ures of George Cruikshank.--"No Plan, no Ambition."--The
Assertion Disproved.--Why George's Caricatures possess so remarkable
an Interest.--"The Scourge."--Lord Sidmouth's Bill to amend the
Toleration Act.--Opposition to the Measure by the
Nonconformists.--George's Satire upon them.--Satire upon the Medical
Profession.--"The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor."--"Fashion."--"The
Loyalists' Magazine."--An Early Satire.--"Meditations amongst the
Tombs."--Other Satires of 1813.--"Little Boney gone to
Pot."--Alexander of Russia and the Duchess of Oldenburg.--The Princess
Caroline.--Joanna Southcott.--The Obnoxious Corn Laws of
1815.--Satires thereon.--Escape of Napoleon.--Outlawed by the
Powers.--Excitement caused by this Event.--George's Satires
thereon.--Napoleon endeavours to Establish Friendly Relations.--Silent
Hostility of Europe.--He Sets out for the Army.--George's Satire
thereon.--Surrender of Bonaparte.--The _Bellerophon_ off the English
Coast.--Other Satires of 1815.--The Regent's Repugnance to
Retrenchment and Reform.--Marriage of the Princess Charlotte.--Satire
on the Purchase of the "Elgin Marbles."--Other Satires of 1816.--John
Bull's Bankruptcy Proceedings.--Remanded for Extravagance.--His
"Schedule."--Seditious Troubles of 1817.--A Satire on the Princess
Caroline.--Death of the Princess Charlotte.--Other Satires of 1817--of
1818.--The "Bank Restriction Note."--Satires of 1819.--Queen Caroline
and other Caricatures of 1820 and 1821.--Death and Funeral of the
Queen.--The Populace force the Procession to go through the City.--The
Military fire on the People.--Alderman Sir William Curtis in Highland
Costume.--Indignation of the King.--Satires on both.--Statue of
Achilles.--Other Caricatures of 1822.--Satires of 1823 and
1824.--Joint Stock Company Mania of 1825.--Undated Satires.--Amazing
value of George Cruikshank's Caricatures.
_pp._ 125-166.

CHAPTER VIII.

George Cruikshank as a Book Illustrator.--Defects and
Excellencies.--Women, Horses, Trees.--"Greenwich Hospital."--Sikes and
the Dog.--Jonathan Wild.--Simon Renard and Winwike.--"Born a Genius
and Born a Dwarf."--Its History.--Randalph and Hilda at
Ranelagh.--Sale of the Shadow.--Sailors Carousing.--Paying off a
Jew.--Simpkin Dancing.--The Last Cab Driver.--Dominie
Sampson.--Dumbiedikes.--Fall of the Leaf.--Taurus.--Libra.--Revolution
at Madame Tussaud's.--Theatrical Fun Dinner.--