| PAGE |
| "The Mahogany Tree." By Linley Sambourne | Frontis. |
| Headpiece to Preface. By G. du Maurier | vii |
| An Introduction. From First Sketch by C. H. Bennett | x |
| Mr. Punch. By Harry Furniss | xiv |
| Mr. Punch portrayed by Different Hands | 7 |
| Ebenezer Landells | 15 |
| Prospectus of Punch, Facsimile of Mark Lemon's MS. | 20-22 |
| Preliminary Leaflet | 23 |
| Signatures to the Original Agreement | 25 |
| First Cover of Punch. By A. S. Henning. | 27 |
| The Four Earlier Proprietors | 37 |
| The Five Later Proprietors | 39 |
| Second Cover. By "Phiz" | 42 |
| Third Proposed Cover. By H. G. Hine | 43 |
| Third Cover. By W. Harvey | 44 |
| Fourth Cover. By Sir John Gilbert, R.A. | 45 |
| Fifth Cover. By Kenny Meadows | 46 |
| Sixth Cover. First Design. By Richard Doyle | 47 |
| Sixth Cover. Second Design. By Richard Doyle | 48 |
| The First Punch Table: "Crown Inn" | 57 |
| The Present Punch Table: Bouverie Street | 59 |
| Twenty-six Initials Carved upon the Table | 60-75 |
| The Dinner Card | 69 |
| "Peel's Dirty Boy": Leech's First Sketch | 112 |
| "Peel's Dirty Boy": The Cartoon | 113 |
| The Anti-Graham Envelope | 115 |
| Punch's Anti-Graham Wafers | 117 |
| The Draughtsman's Revenge | 127 |
| Bennett's Benefit—The Cast | 133 |
| Playbill of the Guild of Literature and Art | 137 |
| Musical: First Sketch. By Henry Walker | 148 |
| Musical: Drawing. By G. du Maurier | 149 |
| The Political "Pas de Quatre." By A. S. Henning | 154 |
| The Political "Pas de Quatre." By J. Leech | 155 |
| General FÉvrier. By J. Leech | 175 |
| The "Pas de Deux:" Original Drawing. By Sir John Tenniel | 178 |
| "The Political Mrs. Gummidge." By Sir John Tenniel | 181 |
| Portraits of Beaconsfield. Re-drawn by Harry Furniss | 201 |
| "The Mrs. Caudle of the House of Lords:" Original Sketch. By J. Leech | 203 |
| Portraits of Gladstone. Re-drawn by Harry Furniss | 207 |
| Maternal Solicitude. By J. Leech | 212 |
| "A Word with Punch" | The engravings here borrowed from Punch are reproduced (in all cases in smaller sizes) by special permission of the Proprietors, Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. The Portrait of Charles Keene by J. D. Watson, and of Himself with the Bagpipes, were first published in Black and White, through whose courtesy they appear here. To all who have accorded the various permissions for reproductions, or who have lent drawings for the better illustration of this volume, the acknowledgments of the writer are gratefully recorded. The Copyright of the illustrations is in every case strictly reserved.
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