[Illustration: "DO YOU KNOW THE YOUNG LADY, SIR?"--Chap. li.] [Illustration: HE SAT DOWN ON THE STONE BENCH OPPOSITE THE DOOR--Chap. lvi.] THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY [Illustration] FIFTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED BARNARD [Illustration: RALPH NICKLEBY AND NEWMAN NOGGS--Chap. ii.] [Illustration: THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW LOOKED AT EACH OTHER FOR SOME SECONDS WITHOUT SPEAKING--Chap. iii.] [Illustration: THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HIS COMPANION LOOKED STEADILY AT EACH OTHER FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND THEN EXCHANGED A VERY MEANING SMILE--Chap. iv.] [Illustration: "SNUBS AND ROMANS ARE PLENTIFUL ENOUGH, AND THERE ARE FLATS OF ALL SORTS AND SIZES WHEN THERE'S A MEETING AT EXETER HALL"--Chap. v.] [Illustration: "VERY GLAD TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, MISS," SAID SQUEERS, RAISING HIS HAT AN INCH OR TWO--Chap. v.] [Illustration: ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIRE, THERE SAT WITH FOLDED ARMS A WRINKLING HIDEOUS FIGURE--Chap. vi.] [Illustration: THE FIRST CLASS ENGLISH SPELLING AND PHILOSOPHY--Chap. viii.] [Illustration: "PAIN AND FEAR, PAIN AND FEAR FOR ME, ALIVE OR DEAD. NO HOPE, NO HOPE!"--Chap. viii.] [Illustration: KATE WALKED SADLY BACK TO THEIR LODGINGS IN THE STRAND--Chap. x.] [Illustration: "OH! AS SOFT AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU PLEASE"--Chap. ix.] [Illustration: "WRETCH," REJOINED NICHOLAS FIERCELY, "TOUCH HIM AT YOUR PERIL! I WILL NOT STAND BY, AND SEE IT DONE. MY BLOOD IS UP, AND I HAVE THE STRENGTH OF TEN SUCH MEN AS YOU"--Chap. xiii.] [Illustration: "I CAN--NOT HELP IT, AND IT DON'T SIGNIFY," SOBBED MRS. KENWIGS. "OH! THEY'RE TOO BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE, MUCH TOO BEAUTIFUL!"--Chap. xiv.] [Illustration: THERE CAME INTO THE OFFICE AN APPLICANT IN WHOSE FAVOUR HE IMMEDIATELY RETIRED, AND WHOSE APPEARANCE BOTH SURPRISED AND INTERESTED HIM--Chap. xvi.] [Illustration: "I DON'T FORGET YOU, MY SOUL, AND NEVER SHALL, AND NEVER CAN," SAID MANTALINI, KISSING HIS WIFE'S HAND AND GRIMACING ASIDE TO MISS NICKLEBY, WHO TURNED AWAY--Chap. xvii.] [Illustration: "A MISERABLE WRETCH," EXCLAIMED MR. KNAG, STRIKING HIS FOREHEAD. "A MISERABLE WRETCH"--Chap. xviii.] [Illustration: "I AM AFRAID YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING HER SOME OF YOUR WICKED LOOKS, MY LORD," SAID THE INTENDED--Chap. xviii.] [Illustration: BUT THE YOUNG LADY MAKING A VIOLENT EFFORT TO DISENGAGE HERSELF, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, AND MEASURED HIS LENGTH UPON THE GROUND--Chap. xix.] [Illustration: THE DRESSING-ROOM DOOR BEING HASTILY FLUNG OPEN, MR. MANTALINI WAS DISCLOSED TO VIEW, WITH HIS SHIRT COLLAR SYMMETRICALLY THROWN BACK: PUTTING A FINE EDGE TO A BREAKFAST KNIFE BY MEANS OF HIS RAZOR STROP--Chap. xxi.] [Illustration: "YOU CAN JUST GIVE HIM THAT ERE CARD, AND TELL HIM IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO ME, AND SAVE TROUBLE, HERE I AM, THAT'S ALL"--Chap. xxi.] [Illustration: MR. CRUMMLES LOOKED, FROM TIME TO TIME, WITH GREAT INTEREST AT SMIKE, WITH WHOM HE HAD APPEARED CONSIDERABLY STRUCK FROM THE FIRST. HE HAD NOW FALLEN ASLEEP, AND WAS NODDING IN HIS CHAIR--Chap. xxii.]