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Theodore Edward Hook. The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
Table of Contents
MEMOIR OF THEODORE HOOK
THE RAMSBOTTOM PAPERS
I. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM'S PARTY
II. MISS LAVINIA RAMSBOTTOM
III. MISS LAVINIA'S LETTER FROM PARIS, FORWARDING HER MOTHER'S JOURNAL IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE
IV. HIGGINBOTTOM AND RAMSBOTTOM
V. MISS LAVINIA RAMSBOTTOM FORWARDS THE CONTINUATION OF HER MOTHER'S DIARY
VI. ADVENTURES AT PARIS
VII. FURTHER ADVENTURES AT PARIS
VIII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM BACK IN LONDON
IX. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND AND DESCRIBES HER VISIT TO ROME
X. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM OBJECTS TO BEING PUT IN A PLAY
XI. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM WRITES FROM DIEPPE
XII. HASTINGS
XIII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
XIV. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ON THE CANNING ADMINISTRATION
XV. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ON SMOKING
XVI. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM'S CONUNDRUMS
XVII. A LETTER FROM CHELTENHAM
XVIII. HASTINGS AGAIN
XIX. NEWS FROM HASTINGS
XX. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM GIVES HER OPINION OF THE RELATIVE MERITS OF MARGATE AND BRIGHTON
XXI. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM CONTEMPLATES THE COLLECTION OF HER LETTERS INTO A VOLUME
XXII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM'S OPINIONS ON POPERY
XXIII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY
XXIV. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM AT THE "CHISWICK FÊTE."
XXV. A LETTER FROM WALMER
XXVI. A PECK OF TROUBLES
XXVII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM'S OPINIONS ON PUBLIC EVENTS
XXVIII. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM DECLARES HERSELF A CONVERT TO "REFORM."
XXIX. MRS. RAMSBOTTOM ON THE HOUSE OF LORDS
POLITICAL SONGS AND SQUIBS
CARMEN ÆSTUALE
ASS-ASS-INATION.[22]
MICHAEL'S DINNER; OR, STAUNCH FRIENDS TO REFORM
MRS. MUGGINS'S VISIT TO THE QUEEN
HUNTING THE HARE
THE CITY CONCERT
INVITATIONS TO DINNER
VACATION REMINISCENCES; OR, WHIG OPERATIONS UP TO EASTER
REMINISCENCES (Continued.)
GAFFER GREY
THE IDLE APPRENTICE TURNED INFORMER
THE QUEEN'S SUBSCRIPTION.[25]
OPPOSITION
THE INVITATION
THE BEGGARS. A New Song
BUBBLES OF 1825
THE GRAND REVOLUTION!
HUMPTY-DUMPTY
PARODY
"THE YOUNG MAY MOON." (A Parody.)
DISAPPOINTMENT
TENTAMEN
MISCELLANIES, IN VERSE AND PROSE
MR. WARD'S ALLEGORICAL PICTURE OF WATERLOO.[47]
LETTER FROM A GOOSE
THE HUM-FUM GAMBOOGEE SOCIETY.[48]
MORAL THEATRICALS.[49]
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF PUBLIC MEN
THE COCKNEY'S LETTER
BYRONIANA.[53]
LORD WENABLES.[54]
LORD WENABLES AGAIN.[55]
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS
PUNNING
FASHIONABLE PARTIES.[57]
A DAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF A REFORMED PARLIAMENT
CLUBS.[58]
RACHAEL STUBBS'S LETTER TO RICHARD TURNER
MR. MINUS, THE POET.[59]
NATIONAL DISTRESS
HINTS FOR THE LEVEE
THE INCONSISTENCIES OF CANT
PRINCE PUCKLER-MUSKAU'S TOUR.[62]
PROSPECTUS FOR A GENERAL BURYING COMPANY
LETTER FROM JOHN TROT TO JOHN BULL
THE MARCH OF INTELLECT
SUNDAY BILLS
THE SPINSTER'S PROGRESS
ERRORS OF THE PRESS
THE VISIT TO WRIGGLESWORTH[63]
A VISIT TO THE OLD BAILEY
THE TOOTHPICK-MAKERS' COMPANY
THE MANSERVANT'S LETTER.[64]
THE BIBLIOMANIAC
ABSENCE OF MIND
A DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLER
DALY'S PRACTICAL JOKES[65]
THE BALLET
TOLL-GATES AND THEIR KEEPERS
TOM SHERIDAN'S ADVENTURE.[66]
POLLY HIGGINBOTTOM.[67]
SONG.[68]
PHILIP
THE BLACKSMITH
"MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME."[69]
"THROUGHOUT MY LIFE THE GIRLS I'VE PLEASED."
THE CHAMBERMAID
SONG.[70]
SIR TILBURY TOTT.[71]
VENICE PRESERVED.[72]
DAYLIGHT DINNERS.[73]
CLUBS
VISITINGS
"PEN AND QUILL MANUFACTURER."
EPIGRAM ON TWINING'S TEA
ON THE LATIN GERUNDS
THE SPLENDID ANNUAL;[74]
ANECDOTES, HOAXES, AND JESTS
THE BERNERS-STREET HOAX
ROMEO COATES
HOOK, MATHEWS, AND THE ALDERMAN
A STRANGE DINNER
LUDICROUS ADVENTURE AT SUNBURY
CHARLES MATHEWS AND HOOK
HOOK'S "FIRST APPEARANCE."
HOOK AND DOWTON THE ACTOR
LETTER FROM MAURITIUS
EVADING A COACH FARE
UNSUCCESSFUL HUNT FOR A DINNER
HOOK AT LORD MELVILLE'S TRIAL
THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES
"CHAFFING" A PROCTOR
SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS OF WINTER
"SOMETHING WRONG IN THE CHEST."
WARREN'S BLACKING
THE WINE-CELLAR AND THE BOOK-SELLER
SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ANECDOTES OF THEODORE HOOK
A RECEIPT AGAINST NIGHT AIR
PUNTING
"LIST" SHOES
"THE ABATTOIR."
PUTNEY BRIDGE
"MR. THOMPSON IS TIRED."
THE ORIGINAL "PAUL PRY."
HOOK AND TOM HILL
HOOK'S POLITENESS
A BISCUIT AND A GLASS OF SHERRY
MUCH ALIKE
PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOOK'S STREET FUN
A MISNOMER
"CONTINGENCIES."
"THE WIDOW'S MITE."
HOOK'S EXTEMPORE VERSES
HOOK EXTEMPORISES A MELODRAMA
"ASS-ASS-INATION."
"WEATHER OR NO."
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
TOM MOORE.—LOSING A HAT
"GOOD NIGHT."
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