Forty years of 'Spy'

The Arts Club.--Mrs. Frith's funeral.--The sympathetic waiter.--Swinburne.--Whistler.--Edmund Yates.--The Orleans Club.--Sir George Wombwell.--"Hughie" Drummond.--"Fatty" Colema...

Cannot be taught.--Where I stalk.--The ugly man.--The handsome man.--Physical defects.--Warts.--Joachim Liszt and Oliver Cromwell.--Pellegrini, Millais and Whistler.--The charac...

I come into the world.--The story of my ancestry.--My mother.--Wilkie Collins.--The Collins family.--Slough and Upton.--The funeral of the Duchess of Kent.--The marriage of the...

The Inspiration of the Courts.--Montagu Williams.--Lefroy.-- The De Goncourt case.--Irving.--Sir Frank Lockwood.--Dr. Lampson, the poisoner.--Mr. Justice Hawkins.--The Tichborne...

School-days ended.--A trip to Paris.--Versailles and the Morgue.--I enter the office of Sydney Smirke, R.A.--Montagu Williams and Christchurch.--A squall.--Frith as arbitrator....

Sometimes as the late summer comes round, my wife and I prefer to take our holiday or part of it abroad, when the change of scene and living is a possible attraction.

Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-...

Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's fre...

Wagner.--Richter.--Dan Godfrey.--Arthur Cecil.--Sir Frederick Bridge and bombs.--W. S. Penley.--Sir Herbert Tree.--Max Beerbohm.--Mr. and Mrs. Kendal.--Henry Kemble.--Sir Edgar...

My coming of age.--The letter.--The Doctor's verdict.--The Doctor's pretty daughter.--Arthur Sullivan.--"Dolly" Storey. --Lord Leven's garden party.--Professor Owen.--Gibson Bow...

My father's friends.--The Pre-Raphaelites.--Plum-box painting. --The Victorians.--The Post-Impressionists.--Maclise.--Sir Edwin Landseer.--Tom Landseer.--Mulready.--Daniel Rober...

Dean Wellesley.--Dr. James Sewell.--Canon Ainger.--Lord Torrington.--Dr. Goodford.--Dr. Welldon.--Dr. Walker.--The Van Beers' Supper.--The Bishop of Lichfield.--Rev. R. J. Campb...

In 1880, the new premises of _The Daily Telegraph_ were opened in Fleet Street. It will be remembered that the paper was originated by Mr. J. M. Levy. When he had made _The Dail...

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Sq...

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Sq...

I received a second letter in which he informed me that he had heard that he would not be allowed to see me alone in prison, but that a warder would have to be present the whole...

My engagement and marriage to Miss Topham-Watney.--"Drawl" and the Kruger cartoon.--"The General Group."--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts.--Archbishops Temple and Randall Davidson.--...

In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lor...

School-days ended.--A trip to Paris.--Versailles and the Morgue.--I enter the office of Sydney Smirke, R.A.--Montagu Williams and Christchurch.--A squall.--Frith as arbitrator....

I come into the world.--The story of my ancestry.--My mother.--Wilkie Collins.--The Collins family.--Slough and Upton.--The funeral of the Duchess of Kent.--The marriage of the...

The Arts Club.--Mrs. Frith's funeral.--The sympathetic waiter.--Swinburne.--Whistler.--Edmund Yates.--The Orleans Club.--Sir George Wombwell.--"Hughie" Drummond.--"Fatty" Colema...

Wagner.--Richter.--Dan Godfrey.--Arthur Cecil.--Sir Frederick Bridge and bombs.--W. S. Penley.--Sir Herbert Tree.--Max Beerbohm.--Mr. and Mrs. Kendal.--Henry Kemble.--Sir Edgar...

The Inspiration of the Courts.--Montagu Williams.--Lefroy.-- The De Goncourt case.--Irving.--Sir Frank Lockwood.--Dr. Lampson, the poisoner.--Mr. Justice Hawkins.--The Tichborne...

Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-...

Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's fre...

Cannot be taught.--Where I stalk.--The ugly man.--The handsome man.--Physical defects.--Warts.--Joachim Liszt and Oliver Cromwell.--Pellegrini, Millais and Whistler.--The charac...

My father's friends.--The Pre-Raphaelites.--Plum-box painting. --The Victorians.--The Post-Impressionists.--Maclise.--Sir Edwin Landseer.--Tom Landseer.--Mulready.--Daniel Rober...

My engagement and marriage to Miss Topham-Watney.--"Drawl" and the Kruger cartoon.--"The General Group."--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts.--Archbishops Temple and Randall Davidson.--...

In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lor...

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Sq...

My coming of age.--The letter.--The Doctor's verdict.--The Doctor's pretty daughter.--Arthur Sullivan.--"Dolly" Storey. --Lord Leven's garden party.--Professor Owen.--Gibson Bow...

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The _Lively_.--The _Hercules_.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Sq...

Dean Wellesley.--Dr. James Sewell.--Canon Ainger.--Lord Torrington.--Dr. Goodford.--Dr. Welldon.--Dr. Walker.--The Van Beers' Supper.--The Bishop of Lichfield.--Rev. R. J. Campb...