Category: Biographies
On the 29th of August, 1817, a boy was born in London gifted with a genius which, in the short time allowed for its development, delighted and astonished the world. The child's name was Leech, and he was christened John. The Leech family was of Irish extraction. From informati...
On the 29th of August, 1817, a boy was born in London gifted with a genius which, in the short time allowed for its development, delighted and astonished the world. The child's...
2. CHAPTER II.It was at St. Bartholomew's that Leech made acquaintance, which soon ripened into friendship, with Albert Smith, Percival Leigh (a future comrade on the _Punch_ Staff, and autho...
3. CHAPTER III.In the death of Mr. Percival Leigh, which took place a short time ago, the last member of the original staff of _Punch_ passed away. Mr. Leigh never married, and died at a very...
4. CHAPTER IV.Mr. Mulready, R.A., was commissioned by the authorities to design a postal envelope for general use, a penny stamp affixed insuring free delivery of letters all over England. Th...
5. CHAPTER V.I have already spoken of the extreme difficulty of collecting material for this book, and to difficulty must be added the expense which is incurred by my publisher. I bear the l...
6. CHAPTER VI.I had been told that a friend whose acquaintance I made many years ago was in possession of some correspondence with Leech of considerable interest. I wrote to him on the subjec...
7. CHAPTER VII.Mr. Surtees, the writer of the sporting novels, possessed considerable powers of invention, which he indulged--amongst other vagaries--in giving names to most of the characters...
8. CHAPTER VIII."Here we are at the 20th of the month, and I have only four pages of Smith's new story--no incident. Really, it is too much to expect that I can throw myself at a moment's notic...
9. CHAPTER IX.A great reception was given at Versailles by the King. M. d'Aubray was "suffering from a sudden and fearful indisposition, but he insisted upon his daughter accepting an invitat...
10. CHAPTER X.Knowing that this extraordinary book was illustrated by John Leech, and hearing that it contained some of his best work, it became my duty to make a sufficient acquaintance with...
11. CHAPTER XI.In July, 1851, a new work appeared, under the name and title of the _Month_: "a View of Passing Subjects and Manners, Home and Foreign, Social and General, by Albert Smith and J...
12. CHAPTER XII.In the pursuit of material for this memoir, I have had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of one of Leech's earliest and most constant friends, Mr. Charles F. Adams, of B...
13. CHAPTER XIII.The friendship, begun in their student-days at St. Bartholomew's, between Leech and Percival Leigh flourished in renewed strength by the discovery of similarity of taste--Leigh...