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Title: Old Coloured Books

Author: George Paston

Release Date: September 9, 2010 [EBook #33682]

Language: English

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OLD COLOURED BOOKS

[Illustration: THE REVD. DOCTOR SYNTAX]

OLD COLOURED
BOOKS

BY

GEORGE PASTON

WITH SIXTEEN COLOURED PLATES

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published in 1905_

CONTENTS

I
PAGE

RUDOLF ACKERMANN 3

THOMAS ROWLANDSON 5

WILLIAM COMBE 9

II

THE CRUIKSHANK BROTHERS 16

DAVID CAREY 21

CHARLES MOLLOY WESTMACOTT 23

PIERCE EGAN AND THEODORE LANE 26

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK 28

III

HENRY ALKEN 32

CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY 35

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES 39

IV

The _Pickwick_ Illustrators

ROBERT SEYMOUR 41

ROBERT WILLIAM BUSS 43

HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE 45

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

THE REV. DR. SYNTAX _Frontispiece_
From _The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of
the Picturesque_

DR. SYNTAX IN THE GLASS HOUSE 8
From _The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in
Search of Consolation_

QUAE GENUS OFFICIATING AT A GAMING HOUSE 9
From _Johnny Quae Genus_

BY GAMBLERS LINKED IN FOLLY'S NOOSE 13
From _The Dance of Life_

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