Volume III. (of III.)

A Romance

By W. Harrison Ainsworth

1839

_“Upon my word, friend,” said I, “you have almost made me long to try what a robber I should make.” “There is a great art in it, if you did,” quoth he. “Ah! but,” said I, “there's a great deal in being hanged.”_

_Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache._

ILLUSTRATIONS:

The Portrait ... to face the Title.

Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well

Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler

The Escape, No. I.

The Escape, No. II

The Escape, No. III

Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave

Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate

The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn

The Last Scene