Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE PHIL MAY ALBUM [Illustration: BLOWING A CLOUD] THE PHIL MAY ALBUM COLLECTED BY AUGUSTUS M. MOORE METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1900 EDMUND EVANS PRINTER RACQUET COURT FLEET STREET CONTENTS PAGE BLOWING A CLOUD 2 INTRODUCTION 7 THE LEGITIMATE 17 A QUESTION OF HOSE 18 FALLEN GREATNESS 19 "NOT GOLDEN, BUT GILDED" 20 THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY 21 ON THE BRAIN: THE QUEEN AND MRS. MARTHA RICKS 22 FATE! 23 ON THE BRAIN: H.R.H. AND STIGGINS 24 THE NOBLE ART 25 ON THE BRAIN: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE 26 PRO BONO PUBLICO 27 ON THE BRAIN: THE DUKE OF FIFE 28 ACCOMMODATING 29 ON THE BRAIN: THE GERMAN EMPEROR 30 AT A PROVINCIAL BANQUET 31 ON THE BRAIN: THE DUC D'ORLEANS 32 ALL THE DIFFERENCE 33 THREE MEN IN A BOOT 34 A FRIEND IN NEED 35 LIKE A BIRD 35 ON THE BRAIN: MRS. ANNIE BESANT 36 AN UPRIGHT COURSE 37 ON THE BRAIN: MR. HENRY GEORGE 38 A BENEVOLENT CONNOISSEUR 39 ON THE BRAIN: SIR CHARLES EWAN SMITH 40 ON THE SANDS 41 ON THE BRAIN: MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH 42 WOMANLY 43 ON THE BRAIN: MR. ARTHUR ROBERTS 44 OUR CLIMATE 45 ON THE BRAIN: SIR GEORGE NEWNES 46 CHEEK 47 ON THE BRAIN: SIR GEORGE DIBBS 48 INFORMATION WANTED 49 ON THE BRAIN: MR. HORACE SEDGER 50 FRENCH, AS SHE IS SPOKE 51 ON THE BRAIN: THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY 52 HARD LINES 53 ON THE BRAIN: MR. W. T. STEAD 54 MUTUAL CONSIDERATION 55 ON THE BRAIN: MR. WILLIAM MORRIS 56 BRITONS IN PARIS 57 ON THE BRAIN: SIR HENRY PARKES 58 READY FOR THE BALL 59