THE ESSAYS AND SKETCHES BY DOUGLAS JERROLD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All rights reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: “The two flasks were in brief time emptied.” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Essays of DOUGLAS JERROLD ❧ Edited by his Grandson WALTER JERROLD with Illustrations by H·M·BROCK 1903 NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY West Twenty-Third Street ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE SHAKESPEARE AT CHARLECOTE PARK 1 SHAKESPEARE AT “BANK-SIDE” 7 THE EPITAPH OF SIR HUGH EVANS 13 BULLY BOTTOM’S BABES 22 SHAKESPEARE IN CHINA 28 SOLOMON’S APE 39 THE CASTLE BUILDERS OF PADUA 46 THE TAPESTRY WEAVER OF 50 BEAUVAIS THE WINE CELLAR: A “MORALITY” 58 RECOLLECTIONS OF GUY FAWKES 67 ELIZABETH AND VICTORIA 75 THE LITTLE GREAT AND THE GREAT 90 LITTLE THE MANAGER’S PIG 95 SOME ACCOUNT OF A STAGE DEVIL 103 FIRESIDE SAINTS 121 CAT-AND-FIDDLE MORALITIES: THE 127 TALE OF A TIGER A GOSSIP AT RECULVERS 140 THE TWO WINDOWS 150 THE ORDER OF POVERTY 154 THE OLD MAN AT THE GATE 166 THE FOLLY OF THE SWORD 171 THE GREENWICH PENSIONER 181 THE DRILL SERGEANT 189 THE HANDBOOK OF SWINDLING 199 [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “The two flasks were in brief time _Photogravure emptied” (The Wine Cellar) Frontispiece_