ENGLISH ECCENTRICS. PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET

PREFACE.

CONTENTS. WEALTH AND FASHION. PAGE The Beckfords and Fonthill 1

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

DELUSIONS, IMPOSTURES, and FANATIC MISSIONS.

STRANGE SIGHTS and SPORTING SCENES. "The Wonder of all the Wonders that the World ever Wondered at."

ECCENTRIC ARTISTS. Gilray and his Caricatures

THEATRICAL FOLKS. The Young Roscius.

MEN OF LETTERS.

CONVIVIAL ECCENTRICITIES. Busby's Folly and Bull Feather Hall.

MISCELLANEA. Long Sir Thomas Robinson.

INDEX.

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. The illustration is of Squire Mytton on his bear. (Page 48)