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Title: Comical People

Author: Unknown

Illustrator: J. J. Grandville

Release Date: November 6, 2007 [EBook #23352]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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COMICAL PEOPLE.

COMICAL PEOPLE

ILLUSTRATED

WITH SIXTEEN PICTURES

TAKEN FROM THE EMBROIDERED TAPESTRY CONTRIBUTED
BY MARIA FUSINATA, OF BELLUNO,
TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Drawn and Grouped from the Designs

OF

J. J. GRANDVILLE.

LONDON:
DAVID BOGUE, 86 FLEET STREET.
MDCCCLII.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

LADY CHAFFINCH'S BALL 1

THE LORD OF THE MANOR 13

MY NEIGHBOURS. A COUNTRY STORY. BY WARREN RABBITT 17

THE DE MOUSAS. A TALE 27

ROOKWOOD HALL 33

CITY PEOPLE 37

THE PORTRAIT-PAINTER 41

THE STUFFED ANIMALS IN THE EXHIBITION 46

ALDERMAN GOBBLE'S AMBITION 49

MRS. STRUTT'S SEMINARY 53

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

LADY CHAFFINCH'S BALL (_Double Plate_) _Frontispiece_

THE GREAT MR. GRANDBOY AND THE HON. MRS. DELMACARE 5

LADY ZEBU AND ADMIRAL MACAW 7

THE POACHER 13

THE DUEL BETWEEN MR. CHANTICLEER AND YOUNG LEVERETT 17

MR. LEVERETT'S INTERVIEW WITH SHARPE VULTURE, ESQ. 23

THE ARREST OF MR. CHANTICLEER 25

THE DE MOUSAS