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Title: Phil May's Gutter-Snipes.
   50 original sketches in pen and ink.
Author: May, Phil [May, Philip William] (1864-1903)
Date of first publication: 1896
Edition used as base for this ebook:
   London: The Leadenhall Press, copyright 1896
   (first edition)
Date first posted: 24 January 2009
Date last updated: 24 January 2009
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Phil May's
Gutter-Snipes


[Illustration: GRACE!]

COPYRIGHT 1896, BY THE LEADENHALL PRESS

[Illustration:]

PHIL MAY'S
GUTTER-SNIPES.
50
ORIGINAL SKETCHES
IN PEN & INK.

LONDON:
THE LEADENHALL PRESS, LIMITED.

(These Sketches are Separately Copyrighted)


[Illustration: Dedication This to That]

COPYRIGHT 1896, BY
THE LEADENHALL PRESS.




DRAWINGS

1 GRACE! FRONTISPIECE.
2 TITLE.
3 DEDICATION.
4 INTRODUCTION.
5 SHUTTLECOCK.
6 A GUTTER-BALL.
7 PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.
8 WATER-WORKS.
9 A GAME AT BALL.
10 LONGING FOR LICKINGS.
11 LUXURIES.
12 "ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"
13 PLUNDERERS.
14 LOST.
15 HOMELESS.
16 THE SLIDE.
17 THE FIRST SMOKE.
18 BROTHER ARTISTS.
19 BITS & SCRAPS.
20 PEG-TOP.
21 TANTALIZING!
22 SEE-SAW.
23 HONEY-POTS.
24 SNOWBALLING.
25 "BOX O'LIGHTS, MY LORD?"
26 MUDLARKS.
27 A SWELL.
28 BUTTONS.
29 FAIRIES.
30 "WHIP-BEHIND."
31 "WILL IT BE ME?"
32 "'Ear y'are Sir!"
33 "THREE SHIES A PENNY."
34 "GIVE US A BITE."
35 WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT.
36 HOP-SCOTCH.
37 MARBLES.
38 OLD FRIENDS.
39 AN ADEPT.
40 "REMEMBER, REMEMBER!"
41 PLAYING AT HORSES.
42 "SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY, MUM?"
43 A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
44 HIDE & SEEK.
45 TWO PENNORTH.
46 RUGBY RULES.
47 LITTLE MOTHERS.
48 WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.
49 A MISUNDERSTANDING.
50 LEAP-FROG.
51 BOB-IN-THE-CAP.
52 TIP-CAT.
53 ACROBATS.
54 GUTTER GYMNASTICS.




[Illustration]

June 30th. 96.

My Dear Tuer

     Here is the last of the Guttersnipe drawings and sorry
     I am to leave them! Children of the gutter roam about
     free and are often hungry, but what would one give for
     such appetites? You and I smoke big Cigars, while
     they--all too soon poor little chaps--smoke what you
     and I and others throw away. Sometimes I wonder whether
     they don't lead the happier lives?

Yours Always

Phil May



[Illustration.]
[Illustration: SHUTTLECOCK.]
[Illustration: A GUTTER-BALL.]
[Illustration: PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.]
[Illustration: WATER-WORKS]
[Illustration: A GAME AT BALL.]
[Illustration: LONGING FOR LICKINGS.]
[Illustration: BOY. "NO? WHY DON'T YOU NEVER TREAT YOURSELF TO NO
LUXURIES, GUVNER?"]
[Illustration: "ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"]
[Illustration: PLUNDERERS.]
[Illustration: LOST.]
[Illustration: HOMELESS.]
[Illustration: THE SLIDE.]
[Illustration: THE FIRST SMOKE.]
[Illustration: BROTHER ARTISTS.]
[Illustration: BITS & SCRAPS.]
[Illustration: PEG-TOP.]
[Illustration: TANTALIZING!]
[Illustration: SEE-SAW.]
[Illustration: "HONEY-POTS."]
[Illustration: SNOWBALLING.]
[Illustration: "BOX O' LIGHTS MY LORD?"]
[Illustration: MUDLARKS. "CHUCK US A COPPER!"]
[Illustration: A SWELL.]
[Illustration: BUTTONS.]
[Illustration: FAIRIES]
[Illustration: "WHIP-BEHIND".]
[Illustration: "WILL IT BE ME?"]
[Illustration: "'EAR Y'ARE SIR".]
[Illustration: "THREE SHIES A PENNY."]
[Illustration: "GIVE US A BITE."]
[Illustration: WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT. DEPARTING GUEST. "WILL YOU
CALL ME A CAB?" BETSY-ANN. "ANSOM, FOUR-WHEELER OR MOVER, SIR?" (A TIMES
CORRESPONDENT SUGGESTS THAT THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE BE CALLED AN
"AUTO-MOVER".)]
[Illustration: HOP-SCOTCH.]
[Illustration: MARBLES.]
[Illustration: OLD FRIENDS.]
[Illustration: AN ADEPT.]
[Illustration: "REMEMBER. REMEMBER!"]
[Illustration: PLAYING AT HORSE'E.]
[Illustration: "SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY MUM?"]
[Illustration: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.]
[Illustration: HIDE & SEEK.]
[Illustration: TWO PENNORTH.]
[Illustration: RUGBY RULES.]
[Illustration: LITTLE MOTHERS.]
[Illustration: WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.]
[Illustration: A MISUNDERSTANDING.]
[Illustration: LEAP-FROG.]
[Illustration: BOB-IN-THE-CAP.]
[Illustration: TIP-CAT.]
[Illustration: ACROBATS.]
[Illustration: GUTTER GYMNASTS.]




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