It has been objected to this publication, that it perpetuates the ridicule and disgrace to which individuals have, in an unlucky moment, exposed themselves: to obviate this, great care has been taken that names, which are here unimportant, should be either totally omitted, or so altered as to prevent the possibility of discovery; personal satire being in no degree the object of this work;--the persons concerned have then only to keep their own counsel, to be perfectly unexposed to having their wounds opened afresh by means of this inoffensive, and, it is hoped, diverting volume. CONTENTS. PAGE A COOL CONTRIVANCE 1 A COSTERMONGER'S QUERY 3 A TEA PARTY 3 PAT LANGHAM'S LOGIC 7 MANGLING AND MATRIMONY 9 BATTLE IN THE BOXES 13 A SPOILED QUADRILLE 17 OYSTER EATING 19 A WATCHMAN'S WALTZ 22 A LITTLE BIT OF A CAUTION 24 DUNNING EXTRAORDINARY 26 STREET ETIQUETTE 31 THE LOVES OF M'GILLIES AND JULIA COB 35 TIPSY JULIA 42 AN EVENING'S PLEASURE 42 A LAMPLIGHTER'S FUNERAL 47 LATE HOURS AND OYSTERS 49 SUPPING OUT 52 A GREAT MAN IN DISTRESS 57 MRS. WILLIAMS'S PETTICOAT 61 "INCHING IT BACKERT" 63 MR. HUMPHREY BRUMMEL AND TERENCE O'CONNOR 65 CUPID IN CHAMBERS 67 FLORENCE O'SHAUGHNESSY 69 CORINTHIANISM 73 A DEBT OF HONOUR 79 CHEAP DINING 82 THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS BOOTS 87 BEAUTY AND THE BROOMSTICK 92 THE COCKNEY AND THE CAPTAIN 96 JEMMY SULLIVAN 101 ONE OF THE FANCY 105 A SUNDAY'S RIDE 108 DISAPPOINTED LOVE 112 TOM CRIB AND THE COPPERSMITHS 115 SOLOMON AND DESDEMONA 118 A COACHMAN'S CONSCIENCE 121 DANCING DONAGHU 123 A MISS-ADVENTURE 126 THE WEDDING RING 129 FLAGELLATION _versus_ PHYSIC 133