[Illustration: THE LITTLE PEOPLE COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT DEAR NEWMAN NOGGS--Chap. lxv.] MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES [Illustration] NINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD [Illustration: AT SUCH TIMES, OR WHEN THE SHOUTS OF STRAGGLING BRAWLERS MET HER EAR, THE BOWYER'S DAUGHTER WOULD LOOK TIMIDLY BACK AT HUGH, BESEECHING HIM TO DRAW NEARER.--_Master Humphrey's Clock_, chap. i.] [Illustration: AS HE SAT UPON A LOW SEAT BESIDE MY WIFE, I WOULD PEER AT HIM FOR HOURS TOGETHER FROM BEHIND A TREE.--_Master Humphrey's Clock_, chap. ii.] [Illustration: "VITH THESE VORDS HE RUSHES INTO THE SHOP, BREAKS THE DUMMY'S NOSE WITH A BLOW OF HIS CURLIN'-IRONS, MELTS HIM DOWN AT THE PARLOUR FIRE, AND NEVER SMILES AFTERWARDS."--_Master Humphrey's Clock_, chap. v.] [Illustration: AT LAST THEY MADE A HALT AT THE OPENING OF A LONELY, DESOLATE SPACE, AND, POINTING TO A BLACK OBJECT AT SOME DISTANCE, ASKED WILL IF HE SAW THAT YONDER.--_Master Humphrey's Clock_, chap. iii.] [Illustration: "WITH A LOOK OF SCORN, SHE PUT INTO MY HAND A BIT OF PAPER, AND TOOK ANOTHER PARTNER. ON THE PAPER WAS PENCILLED, 'HEAVENS! CAN I WRITE THE WORD? IS MY HUSBAND A COW?'"--_Holiday Romance_, Part i.] [Illustration: "WHAT IS THE MATTER?" ASKED BROTHER HAUKYARD. "AY! WHAT IS THE MATTER?" ASKED BROTHER GIMBLET.--_George Silverman's Explanation_, chap. vi.] [Illustration: GEORGE SILVERMAN WRITES HIS EXPLANATION.--Chap. ix.] [Illustration: "YOU SHALL SEE ME ONCE AGAIN IN THE BODY, WHEN YOU ARE TRIED FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU SHALL SEE ME ONCE AGAIN IN THE SPIRIT, WHEN THE CORD IS ROUND YOUR NECK AND THE CROWD ARE CRYING AGAINST YOU."--_Hunted Down_, chap. v.] THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP [Illustration] THIRTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY C. GREEN [Illustration: THE DOOR BEING OPENED, THE CHILD ADDRESSED HIM AS HER GRANDFATHER--Chap. i.] [Illustration: THE OLD MAN SAT HIMSELF DOWN IN A CHAIR, AND, WITH FOLDED HANDS, LOOKED SOMETIMES AT HIS GRANDSON AND SOMETIMES AT HIS STRANGE COMPANION--Chap. i.] [Illustration: WHEN HE DID SIT DOWN, HE TUCKED UP HIS SLEEVES AND SQUARED HIS ELBOWS AND PUT HIS FACE CLOSE TO THE COPY-BOOK--Chap. iii.] [Illustration: DANIEL QUILP SAT HIMSELF DOWN IN A WHERRY TO CROSS TO THE OPPOSITE SHORE--Chap. v.] [Illustration: HE SOON CAST HIS EYES UPON A CHAIR, INTO WHICH HE SKIPPED WITH UNCOMMON AGILITY, AND, PERCHING HIMSELF ON THE BACK WITH HIS FEET UPON THE SEAT, WAS THUS ENABLED TO LOOK ON--Chap. ix.] [Illustration: "I'LL BEAT YOU TO PULP, YOU DOGS"--Chap. vi.] [Illustration: "IS IT GOOD, BRASS, IS IT NICE, IS IT FRAGRANT?"--Chap. xi.] [Illustration: NOT TO BE BEHINDHAND IN THE BUSTLE, MR. QUILP WENT TO WORK WITH SURPRISING VIGOUR--Chap. xiii.] [Illustration: NELLY, KNEELING DOWN BESIDE THE BOX, WAS SOON BUSILY ENGAGED IN HER TASK--Chap. xvii.] [Illustration: "NOW, GENTLEMEN," SAID JERRY, LOOKING AT THEM ATTENTIVELY, "THE DOG WHOSE NAME'S CALLED, EATS"--Chap. xviii.]