Chapter I: Front Matter

JOHN LEECH

His Life and Work

JOHN LEECH

His Life and Work

BY

WILLIAM POWELL FRITH, R.A.

_WITH PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.

LONDON
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
1891
[_All rights reserved_]

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. "PUNCH" 1

II. CARTOONS 15

III. THE LAWYER'S STORY 35

IV. LOVE OF FIELD SPORTS 40

V. INVENTORS AND ILLUSTRATORS 54

VI. "INGOLDSBY LEGENDS" 59

VII. DICKENS AND THACKERAY ON LEECH 66

VIII. DEAN HOLE 80

IX. TYPES 89

X. LEECH AND HIS PREDECESSORS 96

XI. KENNY MEADOWS 103

XII. "COMIC HISTORY OF ROME" 106

XIII. PERSONAL ANECDOTES 113

XIV. PERSONAL ANECDOTES--CONTINUED 119

XV. SPORTING NOVELS 130

XVI. THE "BON GAULTIER BALLADS" 137

XVII. SPORTING NOVELS--CONTINUED 152

XVIII. MICHAEL HALLIDAY AND LEECH 163

XIX. THOMAS HOOD AND LEECH 182

XX. DR. JOHN BROWN AND LEECH 218

XXI. AUTOGRAPH-HUNTERS AND OTHERS 229

XXII. ARTISTS' LIVES 239

XXIII. LEECH EXHIBITION 247

XXIV. MILLAIS AND LEECH 275

XXV. MR. H. O. NETHERCOTE AND JOHN LEECH 283

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE MARCHIONESS GOING TO EXECUTION _Frontispiece_

THE DRUNKEN POST-BOY 11

"THEY MAY BE OFFICERS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GENTLEMEN" 13

JACK ARMSTRONG 17

THE JEW AND SKELETON TAILORS 29

"I'LL THIN YOUR TOP!" 37

"GIVE HER HER HEAD, JACK" 42

"OH, IF THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES CHARLEY SPOKE OF,
I SHALL GO BACK!" 44

JACK JOHNSON ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE DERVAL _To face p. 57_

THE MAID AND THE HEAD OF GENGULPHUS 62

ELOPEMENT OF ROMAN YOUTH WITH SABINE LADIES 109

ROME SAVED FROM THE GAULS BY GEESE 111

LITTLE JOHN AND RED FRIAR 140

LITTLE JOHN AND THE POPISH BULL 142

GEORGE OF GORBALS 149

THE LOVER'S FRIEND AND THE LOVER 150

AFTER AIMING FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR, MR. B.
FIRES BOTH HIS BARRELS, AND MISSES! 173

WHAT WIDE REVERSES OF FATE ARE THERE! 188

MISS KILMANSEGG 191

THE FOREIGN COUNT 197

THE WEDDING--"WILT THOU HAVE THIS WOMAN?" 202

LOVE AT THE BOARD 204

HE BROUGHT STRANGE GENTLEMEN HOME TO DINE 208

THE TORN WILL 212

BEDTIME 216

"HE BLOWS HIS OWN NOSE!" 228

THE SEAL 235

A CYPRESS BRANCH FOR THE TOMB OF JOHN LEECH 301

JOHN LEECH:

_HIS LIFE AND WORK_