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The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1

In America apology in journalism is unknown. The exception is the well-known story of the man whose death was published in the obituary column. He rushed into the office of the paper and cried out to the editor:

Chapters

15. Chapter 15

Two _Punch_ Editors--_Punch's_ Hump--My First _Punch_ Dinner--Charles Keene--"Robert"--W. H. Bradbury--du Maurier--"Kiki"--A Trip to the Place of his Birth--He Hates Me--A Pract...

14. Chapter 14

Gladstone and Disraeli--A Contrast--An unauthenticated Incident--Lord Beaconsfield's last Visit to the House of Commons--My Serious Sketch--Historical--Mr. Gladstone--His Portra...

12. Chapter 12

Drawing--"Hieroglyphics"--Clerical Portraiture--A Commission from General Booth--In Search of Truth--Sir Walter Besant--James Payn--Why Theodore Hook was Melancholy--"Off with h...

11. Chapter 11

The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Mo...

9. Chapter 9

Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Br...

10. Chapter 10

I arrive in London--A Rogue and Vagabond--Two Ladies--Letters of Introduction--Bohemia--A Distinguished Member--My Double--A Rara Avis--The Duke of Broadacres--The Savages--A So...

13. Chapter 13

What is Caricature?--Interviewing--Catching Caricatures--Pellegrini--The "Ha! Ha!"--Black and White _v._ Paint--How to make a Caricature--M.P.'s--My System--Mr. Labouchere's Att...

8. Chapter 8

Two _Punch_ Editors--_Punch's_ Hump--My First _Punch_ Dinner--Charles Keene--"Robert"--W. H. Bradbury--du Maurier--"Kiki"--A Trip to the Place of his Birth--He Hates Me--A Pract...

1. Chapter 1

In America apology in journalism is unknown. The exception is the well-known story of the man whose death was published in the obituary column. He rushed into the office of the...

7. Chapter 7

Gladstone and Disraeli--A Contrast--An unauthenticated Incident--Lord Beaconsfield's last Visit to the House of Commons--My Serious Sketch--Historical--Mr. Gladstone--His Portra...

5. Chapter 5

Drawing--"Hieroglyphics"--Clerical Portraiture--A Commission from General Booth--In Search of Truth--Sir Walter Besant--James Payn--Why Theodore Hook was Melancholy--"Off with h...

4. Chapter 4

The Light Brigade--Miss Thompson (Lady Butler)--Slumming--The Boat Race--Realism--A Phantasmagoria--Orlando and the Caitiff--Fancy Dress Balls--Lewis Wingfield--Cinderella--A Mo...

6. Chapter 6

What is Caricature?--Interviewing--Catching Caricatures--Pellegrini--The "Ha! Ha!"--Black and White _v._ Paint--How to make a Caricature--M.P.'s--My System--Mr. Labouchere's Att...

2. Chapter 2

Introductory--Birth and Parentage--The Cause of my remaining a Caricaturist--The Schoolboys' _Punch_--Infant Prodigies--As a Student--I Start in Life--_Zozimus_--The Sullivan Br...

3. Chapter 3

I arrive in London--A Rogue and Vagabond--Two Ladies--Letters of Introduction--Bohemia--A Distinguished Member--My Double--A Rara Avis--The Duke of Broadacres--The Savages--A So...