Produced by Chris Curnow, Carol Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) OLD COLOURED BOOKS [Illustration: THE REVD. DOCTOR SYNTAX] OLD COLOURED BOOKS BY GEORGE PASTON WITH SIXTEEN COLOURED PLATES METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1905_ CONTENTS I PAGE RUDOLF ACKERMANN 3 THOMAS ROWLANDSON 5 WILLIAM COMBE 9 II THE CRUIKSHANK BROTHERS 16 DAVID CAREY 21 CHARLES MOLLOY WESTMACOTT 23 PIERCE EGAN AND THEODORE LANE 26 GEORGE CRUIKSHANK 28 III HENRY ALKEN 32 CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY 35 ROBERT SMITH SURTEES 39 IV The _Pickwick_ Illustrators ROBERT SEYMOUR 41 ROBERT WILLIAM BUSS 43 HABLÔT KNIGHT BROWNE 45 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE REV. DR. SYNTAX _Frontispiece_ From _The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque_ DR. SYNTAX IN THE GLASS HOUSE 8 From _The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation_ QUÆ GENUS OFFICIATING AT A GAMING HOUSE 9 From _Johnny Quæ Genus_ BY GAMBLERS LINKED IN FOLLY'S NOOSE 13 From _The Dance of Life_ SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT BROOKS 14 From _The Microcosm of London_ VAUXHALL GARDENS 15 From _The Microcosm of London_ DEATH'S DANCE 19 From _The Dance of Death_--Volume I. HUNTING THE SLIPPER 20 From _The Vicar of Wakefield_ TOM AND JERRY IN THE SALOON AT COVENT GARDEN 25 From _Life in London_ ADVENTURES IN A WHISKEY PARLOUR 28 From _Real Life in Ireland_ RACE HORSE 34 From _The National Sports of Great Britain_ A NEW HUNTER 36 From _The Life of John Mytton_ MR. RIDGEWAY'S GOOD HEALTH 38 From _The Life of a Sportsman_ "O, GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN!" 39 From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities MR. JORROCKS' LECTURE ON 'UNTING 40 From _Handley Cross_ COLOURED TITLE PAGE 41 From _The Analysis of the Hunting Field_ SOME OLD ILLUSTRATED BOOKS I