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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1888. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Castlereagh, Lord, and the Ghost at Knebworth, i., 478,479. Cecil, Mr. Arthur, sequel to the story of Mr. Bancroft's snow-bound guests at the Hayraar-ket, ii., 236. Chalon, Mr. Alfred, i., 17. Charles I., a piece of his flesh, i., 253,254; "Charles I. 's Last Sun-day," 255; and Cromwell--"Cruel Necessity," 454. Charles II. and Nell Gwynne, amusing story regarding mod-els for, 1,90, 91. Chester, Bishop of, portrait for "The Marriage of the Prince of Wales"--"Neck, or Noth-ing," i., 249. Christie's and "The Bride of Lammermoor," i., 158,159; and Poole's forgotten picture, 482, 483. Claude Duval, picture of, en-graved by Stocks, ii., 117. Codrington, Sir Edward, distrib-uting medals at the Hanover Square Rooms for the Society of Arts, ii., 39. Collins, Wilkie, "The Frozen Deep "i.,186,187; playing bag-atelle with, 220; his good tem-per under rude criticism, 495. Comptou as a Shakesperian actor, i., 260. Constable, i.,33,34; his death, with a story thereupon, 34, 35; pict-ure rejected by the hanging committee, 167; anecdote of a gardener's criticism, ii., 29; in-terview with--public want of appreciation of his pictures--method of painting, 228-230. Cooke, E. W., his habit of constant sketching, ii., 98, 99. Coope, Mr., gives 900 for "Sterne's Grisette," i., 280. Cooper and Webster on the hang-ing of "The Hunchback," i., 179,180; on painting on Sun-days, 200; pictures at the Royal Academy, ii., 56. Cope, picture of an Italian noble-man in prison, ii., 38. Corbet, Mr., picture damaged at the Academy--Charles Land-seer's joke thereupon, i., 286. Cottle, Elizabeth, "a direct de-scendant from Queen Eliza-beth," ii., 194, 195. Cousins's drawing of Edmund Kean, ii., 162-164. Cowper, Douglas, i., 31; conver-sation with concerning pictures, 45; and Ennis, the old model, ...
