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Comical People, by Unknown
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Title: Comical People
Author: Unknown
Illustrator: J. J. Grandville
Release Date: November 6, 2007 [EBook #23352]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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COMICAL PEOPLE.
COMICAL PEOPLE
ILLUSTRATED
WITH SIXTEEN PICTURES
TAKEN FROM THE EMBROIDERED TAPESTRY CONTRIBUTED BY MARIA FUSINATA, OF BELLUNO, TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Drawn and Grouped from the Designs
OF
J. J. GRANDVILLE.
LONDON: DAVID BOGUE, 86 FLEET STREET. MDCCCLII.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
LADY CHAFFINCH'S BALL 1
THE LORD OF THE MANOR 13
MY NEIGHBOURS. A COUNTRY STORY. BY WARREN RABBITT 17
THE DE MOUSAS. A TALE 27
ROOKWOOD HALL 33
CITY PEOPLE 37
THE PORTRAIT-PAINTER 41
THE STUFFED ANIMALS IN THE EXHIBITION 46
ALDERMAN GOBBLE'S AMBITION 49
MRS. STRUTT'S SEMINARY 53
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
LADY CHAFFINCH'S BALL (Double Plate) Fron