See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

PIERCE See also:

• PIERCE EGAN (1772-1849)

EGAN (1772-1849)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English sporting writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1772., He began See also:

• LIFE

life as sporting reporter for the See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, and was soon recognized as the best of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In 1814 he wrote, set and printed a See also:

• BOOK

book about the relations of-the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent (afterwards See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George IV.) and See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson, called The See also:

• MISTRESS

Mistress of See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

Royalty, or the Loves of Florizel and Perdita . But his best-known See also:

• WORK

work is Life in London, or Days and Nights of See also:

• JERRY

Jerry See also:

• HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-1864)

Hawthorne and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom (1821), a book\ describing the amusements of sporting men, with illustrations by See also:

• CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (1792–1878)

Cruikshank . This book took the popular See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy and was one of See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray's See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early favourites (see his Roundabout Papers) . It was repeatedly imitated, and several dramatic versions were produced in London . A sequel containing more of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports and misadventures probably suggested See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens's Pickwick Papers . In 1824 See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

Pierce See also:

• EGAN, PIERCE (1772-1849)

Egan's Life in London and Sporting See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide was started, a weekly newspaper afterwards incorporated with See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell's Life . Among his numerous other books are Boxiana (1818), Life of an Actor (1824), Book of Sports (1832), and the Pilgrims of the See also:

• THAMES

Thames (1838) . Egan died at Pentonville on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1849 . His son, Pierce Egan (1814-188o), illustrated his own and his See also:

• FATHER

father's books, and wrote a See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of novels of varying merit, of which The Snake in the Grass (1858) is perhaps the best .