OR

SKETCHES FROM THE STRANGERS' GALLERY

OF

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

BY

J. EWING RITCHIE,

66

AUTHOR OF THE "NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON," THE LONDON PULPIT,"

"HERE AND THERE IN LONDON," ETC. ETC.

"For these are the men that when they have played their parts, and had their exits, must
step out and give the moral of their scenes, and deliver unto posterity an inventory of their
virtues and vices."-SIR THOMAS BROWNE.

LONDON:

WILLIAM TWEEDIE, 337, STRAND.

MDCCCLXI

ΤΟ

JOHN CASSELL, ESQ.,

"THE POPULAR EDUCATOR,"

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, AS A MEMORIAL OF MANY

YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND LITERARY

CO-OPERATION.

Ivy Cottage, Ballard's-lane, Finchley.