CHAPTER X. ST. MARTIN’S LANE.

A Certain Proof of Insanity--An Eccentric Character-- Experimentum Crucis--St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields--Gibb’s Opportunity--St. Martin’s Church--Good Company--The Thames Watermen--Copper Holmes--Old Slaughter’s-- Gardelle the Murderer--Hogarth’s Quack--St. Martin’s Lane Academy--Hayman’s Jokes--The Old Watch-house and Stocks--Garrick’s Tricks--An Encourager of Art--John Wilkes--The Royal Society of Literature--The Artist Quarter pp. 239-261