Henry Fielding holding the Banner of the "Champion" newspaper _From a contemporary cartoon showing Sir Robert Walpole laughing at the "Funeral" of an Opposition Motion in Parliament_. Cartoon showing Fielding, in Wig and Gown, as a supporter of the Opposition _From a print of 1741_. Henry Fielding reading at the Bedford Arms _From the frontispiece to Sir John Fielding's "Jests."_ Assignment for "Joseph Andrews" _From the autograph now in the South Kensington Museum_. Beaufort Buildings, Strand, in 1725 _From a watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby, 1725_. Prior Park, near Bath, the seat of Ralph Allen, 1750 _From an engraving of a contemporary drawing_. George, First Baron Lyttelton _From a portrait by an unknown artist_. Theatre Ticket for Fielding's "Mock Doctor" _The signature "W. Hogarth" is doubtful_. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu--1710 _From an engraving by Caroline Watson, from a miniature in the possession of the Marquis of Bute_. The Bow Street Police Court, Sir John Fielding presiding _From the "Newgate Calendar"_, 1795. Edward Moore _From a frontispiece in Chalmers' "British Essayists"_ 1817. Sir John Fielding _From a mezzotint of a painting by Nathaniel Hone, R.A._ Ralph Allen _From a chalk drawing by W. Hoare, R.A._ Henry Fielding _From an engraving of a pen and ink sketch, made by Hogarth after Fielding's death_. Henry Fielding, defending Betty Canning from her accusers, the Lord Mayor, Dr Hill, and the Gipsy _From a contemporary print, now first reproduced, and the only known sketch of Fielding made during his lifetime_. Justice Saunders Welch _From an engraving of a sketch by Hogarth_. Ryde--1795 _From an engraving of a drawing by Charles Tomkins_. Lisbon--1793 _From a mezzotint of a drawing by Noel_. The design on the cover is a copy, slightly enlarged, of an impression of Fielding's seal, attached to an autograph letter in the British Museum. HENRY FIELDING CHAPTER I YOUTH "I shall always be so great a pedant as to call a man of no learning a man of no education."--_Amelia_.