I’ve fought them all, these ghosts of mine, But the weapons I’ve used are sighs and brine, And now that I’m nearly forty-nine, Old age is my chiefest bogy; For my hair is thinning away at the crown, And the silver fights with the worn-out brown; And a general verdict sets me down As an irreclaimable fogy. FOOTNOTES {1} Apart from a few illustrations on the title page the 140 illustrations have not yet been scanned for this transcription. They will appear in due time.—DP. {44} A version of this ballad is published as a Song, by Mr. Jeffreys, Soho Square. {59} This ballad is published as a Song, under the title “If,” by Messrs. Cramer and Co. {156a} “Go with me to a Notary—seal me there Your single bond.”—_Merchant of Venice_, Act I., sc. 3. {156b} “And there shall she, at Friar Lawrence’ cell, Be shrived and married.”—_Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., sc. 4. {156c} “And give the fasting horses provender.”—_Henry the Fifth_, Act IV., sc. 2. {156d} “Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.”—_Troilus and Cressida_, Act I., sc. 3. {156e} “Then must the Jew be merciful.”—_Merchant of Venice_, Act IV., sc. 1. {156f} “The spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries.”—_Midsummer Night Dream_, Act IV., sc. 1. {156g} “In the county of Glo’ster, justice of the peace and _coram_.” _Merry Wives of Windsor_, Act I., sc. 1. {156h} “What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?”—_King John_, Act V., sc. 2. {156i} “And I’ll provide his executioner.”—_Henry the Sixth_ (Second Part), Act III., sc. 1. {156j} “The lioness had torn some flesh away, Which all this while had bled.”—_As You Like It_, Act IV., sc. 3. {192} Described by MUNGO PARK. {233} “Like a bird.”—_Slang expression_. {243} Reprinted from the “The Graphic,” by permission of the proprietors.