Part 12
Alliterative verses from "Society," 210
American Traveller, the, 132
Am Rhein, 99
Analytical, Ode to Davies', 159
Angel in the House, the, 239
Animal Alphabet, an, 206
Anticipatory Dirge, an, 146
Arab and his Donkey, the, 167
Arundines Cami, the, 129, 130
Ba, ba, Black Sheep, 129
Ballad of the Period, a, 217
Ballads, the Bon Gualtier, 31
Bandit's Fate, the, 30
Barham, Mr., parody by, 28; macaronic by, 70
Battle of Frogs and Mice, the, 10
Bayard Taylor, lines by, 36
Billet-Doux, a, 166
Biter Bit, the, 40
Blank Verse in Rhyme, 248
Boke of Colin Clout, 62
Bonaparte, anagram on, 196, 197
Bon Gaultier Ballads, the, 31
Bore's Head, Bringing in the, 61
Boxiana, 177
Boyle Godfrey, Epitaph on, 150
Breach of Promise, lines on a, 156
Bret Harte, verses by, 38, 154, 162
Brook, the, parody on, 39
Brooks, Shirley, lines by, 30
Brownrigg, Mrs., lines on, 26
Buckland, Professor, Dirge on, 146
Bunker Hill, alliterative lines on, 204
Burial of Sir John Moore, parodies on, 27, 28
Burnand, F. C., parody by, 46
Burns, mosaic poem on, 225
Burton, Mrs., parody by, 49
Buttes, Thomas, acrostic by, 199
Byrom, Mr., hymn by, 57; lines by, 234
Byron, parody on style of, 21
Calverly, Mr., 39, 41
Camden on Anagrams, 188
Canning and Frere, 26
Captain Smith and Pocahontas, 113
Carlyle, Thomas, anagram on, 196
Carmen ad Terry, 96
Carol, Christmas, 61
Carpette, Knyghte, ye, 42
Carroll, Lewis, parodies by, 42, 43, 50; lines by, 218
Ce Meme Vieux Coon, 94
Centennial Exhibition, the, lines on, 51
Chain Verses, 53
Chanson without music, 89
Chinese English, 122
Clara Morchella Deliciosa, To, 152
Clock, the Musical, 54
Clubbis Noster, 81
Coincidences and Contrarieties, 138
Colin Clout, Boke of, 62
College macaronics, 110, 112
Collins, Mortimer, lines by, 33, 34, 105
Comic Latin Grammar, lines from, 73
Concatenation Verse, 53
Contenti Abeamus, 86
Correspondents, To, 238
Cotton Mather, 192
Crabbe, parody on, 16
Crawford, Mrs., 209
Cremation, 47, 48
Cumulative Parodying, 247
Davies' Analytical, Ode to, 159
Dean Swift, 111
Death of the Sea-Serpent, 77
De Leguleo, 88
"Detection," Harsnett's, 62
Dirge on Professor Buckland, 146
Disraeli, Benjamin, 243
Diversions of the Echo Club, 36
Doctor, Southey's, 190
Druggist, Lament of an unfortunate, 157
Drury Lane, a tale of, 22
Drury Rev. H., 229
Earth, 251
Echo Club, Diversions of the, 36
Echo and the Lover, 230
Echo on Woman, a Gentle, 229
Elessdè, 250
Elizabeth, Queen, acrostic on, 200
English Language, the, 139
Epitaph, macaronic, 110
Epitaph on Dr. Maginn, 175
Epode of Horace, the Second, 67
Eve's Legend, 220
Evil, anagram on, 197
Evolution, 168
Fable for Critics, the, 242
Fair "Come-Outer," the, 106
Fate of Nassan, the, 223
Felis-itous, Very, 93
Fireside Amusements, poem from, 227
Fonseca's Guide to English, 115
Footman Joe, 181
Four Brothers, the, 107
Friend at Parting, to a, 100
Geddes, Dr., 59
Gentle Echo on Woman, 229
"Gentle Shepherd," the sign of the, 109
Geological Address, a, 154
Geological Madrigal, a, 162
Gilbert, W. S., lines by, 218
Goldsmith, parody on lines by, 30
Guide to English, a New, 115
Harte, Bret, verses by, 38, 154, 162
Hegemon of Thasos, 10
Henry Martin the Regicide, 26
Hey diddle diddle, new version of, 127
Holland, Lord, 220
Holmes, Dr., macaronic by, 89
Homoeopathic Soup, 165
Hone's Every-Day Book, 60
Hood, Thomas, parody by, 27, 29; verses by, 248
Horace, Second Epode of, 67
Household Words, lines from, 216
How the Daughters come down at Dunoon, 45
Hunting of the Snark, 218
Husband's Complaint, the, 164
Hussey, Mrs. Margaret, 174
Hymn, by Mr. Byrom, 57
Ich bin Dein, 85
"If," by Mortimer Collins, 33
Ignoramus, Scene from play of, 63
Inscription on Mrs. Brownrigg's cell, 26
Jack and Jill, 108; new version of, 126
Jack Horner, new version of, 126
Jeffrey, Lord, 16
Johnson, Dr., 112, 171
Kehama, parody on Southey's, 20
Knox Ward, 156
Lady, To a, 182
Lament of an Unfortunate Druggist, 157
Lang, Dr., 131
Lasphrise, M., 53
Laureate's Journey, the, 31
Lay of Macaroni, the, 207
Leguleo, De, 88
Leigh, Henry S., 31, 46
Leland, Mr. Charles G., 115, 216.
