And Plans--Jokes and Amenities--Jerrold and his "Bark"--A
Night at the Dinner--From Mr. Henry Silver's Diary--Loyalty and
Perseverance of Diners--Charles H. Bennett and the _Jeu
d'esprit_--Keene Holds Aloof--Business--Evolution of the
Cartoon--Honours Divided--Guests--Special Dinners, "Jubilee,"
"Thackeray," "Burnand," and "Tenniel"--Dinners to _Punch_--The
_Punch_ Club--Exit Albert Smith--High Spirits--"The Whistling
Oyster"--Baylis as a Prophet--"Two Pins Club" 53

CHAPTER IV.

_PUNCH_ AS A POLITICIAN.

_Punch's_ Attitude--His Whiggery--And Sincerity--Catholics and
Jews--Home Rule--European Politics--Prince Napoleon--_Punch's_
Mistakes--His Campaign against Sir James Graham--His Relations with
Foreign Powers--And Comprehensive Survey of Affairs 99

CHAPTER V.

"CHARIVARIETIES."

_Punch's_ Influence on Dress and Fashion--His Records--As a
Prophet--As an Artist--As an Actor and Dramatist--Benefit
Performances--Guild of Literature and Art 122

CHAPTER VI.

_PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

"The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went
Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True
Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and
Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used
Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The
Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and
Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of
Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm
und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the
"Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And
Others--_Punch-baiting_--Impossibility of
Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements 138

CHAPTER VII.

CARTOONS--CARTOONISTS AND THEIR WORK.

The Cartoon takes Shape--"The Parish Councils
Cockatoo"--Cartoonists and their Relative Achievements--John
Leech's First--Rapidity in Design--"General Fevrier turned
Traitor"--"The United Service"--Sir John Tenniel's Animal
Types--"The British Lion Smells a Rat"--The Indian Mutiny--A
Cartoon of Vengeance--_Punch_ and Cousin Jonathan--"Ave
Caesar!"--The Franco-Prussian War--The Russo-Turkish War--"The
Political 'Mrs. Gummidge'"--"Dropping the Pilot," its Origin and