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 466 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S.VIIL JUNE 11,1921. felt the highest gratification at its success, | tained, except for its caption title, three " for never did weekly periodical down j full-page cartoons by him, and a back page to our starting come out with so large a i of advertisements. The British Museum sale," but for various reasons it was decided j Catalogue queries the date of publication as 1830, but my number gives in con- to transform ourselves into a less re- pulsive form." Giovanni in London : a Journal of temporary handwriting on the number, April, 1832." Literature, Anecdote, Wit, cfcc., appeared! The, Schoolmaster at Home, No. 1, June 9, at a penny on Feb. 18, 1832. It purports | 1832, ran into six numbers, with a pre- to live up to the reputation of a " Yorkshire sentation plate of Thomas Attwood given Pie " containing the usual good things j with the last number. The letterpress is well seasoned, but only six numbers were j almost entirely political, with a small published, of four pages each, the last num- j woodcut illustrating some grievance of ber appearing with a black border and ; the time. Four pages, a penny, bemoaning the fact that " 'Twas but one The Whig-Dresser was first issued Jan. 5, short week since we talked of retiring from 1833, and ran for twelve issues as a weekly, business, but 'gad, the times are sadly j giving a promise in the last number that it changed, for business has retired from us." would be continued as a monthly, with Not in the British Museum. caustic caricatures by Wm. Heath, " the The Devil in London made a bold bid for modern Hogarth." It was mainly political favour; it ran during 1832 from Feb. 29 j and sparsely illustrated, of four pages and to Nov. 10, and changed its title three times, i price a penny. and issued a title page and contents with ; T ^ Satirical Puppet Show, of which only yet another title. The first seven numbers ! two numbers appeared, was issued m May, appeared as The Devil in London ; then ^33. Half-page cartoon on front cover, to No. 24 it was Asmodeus ; or, The Devil and political news on the other three, in London ; Numbers 25 to 37 (the end) | with no advertisements. Not in the British were Asmodeus in London, and the title page was The Devil's Memorandum Book Museum. A specimen of Cruikshank 1 s Random for 1833 evidently an attempt to issue Shots > also bound up in the volume, the whole as a volume, but with the wrong date of year. The last number was of two pages only, and expressed regret that it and gives an example of one law for the rich and another for the poor, a striking exposure exemplified in the jewellery theft was necessary to stop short, and in the j bv the ricn Misses Turton, of East Sheen,. words of the Hibernian ''commit suicide ' whose prosecution collapsed, and that of to save our life." i Mary Jones, who was hanged for taking The New Figaro, of which only three a piece of coarse linen from the counter numbers were published, adhered to the of a draper's shop. popular price and gave a similar number j ARCHIBALD SPARKE. of pages to the others. Its motive was, CHARLES BOWKER ASH, are depressed by sorrow," &c. The prologue MINOR POET. was " brief as woman's love," and the j Ag this t is t mention ed in the D.N.B/ epilogue was a threat to the publishers | or otl r available biographical sources, from the great men in authority that j h aps a few particulars might be recorded T.rmkTT TTTir*i liohklck -rr -r-r*rciirn-t4' -i r-r '' T/-VW * _. * * they were liable to prosecution " for publishing a newspaper within the meaning of the statute. fordshire, in April, 1781, and was the son The Weekly Show-up, six numbers only issued, was mainly political and satirical and contained several half-page woodcuts. Its first number is dated June 30, and last Aug. 4. Four pages only, price one penny. Robert Cruikshank issued a penny monthly, without date, in April, 1832, entitled A Slap at the Times. The first and may serve as a guide to further infor- mation. He was born at Adbaston, Staf- of a farmer, George Ash, and his wife Frances. He appears to have spent his youth in his native place, for he wrote ' An Elegy ; written in the Church Porch at Adbaston, the Author not Seventeen.' He wrote various poetical works of more interest than inspiration, but not devoid of a certain ability and quite as creditable (and last ?) number of four pages con- as those of many better known minor~poets