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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 Pil-
grim”—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 Shuffle-
bottom . . . . . . . . . 164
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" . .
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. . . . . . . 207
CHAPTER XVII.
Thackeray–His Acerbity-The Baronet- The Parson-
Medical Ladies—Gloryina—“A Serious Paradise” 216
CHAPTER XVIII.
- Mrs. Gamp--Mixture of Pathos and Humour-Lerer
and Dickens compared--Dickens' power of Description
-General Remarks
. . . . . 226
CHAPTER XIX.
Variation-Constancy-Influence of Temperament–Of Ob-
servation_Bulls-—Want of Knowledge-Effects of Emo-
tion-Unity of the Sense of the Ludicrous . . 241
CHAPTER XX.
Definition-- Difficulties of forming one of Humour. 276
CHAPTER XXI.
Charm of Mystery–Complication-Poetry and Humour
compared-Exaggeration . . . . . 285
CHAPTER XXII.
Imperfection-An Impression of Falsity implied-Two
Views taken by Philosophers--Firstly that of Voltaire,
Jean Paul, Brown, the German Idealists, Léon Dumont,
Secondly that of Descartes, Marmontel and Dugald
Stewart-Whately on Jests-Nature of Puns—Effect of
Custom and Habit--Accessory Emotion-Disappoint-
ment and Loss-Practical Jokes . . . . 307
CHAPTER XXIII.
Nomenclature-Three Classes of Words—Distinction be-
tween Wit and Humour-Wit sometimes dangerous,
generally innocuous
. . . . . . 339
