_Père et Fils_--Tom Ellar, the Harlequin, and
Barnes, the Pantaloon--An account of the first production
of the "House that Jack built," at Covent Garden--Spectacular
display--Antiquity and Origin of some
Pantomimic devices--Devoto, Angelo, and French, the
Scenic Artists--Transparencies--Beverley--Transformation
Scenes


CHAPTER XVIII.

Pantomimic Families--Giuseppe Grimaldi--James Byrne,
the Harlequin and Inventor of the modern Harlequin's
dress--Joseph Grimaldi, Junior--The Bologna Family--Tom
Ellar--The Ridgways--The Bradburys--The
Montgomerys--The Paynes--The Marshalls--Charles
and Richard Stilt--Richard Flexmore--Tom Gray--The
Paulos--Dubois--Arthur and Charles Leclerq--"Jimmy"
Barnes--Famous Pantaloons--Miss Farren--Mrs.
Siddons--Columbines--Notable Actors in Pantomime


CHAPTER XIX.

Popular Pantomime subjects--Poor Pantomime Librettos--Pantomime
subjects of our progenitors--The various
versions of "Aladdin"--"The Babes in the Wood"--"Blue
Beard"--"Beauty and the Beast"--"Cinderella"--"Dick
Whittington"--"The House that Jack Built"--"Jack
the Giant Killer"--"Jack and the Beanstalk"--"Red