HISTORY OF ENGLISH HUMOUR WITH AN INTRODUCTION UPON ANCIENT HUMOUR. 66 BY THE REV. A. G. L'ESTRANGE, INGE/ 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"-PriorPope-Ambrose Philips-Parodies of Gray's Elegy Gay CHAPTER II. 1 Defoe-Irony-Ode to the Pillory-The grim”—The Scandalous Club”—Humorous Periodicals -Heraclitus Ridens-The London Spy-The British Apollo CHAPTER I. 22 Swift-Tale of a Tub"-Essays-Gulliver's TravelsVariety of Swift's Humour -Riddles-Stella's WitDirections 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 HISTORY OF ENGLISH HUMOUR, WITH AN INTRODUCTION UPON ANCIENT HUMOUR. 66 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. 2 LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1878. All rights reserted. |