Part 2

The Agapemone, or Abode of Love 68

Singular Scotch Ladies 70

Mrs. Bond, of Hackney 72

John Ward, the Hackney Miser 74

"Poor Man of Mutton" 76

Lord Kenyon's Parsimony 77

Mary Moser, the Flower-Painter 78

The Eccentric Miss Banks 80

Thomas Cooke, the Miser of Pentonville 82

Thomas Cooke, the Turkey Merchant 87

"Lady Lewson," of Clerkenwell 89

Profits of Dust-sifting and Dust-heaps 92

Sir John Dinely, Bart. 95

The Rothschilds 96

A Legacy of Half-a-Million of Money 99

Eccentricities of the Earl of Bridgewater 103

The Denisons, and the Conyngham Family 105

"Dog Jennings" 107

Baron Ward's Remarkable Career 109

A Costly House-Warming 112

Devonshire Eccentrics 113

Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier 116

Lady Archer 122

DELUSIONS, IMPOSTURES, AND FANATIC MISSIONS.

Modern Alchemists 124

Jack Adams, the Astrologer 130

The Woman-hating Cavendish 132

Modern Astrology.--"Witch Pickles" 136