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History of English Humour, Vol. 2 By: Alfred G. K. L'Estrange (1832-1915) |
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With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour. by THE REV. A. G. L'ESTRANGE, Author of
"The Life of the Rev. William Harness,"
"From the Thames to the Tamar,"
Etc. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. London:
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers,
13, Great Marlborough Street.
1878.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I. Burlesque Parody The "Splendid Shilling" Prior Pope Ambrose
Philips Parodies of Gray's Elegy Gay 1
CHAPTER II. Defoe Irony Ode to the Pillory The "Comical Pilgrim" The
"Scandalous Club" Humorous Periodicals Heraclitus
Ridens The London Spy The British
Apollo 22
CHAPTER III. Swift "Tale of a Tub" Essays Gulliver's Travels Variety
of Swift's Humour Riddles Stella's Wit Directions
for Servants Arbuthnot 44
CHAPTER IV. Steele The Funeral The Tatler Contributions of Swift Of
Addison Expansive Dresses "Bodily Wit" Rustic
Obtuseness Crosses in Love Snuff taking 62
CHAPTER V. Spectator The Rebus Injurious Wit The Everlasting
Club The Lovers' Club Castles in the Air The
Guardian Contributions by Pope "The Agreeable
Companion" The Wonderful Magazine Joe Miller Pivot
Humour 77
CHAPTER VI. Sterne His Versatility Dramatic Form Indelicacy Sentiment
and Geniality Letters to his Wife Extracts
from his Sermons Dr. Johnson 99
CHAPTER VII. Dodsley "A Muse in Livery" "The Devil's a Dunce" "The
Toy Shop" Fielding Smollett 113
CHAPTER VIII. Cowper Lady Austen's Influence "John Gilpin" "The
Task" Goldsmith "The Citizen of the World" Humorous
Poems Quacks Baron Münchausen 127
CHAPTER IX. The Anti Jacobin Its Objects and Violence "The
Friends of Freedom" Imitation of Latin Lyrics The
"Knife Grinder" The "Progress of Man" 141
CHAPTER X. Wolcott Writes against the Academicians Tales of a
Hoy "New Old Ballads" "The Sorrows of Sunday" Ode
to a Pretty Barmaid Sheridan Comic Situations "The
Duenna" Wits 150
CHAPTER XI. Southey Drolls of Bartholomew Fair The "Doves" Typographical
Devices Puns Poems of Abel Shufflebottom 164
CHAPTER XII. Lamb His Farewell to Tobacco Pink Hose On the
Melancholy of Tailors Roast Pig 175
CHAPTER XIII. Byron Vision of Judgment Lines to Hodgson Beppo Humorous
Rhyming Profanity of the Age 184
CHAPTER XIV. Theodore Hook Improvisatore Talent Poetry Sydney
Smith The "Dun Cow" Thomas Hood Gin Tylney
Hall John Trot Barham's Legends 196
CHAPTER XVI. Douglas Jerrold Liberal Politics Advantages of Ugliness Button
Conspiracy Advocacy of Dirt The "Genteel
Pigeons" 207
CHAPTER XVII. Thackeray His Acerbity The Baronet The Parson Medical
Ladies Glorvina "A Serious Paradise" 216
CHAPTER XVIII. Dickens Sympathy with the Poor Vulgarity Geniality Mrs.
Gamp Mixture of Pathos and Humour Lever
and Dickens compared Dickens' power of Description General
Remarks 226
CHAPTER XIX. Variation Constancy Influence of Temperament Of
Observation Bulls Want of Knowledge Effects
of Emotion Unity of the Sense of the Ludicrous 241
CHAPTER XX. Definition Difficulties of forming one of Humour 276
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