in
a Quandary."--"The Nest in Danger."--"The Porte presenting a Bill of
Indemnification."--"Burking old Mrs. Constitution, aged
141."--Caricature Declines after 1830, and why.--William Heath and
other Caricaturists of the Period.--Theodore Lane.
_pp._ 62-88.

CHAPTER V.

Caricatures of Robert Cruikshank.--Forgotten, and why.--Artistic
Training--"The Mother's Girl Plucking a Crow, or German Flesh and
English Spirit."--"The Horse Marine and his Trumpeter in a
Squall."--Queer Fashions of the early part of the
Century.--Thackeray's Difficulty.--Caricatures on the "Dandies" of
1818.--Robert and his Fellow-Caricaturists ridicule the sham
"Corinthians" and "Corinthian Kates" of their day.--Hollow Pretensions
of the "Dandies."--"The Dandy Dressing at Home" and "The Dandy
Dressed."--"A Dandyess."--Robert's Satires on the "Dandies" of
1819.--"The Mysterious Fair One, or the Royal Introduction to the
Circassian Beauty."--Other Caricatures of his of 1819.--His Satires on
the Trial of Queen Caroline.--His Caricatures of 1821.--Duel between
the Dukes of Bedford and Buckingham.--Other Satires by him in
1822.--Interference of Louis XVIII. in Spanish Affairs.--Robert's
Satires on Louis and his Son.--"The Golden Ball."--Other Caricatures
by Robert in 1823.--The Tenth Hussars.--Maria Foote and "Pea-green
Hayne."--Other satires by Robert in 1824.--Colonel Fitz-Bastard and
Mr. Judge.--Cox _v._ Kean.--Sir Walter Scott.--"The Living
Skeleton."--Popple and Stockdale.--Other Subjects of
1825.--"Cruikshankiana."
_pp._ 89-108.

CHAPTER VI.

Book Illustrations of Isaac Robert Cruikshank.--The "Life in
London."--Injustice done to Robert with reference to this Book.--The
"Life" Dramatized.--Excitement it Occasioned.--The Portly Stranger in
the Duke's Box.--Queer Visitors at Rehearsal.--Horror of the Serious
People.--The Mistake which they made.--"The Finish."--Pierce Egan's
Position with reference to the "Life."--Origin of "Bell's Life in
London."--Charles Molloy Westmacott.--"The English Spy."--"The
Oppidans' Museum."--The "King at Home."--Rowlandson's contribution to
"The English Spy."--Westmacott and the Literature of Foote and
Hayne.--Robert's Carelessness.--"Points of Misery."--"Doings in
London."--"Cruikshank's Comic Album."--"Monsieur
Nong-tong-paw."--Three Books Illustrated by Robert.--Death.
_pp._ 109-124.

CHAPTER VII.

Caricat