the Year 1824. With Explanatory Notes by C. M. Westmacott._ With
illustrations on wood by T. Rowlandson, R. and G. Cruikshank, Lane, and
Findlay. London: Published by Sherwood, Jones, & Co., Paternoster Row.
_Advertisement._--In the preliminary notice the editor, Mr. Westmacott,
specially alludes to the assistance given by our artist: 'It is with
some degree of pride the editor requests his reader's examination of
the illustrations to this volume, combining as they do specimens of
the first graphic humour of the time; not the least admirable of which
are eleven original designs by the veteran Rowlandson, whose facetious
pencil appears to acquire additional richness with his lengthened
years. For these the editor is more indebted to _personal friendship_
than _motives of interest_, and they are therefore in his estimation
doubly valuable.'
_Designs by T. Rowlandson._
Vignette to title.--A group of little Cupids, harnessed, and drawing a
car of classic shape, loaded with contributions from the newspapers--
The choicest fancies, grave and gay,
They register'd from day to day.
Mrs. Ramsbottom in the Packet. ('Mrs. Ramsbottom's Tour,' _John
Bull_.)
Ill-requited Love, or Miss Hannah Maria Juliana Shum. ('Sketches
at Bow Street,' _Herald_.)
Two at a Time, or Irish Accidents. ('Sketches at Bow Street,'
_Bell's Life in London_.)
The Petticoat Whip, or a Lift for Love. ('Sketches at Bow Street,'
_Bell's Life in London_.)
The Charley's Mistake, or Royalty Doubly Endangered. (_Bell's Life
in London._)
Teddy the Tailor, or a Troublesome Customer. ('Sketches at Bow
Street,' _Bell's Life in London_.)
The Man-of-War's Man, or Sketches of Society. ('Greenwich
Hospital,' _Literary Gazette_.)
The Mayor of Portsmouth and the Horse Witness.
The Bold Dragoon, or the Adventure of my Grandfather. ('Tales of a
Traveller,' _News of Literature and Fashion_.)
Sporting Extraordinary, or Cockney Comicalities. By Charley
Eastup. (_Annals of Sporting and Fashion._)
[Illustration: R.--A.--YS OF GENIUS REFLECTING ON THE TRUE LINE OF
BEAUTY]