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The History of "Punch"
BY
M. H. SPIELMANN
With Numerous Illustrations
TO MY SON
PERCY EDWIN SPIELMANN
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE
HISTORY OF "PUNCH."
ContentsINTRODUCTORY.
"THE MORAL OF PUNCH."
ContentsCHAPTER I.
PUNCH'S BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
DRAFT OF THE PUNCH PROSPECTUS, IN MARK LEMON'S HANDWRITING
ContentsCHAPTER II.
PUNCH'S EARLY PROGRESS AND VICISSITUDES.
ContentsCHAPTER III.
THE PUNCH DINNER AND THE PUNCH CLUB.
"A NIGHT AT THE ROUND TABLE."
CHARLES KEENE, R. F. SKETCHLEY, F. C. BURNAND, SHIRLEY BROOKS, TOM TAYLOR, HORACE MAYHEW, PERCIVAL LEIGH G. DU MAURIER, JOHN TENNIEL
"Punch" Council, October 24th, 1866.
"Resolved"—
ContentsCHAPTER IV.
PUNCH AS A POLITICIAN.
ContentsCHAPTER V.
"CHARIVARIETIES."
"A new Entertainment, called a
NIGHT
with
PUNCH!
LAST MAN;
or,
PUNCH OUT OF TOWN"
MR. BRIGGS!
Or, House Keeping versus Horse Keeping"—
AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, MANCHESTER,
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1867.
COX AND BOX; Or, THE LONG-LOST BROTHERS.
ORIGINAL MUSIC by Mr. ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS will deliver an ADDRESS.
A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
LES DEUX AVEUGLES.
A FAMILY FAILING.
Characters by Messrs. Arthur Blunt, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Henry Silver, and Miss Ellen Terry.
Men.
Women.
ContentsCHAPTER VI.
PUNCH'S JOKES—THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.
WORTHY OF ATTENTION.
ADVICE TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY,—Don't![13]
"MUSICAL."
ContentsCHAPTER VII.
CARTOONS—CARTOONISTS AND THEIR WORK.
ContentsCHAPTER VIII.
CARTOONS AND THEIR EFFECT.
ContentsCHAPTER IX.
PUNCH ON THE WAR-PATH: ATTACK.
"Punch's Parting Tribute."
"Epigram
ContentsCHAPTER X.
PUNCH ON THE WAR-PATH: COUNTER-ATTACK.
Shameful Attempt at Overcharge!
Rhymes for a Big Baby.
ContentsCHAPTER XI.
ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.
ContentsCHAPTER XII.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1841.
Amount of Text (in Columns) contributed by the Writers indicated from Vol. VI. to Vol. XIV. inclusive—from January, 1844, to June 24, 1848 (Nine Volumes).
ContentsCHAPTER XIII.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1841.
ContentsCHAPTER XIV.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1841-2.
AUTHOR'S MISERIES, NO. VI.
ContentsCHAPTER XV.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1843-51.
ContentsCHAPTER XVI.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1852-78.
ContentsCHAPTER XVII.
PUNCH'S WRITERS: 1880-94.
ContentsCHAPTER XVIII.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1841.
ContentsCHAPTER XIX.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1841-50.
ContentsCHAPTER XX.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1850-60.
The Letters (5).
The Words.
Up to August 4th, received from Mark Lemon for Punch—
ContentsCHAPTER XXI.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1860-67.
ContentsCHAPTER XXII.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1867-82.
ContentsCHAPTER XXIII.
PUNCH'S ARTISTS: 1882-95.
ContentsAPPENDIX I.
LIST OF ARTISTS WHOSE SIGNATURES ARE HERE GIVEN.
ContentsAPPENDIX II.
TEXT OF AGREEMENT CONSTITUTING PUNCH.
ContentsINDEX
The Heavy Figures indicate the main references in the Text.
FOOTNOTES:
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