BENTLEY'S

MISCELLANY.

VOL. VII.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY,

NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1840.

CONTENTS.

Page

Guy Fawkes a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth,
1, 107, 219, 333, 441, 545

Some Letters from the Letter-Bag of the Great Western, by Sam Slick,

The Wishing Well, by Abraham Elder, Esq.

Haroun Alraschid, by G. E. Inman,

A Tale of the Morgue, by Edward Mayhew,

"The Whiskey,”

Colin Clink, by Charles Hooton,

Song of the Oak,

11

17

26

27

38

50, 289, 404

57

Stanley Thorn, by the Author of " Valentine Vox," 59, 203, 309, 422, 5.

A Rambling Cruise along the Coasts of Posilypo and Baiæ, by W. B.

The Monks of Old,

M. Jasmin-The Blind Girl of Castel Cuillée, by Lady Georgiana Ful-

Page 246

lerton,

Izaak Walton and his Friends,

A Day at Eton,

by Edward Jesse,

247

254

587

Greenwich and Greenwich Men, by J. Hamilton Reynolds, .

The Illumination; a Story of Alma Mater,

277

329

Literary Portraits, No. VI.-W. Hamilton Maxwell,

The Picture Bed-room, by Dalton,

The Two Cousins, by G. E. Inman,

331

349

362

Tonis ad Resto Mare,

The Soul-Agent,

'Tis He! by Captain Medwin,

A Song for the end of Term,

365

366

380

421

Journal of Old Barnes, the Pantaloon, on a trip to Paris, in 1830,

a. - The Real State of the Case, freely translated from the original

Chinese, and illustrated by four real China plates,

Death-bed Confession, from the posthumous papers of a late Surgeon, 497

Aa Epistle from Miss Selina Spriggins to Mice Henrietta Tims,

Lines in an Album, to which Letitia Elizabeth Landon had been a Con-

ILLUSTRATION S.

The Illustrations by George Cruikshank, unless otherwise expressed.

Guy Fawkes in Ordsall Cave,

One of the earliest characteristics of Stanley Thorn developed,

Jack Sheppard's irons knocked off in the Stone Hall at Newgate,
Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's grave,

Guy Fawkes and Humphrey Chetham rescuing Father Oldcorne and
Viviana Radcliffe from the Pursuivant,

Page 1

64

97

100

107

The Procession of Jack Sheppard from Newgate to Tyburn,

150

The last scene of Jack Sheppard,

151

Stanley Thorn-the Elopement,

203

Guy Fawkes discovers Dr. Dee and Edward Kelly disinterring the

body of Elizabeth Orton,

219

Stanley Thorn after a jovial party,

326

Portrait of the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," by W. Greatbach,

331

Dr. Dee, in conjunction with his seer, Edward Kelly, exhibiting his

magical skill to Guy Fawkes,

344

The Soul-Agent, by Alfred Crowquill,

370

Vision of Guy Fawkes at St. Winifred's Well,

Stanley Thorn-the Discovery, by Alfred Crowquill,

Portrait of Captain Morris, by W. Greatbach,

Guy Fawkes preventing Sir W. Radcliffe from joining the Conspiracy,
Stanley Thorn-Bob makes up his Book for the Derby, by Crowqui!l,

436

441

540

557

645