Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ESSAYS AND SKETCHES
BY DOUGLAS JERROLD

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“The two flasks were in brief time emptied.”
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The Essays of
DOUGLAS JERROLD

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Edited
by his Grandson
WALTER JERROLD
with Illustrations by
H·M·BROCK
1903

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON
AND COMPANY

West Twenty-Third Street

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CONTENTS

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SHAKESPEARE AT CHARLECOTE PARK 1

SHAKESPEARE AT “BANK-SIDE” 7

THE EPITAPH OF SIR HUGH EVANS 13

BULLY BOTTOM’S BABES 22

SHAKESPEARE IN CHINA 28

SOLOMON’S APE 39

THE CASTLE BUILDERS OF PADUA 46

THE TAPESTRY WEAVER OF 50
BEAUVAIS

THE WINE CELLAR: A “MORALITY” 58

RECOLLECTIONS OF GUY FAWKES 67

ELIZABETH AND VICTORIA 75

THE LITTLE GREAT AND THE GREAT 90
LITTLE

THE MANAGER’S PIG 95

SOME ACCOUNT OF A STAGE DEVIL 103

FIRESIDE SAINTS 121

CAT-AND-FIDDLE MORALITIES: THE 127
TALE OF A TIGER

A GOSSIP AT RECULVERS 140

THE TWO WINDOWS 150

THE ORDER OF POVERTY 154

THE OLD MAN AT THE GATE 166

THE FOLLY OF THE SWORD 171

THE GREENWICH PENSIONER 181

THE DRILL SERGEANT 189

THE HANDBOOK OF SWINDLING 199

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“The two flasks were in brief time _Photogravure
emptied” (The Wine Cellar) Frontispiece_

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_Headpiece to_ Contents v

_Tailpiece to_ Contents vi

_Headpiece to_ List of Illustrations vii

_Headpiece to_ Shakespeare at Charlecote 1
Park

_Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare at Charlecote 6
Park

_Headpiece to_ Shakespeare at 7
“Bank-Side”

_Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare at 12
“Bank-Side”

_Headpiece to_ The Epitaph of Sir Hugh 13
Evans

“One who would have added weight and 17
dignity to the ceremony”

_Headpiece to_ Bully Bottom’s Babes 22

_Tailpiece to_ Bully Bottom’s Babes 27

_Headpiece to_ Shakespeare in China 28

“Became wise by poring on his book” 34

_Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare in China 38

_Headpiece to_ Solomon’s Ape 39

“Cast him down a ripe pomegranate” 43

_Tailpiece to_ Solomon’s Ape 45

_Headpiece to_ The Castle Builders of 46
Padua

_Headpiece to_ The Tapestry Weaver of 50
Beauvais

_Tailpiece to_ The Tapestry Weaver of 57
Beauvais

_Headpiece to_ The Wine Cellar: A 58
“Morality”

_Tailpiece to_ The Wine Cellar: A 66
“Morality”

_Headpiece to_ Recollections of Guy 67
Fawkes

“Rejoicing in the captivity of a suit of 70
clothes stuffed with hay”

_Tailpiece to_ Recollections of Guy 74
Fawkes

_Headpiece to_ Elizabeth and Victoria 75

“Rank ... preached its high prerogative 80
from externals”

“Hangman’s surgery” 83

_Headpiece to_ The Little Great and the 90
Great Little

_Tailpiece to_ The Little Great and the 94
Great Little

_Headpiece to_ The Manager’s Pig 95

_Tailpiece to_ The Manager’s Pig 102

_Headpiece to_ Some Account of a Stage 103
Devil

“Would solace the child by playing upon 113
a diabolic fiddle”

_Tailpiece to_ Some Account of a Stage 120
Devil

_Headpiece to_ Fireside Saints 121

_Tailpiece to_ Fireside Saints 126

_Headpiece to_ Cat-and-Fiddle 127
Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger

“Almost for two whole days did the tiger 135
sleep”

_Tailpiece to_ Cat-and-Fiddle 139
Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger

_Headpiece to_ A Gossip at Reculvers 140

“Sugar from even the sweeter lips of 143
lady mistress”

_Tailpiece to_ A Gossip at Reculvers 149

_Headpiece to_ The Two Windows 150

_Headpiece to_ The Order of Poverty 154

“He has dreamed away his life upon a 164
hillside”

_Tailpiece to_ The Order of Poverty 165

_Headpiece to_ The Old Man at the Gate 166

_Headpiece to_ The Folly of the Sword 171

“Hodge, poor fellow, enlists” 175

_Tailpiece to_ The Folly of the Sword 180

_Headpiece to_ The Greenwich Pensioner 181

_Tailpiece to_ The Greenwich Pensioner 188

_Headpiece to_ The Drill Sergeant 189

“He is, indeed, unbent” 195

_Headpiece to_ The Handbook of Swindling 199

“Politely receives his destroyer” 233

“Any one of these names may be ... 246
confidently given in to the night
constable”

“Other worthies laboured on horseback” 256

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