Chapter XVI

The Italian Opera -- An uproar -- Catalani and her terms
-- Vauxhall -- Musical prodigy -- Painters, Sculptors, Art
exhibitions -- Literature and writers -- Bibliomaniacs -- George
Bidder, the Calculating boy -- Musicians -- Medical men -- The
Clergy -- Roman Catholic emancipation -- Joanna Southcott 347

INDEX 371

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.

PAGE

RECRUITING 15

"ANSWER TO JOHN BULL'S COMPLAINT" 19

BONAPARTE ON THE QUARTER-DECK OF H. M. S. _NORTHUMBERLAND_ 36

BOXIANA; OR, THE FANCY 48

"A SINGLE LIFE ON THE CONTINENT, STARVING ON SOUR KROUT!!" 79

"COMES TO ENGLAND, IS MADE A GENERAL," &c. 80

"R----L WHISKERS," 1816 84

HENRY HUNT, ESQ. 117

"THE NEW COINAGE; OR, JOHN BULL'S VISIT TO MAT OF THE MINT!!" 138

"A PEEP INTO THE PUMP ROOM; OR, THE ZOMERSETSHIRE FOLK IN A
MAZE," OCTOBER, 1817 147

ROBERT OWEN, AUGUST 21, 1817 151

"SALES BY AUCTION! OR, PROVIDENT CHILDREN DISPOSING OF THEIR
DECEASED MOTHER'S EFFECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR CREDITORS!" 174

"MAKING MOST OF £10,000 PER AN." 177

"THE HOBBY HORSE DEALER" 180

"THE LADY'S ACCELERATOR" 183

"HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS!!" 189

MASSACRE AT ST. PETER'S; OR, "BRITONS, STRIKE HOME!!!" 207

GEORGE III. 211

MARKET WOMEN 217

THE WAGGON 220

THE POST CHAISE 223

THE MAIL COACH 226

SOWING BROADCAST 250

USING THE FLAIL 250

THE PLOUGH 251

THE FARM LABOURER 254

GLEANERS 255

DAIRY FOLK 258

WASHING CLOTHES 259

MOUNTED BUTCHER BOY 262

THE GIPSIES 263

WALKING COSTUME. 1812 270

LADIES' HEAD-DRESS 271

NO. 1 AND 2, 1811; NO. 3, 1812; NO. 4 AND 5, 1813 274

NO. 1 AND 2, 1814; NO. 3 AND 4, 1815 275

FASHIONABLES OF 1816 TAKING THE AIR IN HYDE PARK 279

BELLES AND BEAUS; OR, A SCENE IN HYDE PARK, AUGUST 12, 1817 282

A DANDYESS, 1819 283

WALTZING 286

AT THE SPINNING-WHEEL 291

MAKING PILLOW LACE 294

MILK WOMAN 295

CONVIVIALITY 306

A PORTRAIT (LORD PETERSHAM) 309

LORD PETERSHAM. 1815 312

DANDY ON HORSEBACK 313

A DANDY 316

PLAYING AT BOWLS AND QUOITS 324

LOTHARIO, AS PERFORMED BY MR. COATES AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE,
DECEMBER 9, 1811 337

A CLOWN AND A GRASSHOPPER 345

A PHYSICIAN 361

TWO OPPOSITE CHARACTERS 364

SOCIAL ENGLAND UNDER THE REGENCY.