NEWSPAPER STAMP (Newspapers of and after 1 Aug. 1712) 307 PARTRIDGE AND BICKERSTAFF (Harl. MSS. 5931, 10) 310 SIR WILLIAM READ OPERATING (Handbill B. M. 778. K. 15/13) 324 A QUACK (Harl. MSS. 5931, 147) 327 A CLERGYMAN'S WALKING COSTUME (Satirical Prints, B. M. No. 1546--A.D. 1702) 341 A BISHOP'S WALKING COSTUME (Satirical Prints, B. M. No. 1546--A.D. 1702) 342 A PREBEND'S WALKING COSTUME (Satirical Prints, B. M. No. 1546--A.D. 1702) 342 'THE MODERN CHAMPIONS' (Banks' Collection, B. M. 1890 _e_) 344 A NONCONFORMIST MINISTER (Lauron) 350 A QUAKERS' MEETING ('The Quaker's Art of Courtship,' 1710) 351 Ditto. (Satirical Prints, B. M. No. 1554, by Heemskirk, A.D. 1710) 352 'THE FOLLY ON THE THAMES' (View of White Hall--Guildhall) 360 A STREET SCENE (Gay's 'Trivia,' 1st ed.) 363 MILKMAID ON MAY DAY (Lauron) 369 HACKNEY COACH (View of Westminster Abbey--Guildhall) 375 A STATE COACH (Thanksgiving at St. Paul's for Peace, July 7, 1713--Guildhall) 377 Ditto (Thanksgiving at St. Paul's for Peace, July 7, 1713--Guildhall) 378 A SEDAN CHAIR (Vue du Palais Royall de White Hall--Guildhall) 381 THE WATCH (Bell Man's Verses, 1708) 388 A CONSTABLE (WARD'S 'Nuptial Dialogues') 389 A DUEL (Playing Cards, 1707, B. M.) 391 DUEL BETWEEN DUKE OF HAMILTON AND LORD MOHUN (Historical Prints, B. M. 1712) 394 SOLDIERS (Historical Prints, B. M. 1709) 400 AN ADMIRAL 404 'PEINE FORTE ET DURE' ('Newgate Chronicle'--Wm. Spigott, Pressed 1721) 411 BEATING HEMP (Bell Man's Verses, 1708) 428 FLOGGING A WOMAN (_ibid_) 428 'REMEMBER THE POOR PRISONERS!' (Lauron) 433 SOCIAL LIFE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE. CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION. (BOYS.)