The Spectre 131 Authors and Actors, a dramatic sketch 132 A Gossip with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, by Hamilton Reynolds 138 A Lament over the Bannister 151 Theatrical Advertisement Extraordinary 152 The Abbess and Duchess, by T. Haynes Bayly 153 Edward Saville, by C. Whitehead 155 A Fragment of Romance 165 Lines on John Bannister, by Sir George Rose 168 Lines to a Lyric and Artist 177 Biographical Sketch of Richardson, by W. Jerdan 178 Paddy Blake's Echo, by J. A. Wade 186 Recollections of Childhood, by the author of "Headlong Hall" 187 Epigrams 190,409,493,508 540,564,583,590 Family Stories, by Thomas Ingoldsby: No. I. Spectre of Tappington 191 II. Legend of Hamilton Tighe 266 III. Grey Dolphin 341 IV. The Squire's Story 529 V. The Execution, a Sporting Anecdote 561 The Wide-awake Club 208 A Remnant of the Time of Izaak Walton 230 The "Original" Dragon, by C. J. Davids 231 A Passage in the Life of Beaumarchais, by George Hogarth 233 Mars and Venus, by C. F. Le Gros 247 An Evening Meditation 250 The Devil and Johnny Dixon, by the Author of "Stories of Waterloo" 251 A Merry Christmas, by T. Haynes Bayly 260 Nights at Sea, by the Old Sailor: No. I. The Captain's Cabin 269 II. The White Squall 474 III. The Chase and the Forecastle Yarn 621 Remains of Hajji Baba, by the Author of "Zohrab" 280,364,487 The Portrait Gallery, by the Author of "The Bee Hive" 286,442 The Sorrows of Life 290 Stray Chapters, by Boz: No. I. The Pantomime of Life 291 II. Particulars concerning a Lion 515 Memoirs of Samuel Foote 298 The Two Butlers of Kilkenny 306 The Little Bit of Tape, by Richard Johns 313 Hippothanasia, or the last of Tails,