_March 12, 1800._ _Humbugging, or Raising the Devil._ Published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.--A credulous personage, who, judging from his costume, is in a fair position in life, has called to consult a necromancer. The enchanter has a venerable beard, and a divining rod; according to usage, he has made a circle of skulls, toads, and other inviting objects, in the centre of which, through a stage trap, he is raising the 'very deil,' and has conjured up a pantomimic demon, horned, winged, and grotesquely arranged, holding in one hand a gore-stained dagger, and a goblet of suppositious blood in the other. The knees of the befooled spectator are trembling beneath him; his back is turned to a curtain which conceals a fair enchantress, who is assisting the invocation, and giving a practical turn to the delusion by removing a well-filled pocket-book from the coat-tail of the simple victim. In the background is the traditional whiskered cat, and the folio of cabalistic signs; a stuffed crocodile is suspended from the roof. _March 12, 1800._ _Hocus Pocus, or Searching for the Philosopher's Stone._ Rowlandson del. and sculp. Published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.--Companion plate to 'Humbugging, or raising the Devil.' The artist introduces us to the laboratory of a so-called alchemist. A roguish Jew and his familiar are busily engaged in the transmutation of metals; the servant, with a pair of long-nozzled bellows, is engaged in kindling the furnace, in which is a crucible; various retorts, alembics, and other paraphernalia of the 'black arts,' are scattered about, as well as a formula for 'changing lead into gold;' although the alchemists at best could only contrive to accomplish the reverse transmutation. Suggestive prints are hung on the walls of this chamber of mystery, such as the portrait of the notorious 'Count Cagliostro, discoverer of the Philosopher's Stone,' and the figure of the spurious 'Bottle Conjurer.' A military officer, in the next apartment, is turning his opportunities to more practical advantage by embracing, with a certain display of ardour, a pretty maiden--who is nothing loth,--the daughter, it appears, of the philosophically minded investigator. _April 1, 1800._ _A Ghost in the Wine Cellar._ Published by T. Rowlandson, 1 James's Street, Adelphi. _April, 1800._ _Caricature Medallions for Screens._ Published by R. Ackermann, Strand. _April 20, 1800._ _Hearts for the year 1800._ Woodward inv., Rowlandson sculp. Published by R. Ackermann, Strand. _May 1, 1800._ _Cash_. Published by R. Ackermann. _May 1, 1800._ _Bills of Exchange._ Published by R. Ackermann. _May 12, 1800._ _Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet. Hogarthian Novelist._ Plate 5. _May 12, 1800._ _Captain Bowling introduced to Narcissa. Hogarthian Novelist._ Plate 6. _May 20, 1800._ _A Skipping Academy._ G. M. Woodward inv., Rowlandson sculp. Published by R. Ackermann, Strand.