The History of "Punch"

The Mystery of His Birth--Previous Unsuccessful Attempts at Solution--Proposal for a "London Charivari"--Ebenezer Landells and His Notion--Joseph Last Consults with Henry Mayhew...

Reception of _Punch_--Early Struggles--Financial Help Invoked--The First Almanac--Its Enormous Success--Transfer of _Punch_ to Bradbury and Evans--Terms of Settlement--The New F...

Origin and Antiquity of the Meal--Place of Celebration--The "Crown"--In Bouverie Street and Elsewhere--The Dining-Hall--The Table--And Plans--Jokes and Amenities--Jerrold and hi...

"The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--...

The Cartoon takes Shape--"The Parish Councils Cockatoo"--Cartoonists and their Relative Achievements--John Leech's First--Rapidity in Design--"General Février turned Traitor"--"...

Origin and Growth of the Cartoon--And of its Name--Its Reflection of Popular Opinion--Source of _Punch's_ Power--_Punch's_ Downrightness offends France--Germany--And Russia--Lor...

_Punch_ lays about Him--Assaults the "Morning Post"--The Factitious "Jenkins"--Thackeray's Farewell--Mrs. Gamp (the "Morning Herald") and Mrs. Harris (the "Standard")--_Lèse Maj...

Satire and Libel--Mrs. Ramsbotham Assaulted--Attacks of "The Man in the Moon" and "The Puppet-Show"--H. S. Leigh's Banter--Malicious Wit--Mr. Pincott--_Punch's_ Purity gives Off...

Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fas...

Mark Lemon--As Others Saw Him--His Duties--His Industry--His Staff and their Apportioned Work--Lemon as an Editor--And Diplomatist--A Testimonial--And a Practical Joke--Henry Ma...

H. P. Grattan--W. H. Wills--R. B. Postans--Bread-Tax and Tooth-Tax--G. Hodder--G. H. B. Rodwell--Douglas Jerrold--His Caustic Wit--The "Q Papers"--A Statesman _pour rire_--His S...

Percival Leigh--His Medical Shrewdness--Unsuspected Wealth--His Ability and Work--His Decay--Kindness of the Proprietors to the Old Pensioner--Albert Smith--Inspires varied Sent...

Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Othe...

Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M...

"Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin...

_Punch's_ Primitive Art--A. S. Henning--Brine--A Strange Doctrine--John Phillips--W. Newman--Pictorial Puns--H. G. Hine--John Leech--His Early Life--Friendship with Albert Smith...

William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamer...

Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness...

Mr. G. du Maurier's First Drawing--The "Romantic Tenor"--Polite Satire--His Types and Creations--His Pretty Women--And Fair American--"Chang," "Don," and "Punch"--Mr. du Maurier...

Mr. Linley Sambourne--His Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Bri...

Mr. William Padgett--Mr. E. M. Cox--Mr. J. P. Mellor--Sir F. Leighton, Bart., P.R.A.--Mr. G. H. Jalland--Monsieur Darré--Mr. E. T. Reed--His Original Humour--"Contrasts" and "Pr...

The Mystery of His Birth--Previous Unsuccessful Attempts at Solution--Proposal for a "London Charivari"--Ebenezer Landells and His Notion--Joseph Last Consults with Henry Mayhew...

Reception of _Punch_--Early Struggles--Financial Help Invoked--The First Almanac--Its Enormous Success--Transfer of _Punch_ to Bradbury and Evans--Terms of Settlement--The New F...

"Here let us sport, Boys, as we sit; Laughter and wit Flashing so free. Life is but short-- When we are gone, Let them sing on, Round the old tree."

The social and political attitude of _Punch_ to-day is a very different thing from what it was when the paper first claimed public attention and support. "When we are impecuniou...

The man who glances at _Punch's_ current number and throws it aside can have but little appreciation of the influence of the paper, not only in matters political, but in social...

"The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--...

The Cartoon takes Shape--"The Parish Councils Cockatoo"--Cartoonists and their Relative Achievements--John Leech's First--Rapidity in Design "General Février turned Traitor"--"T...

Origin and Growth of the Cartoon--Origin of its Name--Its Reflection of Popular Opinion--Source of _Punch's_ Power--_Punch's_ Downrightness offends France--Germany--And Russia--...

_Punch_ lays about Him--Assaults the "Morning Post"--The Factitious "Jenkins"--Thackeray's Farewell--Mrs. Gamp (the "Morning Herald") and Mrs. Harris (the "Standard")--_Lèse Maj...

Satire and Libel--Mrs. Ramsbotham Assaulted--Attacks of "The Man in the Moon" and "The Puppet-Show"--H. S. Leigh's Banter--Malicious Wit--Mr. Pincott--_Punch's_ Purity gives Off...

Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fas...

Mark Lemon--As Others Saw Him--His Duties--His Industry--His Staff and their Apportioned Work--Lemon as an Editor--And Diplomatist--A Testimonial--And a Practical Joke--Henry Ma...

H. P. Grattan--W. H. Wills--R. B. Postans--Bread-Tax and Tooth-Tax--G. Hodder--G. H. B. Rodwell--Douglas Jerrold--His Caustic Wit--The "Q Papers"--A Statesman _pour rire_--His S...

Percival Leigh--His Medical Shrewdness--Unsuspected Wealth--His Ability and Work--His Decay--Kindness of the Proprietors to the Old Pensioner--Albert Smith--Inspires varied Sent...

and his Poll waltzing an accompaniment to an article on the "Debate on the Navy," which was written by Gilbert à Beckett. To the same writer's chapter on "The Footman," in his s...

1850, "but my hand is weary with writing 'Pendennis'--and my head boiling up with some nonsense that I must do after dinner for _Punch_. Isn't it strange that, in the midst of a...

their way these parodies have never been excelled, and the fourth of the series--"Phil Fogarty," by "Harry Rollicker"--was so excellent a burlesque that Charles Lever, on readin...

Horace Mayhew--"The Wicked Old Marquis"--A Birthday Ode--R. B. Peake--Thomas Hood--"The Song of the Shirt"--Its Origin--Its Effect in the Country--Its Authorship Claimed by Othe...

Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M...

"Robert"--Mr. Deputy Bedford--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Reginald Shirley Brooks--Mr. George Augustus Sala--Mr. Clement Scott--The "Times" Approves--Mr. H. W. Lucy--"Toby, M.P."--Martin...

_Punch's_ Primitive Art--A. S. Henning--Brine--A Strange Doctrine--John Phillips--W. Newman--Pictorial Puns--H. G. Hine--John Leech--His Early Life--Friendship with Albert Smith...

William Harvey--Mr. Birket Foster--Kenny Meadows--His Joviality--Alfred "Crowquill"--Sir John Gilbert--Exit "Rubens"--Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz")--Henry Heath--Mr. R. J. Hamer...

Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness...

Mr. G. du Maurier's First Drawing--The "Romantic Tenor"--Polite Satire--His Types and Creations--His Pretty Women--And Fair American--"Chang," "Don," and "Punch"--Mr. du Maurier...

Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis-...

Mr. Wallis Mackay, the clever "Captious Critic" of later days, followed "W. G."--a contributor of a couple of trifles--and worked for _Punch_ from 1870 to 1874, making seven-and...

Mr. William Padgett--Mr. E. M. Cox--Mr. J. P. Mellor--Sir F. Leighton, Bart., P.R.A.--Mr. G. H. Jalland--Monsieur Darré--Mr. E. T. Reed--His Original Humour--"Contrasts" and "Pr...