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SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE
[Frontispiece: Mr. and Mrs. Candle.
From the original drawing by JOHN LEECH. In the possession of JOHN
KENDRICK BANGS. Esq. The lower portion has never before been
reproduced.]

SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE.
_By_ GEORGE DU MAURIER,
_Author of "Trilby" "The Martian" &c._
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

MDCCCXCVIII

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
_Mr. and Mrs. Caudle_
_John Leech_
_"In the Bay of Biscay O"_
_A Specimen of Pluck_
_One of Mr. Briggs's Adventures in the Highlands_
_Thank Goodness! Fly-fishing has begun!_
_"The jolly little Street Arabs"_
_Doing a little Business_
_A Tolerably Broad Hint_
_Charles Keene_
_The Snowstorm, Jan. 2, 1867_
_Waiting for the Landlord!_
_A Stroke of Business_
_"None o' your Larks"_
_An Affront to the Service_
_"Not up to his Business"_
_George du Maurier_
_Feline Amenities_
_The New Society Craze_
_A Pictorial Puzzle_
_Refinements of Modern Speech_
_"Reading without Tears"_
_The Height of Impropriety_
_Things one would wish to have expressed differently_


SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE

It is my purpose to speak of the craft to which I have devoted the
best years of my life, the craft of portraying, by means of little
pen-and-ink strokes, lines, and scratches, a small portion of the
world in which we live; such social and domestic incidents as lend
themselves to humorous or satirical treatment; the illustrated
criticism of life, of the life of our time and country, in its lighter
aspects.
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