BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON 392 _By permission of Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co._ GRUFFANUFF 378 _By permission of Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co._ MARGINAL SKETCHES (2) 375 _By permission of Messrs. Chatto & Windus._ MONKS OF THE ORDER OF FLAGELLANTS 378 PRINCE BULBO 378 _Both by permission of Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co._ WOODWARD, G. M. DESIRE 11 "GENERAL COMPLAINT" 11 _Both by permission of Messrs. Chatto & Windus._ [Illustration: "_The Farthing Rushlight._" THE PRINCE OF WALES, WITH FOX, SHERIDAN, AND HIS WHIG ASSOCIATES, TRYING IN VAIN TO BLOW OUT POOR OLD GEORGE.] The author desires to express his sense of obligation to the several publishers who have courteously granted him permission to reproduce drawings, the copyrights of which are vested in themselves; and at the same time to state his regret that other publishers, similarly situated with respect to other works, have not seen their way to render it possible for him to supply specimens of the style of certain artists, two of whom in particular, John Leech and H. K. Browne, must needs be conspicuous by their comparative absence. Such Caricatures and Book Illustrations as have seemed specially desirable--of which the copyrights have lapsed and no editions are at the present day in print--have been engraved for this work by MR. WILLIAM CHESHIRE. ENGLISH CARICATURISTS. CHAPTER I. _OF THE ENGLISH CARICATURE AND ITS DECAY._ DEFINITION OF CARICATURE