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"Vathek" Beckford. From a Medallion 1
John Farquhar surveying the Ruins of Fonthill 21
Beau Brummel. From a Miniature 22
Lord Alvanley. A Pillar of White's 27
Beau Brummel in Retirement at Calais 35
Sir Lumley Skeffington in a "Jean de Brie" 36
Sir Lumley Skeffington, as dressed for the "Birthday Ball 40
Robert Coates, the Amateur of Fashion, as "Romeo" 41
Squire Mytton of Halston on his Bear 48
Lord Petersham; a noble Aide-de-Camp 55
The Eccentric Miss Banks, an Old Maid on a Journey 80
The First Rothschild—a well-known Character on 'Change 96
Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier 116
Lady Archer, Enamelling at her Toilet 122
The Alchemist 124
Jack Adams, the Astrologer 130
A Hermit of the Sixteenth Century 145
Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Mary Ponsonby, the Recluses of Llangollen 156
Major Peter Labelliere, a Christian Patriot 163
Margaret Finch, the Norwood Gipsy 177
Edward Irving, the Millenarian 184
Joanna Southcote 198
Facsimile of Autograph with Seal of the Elect 209
William Huntington, the Converted Coalheaver 219
The pretended Princess Caraboo 246
Count Boruwlaski, the Polish Dwarf, in Disgrace with his Wife 259
The Prince Regent, a Back View 284
Colonel Mellish and Buckle his Agent 294
Curtis, an Old-Bailey Character 312
Corder, the Murderer of Maria Martin 316
Lord Coleraine, keeping an Apple Stall 321
Nollekens, the Sculptor. From J. T. Smith's Life 350
Master Betty, the "Young Roscius", as "Norval" 363
Mrs. Garrick in her Youth 374
Charles Mathews the Elder 378
Joe Grimaldi as Clown 382
Liston as "Paul Pry" 391
Edmund Kean as "Richard III." 398
T. P. Cooke in "Black Eyed Susan" 404
Charlotte Charke, Colley Cibber's Daughter 411
M. G. Lewis, Author of "the Monk" 417
Professor Porson 425
Dr. Parr 435
William Cobbett, Peter Porcupine and the "Political Register" 481
Jedediah Buxton, the Calculator 490
Lamb's Cottage, Colebrook Row 495
Margaret Lucas, Duchess of Newcastle 516
Lord Eldon (John Scott) 549
English Eccentrics and Eccentricities

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