's Land 92

The Girl and the Philosopher 94

The Grave of the Suicide (who thought better of it). ib.

A Rigid Sense of Duty 95

Frights 97

A Peep into a Leg-of-Beef Shop 100

A Few Notes on Unpaid Letters 102

First Discovery of Van Demon's Land 104

The Muffin Man 120

A Tiger Hunt in England 121

Omnibus Chat 124

Ingenious Rogueries 124

The Sister Sciences of Botany and Horticulture 126

Photogenic Pictures, No. II. 127

A Negro Boy in the West Indies ib.

Legend of the Kilkenny Cats 128

Mademoiselle Rachel 129

Frights!--No. II. 130

A Short Cruise at Margate 132

Epigrams 134

Passionate People 135

Our New Cooks 141

A Song of Contradictions 143

A Warm Reception 151

Tea-Table Tattle 152

Omnibus Chat 155

The Fashions ib.

Playbills and Playgoing ib.

A Romance of the Orchestra 156

One of the Curiosities of Literature 157

An Incident of Travel 158

Here's a Bit of Fat for You 159

Heiress Presumptive ib.

Letter from Mrs. Toddles 160

Frights!--No. III. Haunted Houses, &c. 161

Little Spitz; by Michael Angelo Titmarsh 167

Last Night of Vauxhall; by Laman Blanchard 172

A Tale of the Times of Old 176

An Anacreontic Fable ib.

How to Raise the Wind; by Captain Marryatt, R.N. 182

Peep at Bartholomew Fair; by Alpha 188

Omnibus Chat 191

Association of Ideas ib.

Boys at School 194

The Laceman's Lament ib.

The Height of Impudence 195

Mrs. T. again 196

The Artificial Floor for Skating 197

Duns Demonstrated; by Edward Howard, Author of
"Rattlin the Reefer" 199

The Second Sleeper Awakened. Translated by Ali 202

Just Going Out; by Laman Blanchard 204

A Theatrical Curiosity 216

Sliding Scales 217

Sketches Here, There, and Everywhere;
by A. Bird. A Stage-coach Race 218

Another Curiosity of Literature 222

A Horrible Passage in My Early Life 223

Two of a Trade 225

Omnibus Chat 226

The Two Naval Heroes ib.

Tar and Feathers 227

An Acatalectic Monody 228

Third Meeting of the Bright-ish Association for the
Advancement of Everything ib.

Rum Corks in Stout Bottles 229

A Highway Adventure 230

Bearded like the Pard ib.

Some Account of the Life and Times of Mrs. Sarah Toddles;
by Sam Sly 231

The Fire at the Tower of London 233

Miss Adelaide Kemble 238

Jack Gay, Abroad and at Home; by Laman Blanchard 240

The King of Brentford's Testament; by Michael Angelo Titmarsh 244

The Fire King Flue 254

A Passage in the Life of Mr. John Leakey 255

Omnibus Chat 260

The Clerk, a Parody ib.

The British Association 261

Playing on the Piano 262

November Weather 263

Mrs. Toddles ib.

Jack-o'lantern 265

Christmas. By Sam Sly 266

A Snap-Dragon. By Charles Hookey Walker, Esq. 267

Sonnet to "Some One" ib.

The Hom[oe]opathist's Serenade. By Dr. Bulgardo ib.

What do you do that for? 268

Lines by a Y--g L--y of F--sh--on 271

The Frolics of Time. A Striking Adventure.
By Laman Blanchard, Esq. 272

A Peep (Poetic) at the Age. By A. Bird 276

A Still-life Sketch 277

A Tale of an Inn 278

"Such a Duck!" 281

The Postilion 289

"The Horse by the Head" 292

A Floating Recollection 293

The Pauper's Chaunt 294

Sketches Here, There, and Everywhere 295

Mrs. Toddles 299

Sonnet to Mrs. Toddles 300

Postscript 304

LIST OF ETCHINGS ON STEEL.

"DE OMNIBUS REBUS ET QUIBUSDAM ALIIS."

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