Lines by a Fond Lover, 219
Little Bo-peep, 108; new rendering of, 129
Little Miss Muffit, new version of, 127
Little Red Riding Hood, 83
Love Story, an original, 143
Lowell, J. Russell, 242
Lydia Green, 97
Macaulay, travesty on, 31; a letter of, 239
Maginn, Dr., 67; epitaph on, 175
Mahony, Rev. Francis, 129
Malum Opus, 95
Man and the Ascidian, 161
Mark Twain, 112
"Mary's Little Lamb," new versions of, 127, 128
Microscopic Serenade, 148
Milman, lines from, 235
Milton, Parody on, 11
Moments, the Watch's, 235
Monk, Duke of Albemarle, 192
Monosyllabic Song, 249
Moore, parodies on, 21, 22, 45, 46
Morituri te Salutant, 169
Mosaic poems, 224
Musical Ass, the, 176
Musical Clock, the, 54
Mycological Serenade, a, 152
My Love, 241
Nahum Fay on the loss of his wife, 179
Native names, 132
New Versions of Nursery Rhymes, 125-128
Nursery Rhymes, new versions of, 125-127
Ode to Davies' Analytical, 159
Ode to a Skylark, Shelley's, 212
O'Keefe, Song by, 66
Only Seven, 32
Original Love Story, 143
Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, the, 132
Owed to my Creditors, 142
Palmer, Professor E. H., verses by, 121, 214
Palmerston, Lord, anagram on, 196
Parterre, the, 121
Patmore, Mr. Coventry, 239
Pennell, H. C., parody by, 44, 45
Philips, John, 11
Pidgin English, 122
Planché, Mr., songs by, 50; acrostic by, 201
Pliocene Skull, to the, 154
Pocahontas and Captain Smith, 113
Poe, Edgar A., parodies on, 36, 38; acrostic by, 202
Polished Poem, a, 245
Polka, the, 81
Pome of a Possum, 102
Pony Lost, 241
Pope, alliterative lines by, 211
Prevalent Poetry, 144
Prince Charles after Culloden, 205
Printer, the, 241
Procuratores, lines on the, 35
Promissory Note, the, 36
Radenovitch, the, 180
Recipe for Salad, a, 34
Recognition, the, 40
Red Riding Hood, Little, 83
Rejected Addresses, the, 15
Rex Midas, 70
Rhyme for Musicians, a, 135
Rhymes, nursery, new versions of, 125-128
Robert Burns, mosaic poem on, 225
Roman Nose, the, 170
Rudiger, Andreas, 191
Ruggles' Ignoramus, 63
Ruling Power, the, 178
St. George et his Dragon, 79
Salad, recipe for, 34
Scott, Sir Walter, parody on, 22
Sea-Serpent, the, 76
Serenade, microscopic, 148
Serenade, mycological, 152
Sermon, a Temperance, 145
"Serve-um-Right," 99
Sheridan, Dr., 111; lines by, 172, 173
Shipwreck, the, 214
Shootover Papers, the, 35
Skelton, poet-laureate, 62, 174
Slidell and Mason, 92
Smith, Dr. Charles, epitaph by, 149
Smith, James and Horace, 15
Smith, Sydney, 111
Soliloquy in Hamlet, parodies on, 46, 47
Solo, the, 241
Song from Garrick Collection, 249
Southey's Kehama, parody on, 20
Spelling Reform, 141
Splendid Shilling, the, 11
Sun-dial, lines on a, 237
Surnames, 136
Swift, Dean, 111
Tale of Drury Lane, a, 22
Taylor, Bayard, lines by, 36
Teetotum, the, 108
Temperance Sermon, a, 145
Tennyson, parodies on, 39, 40
That Thirty-four! 52
Theatre, the, 16
Thirty-Five, 171
Thompson, George, anagram on, 195
To a Friend at Parting, 100
To a Lady with a Watch, 236
Toast--a Sott, 195
Topside-Galow, 123
Treatise on Wine, a, 73
Truth, chain verse on, 57
"Truth," parody from, 51
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, new versions of, 125, 131
Unfortunate Druggist, lament of an, 157
Valentine, a, 92
Very Felis-itous, 93
Victor Hugo, lines by, 112
Viner, Sir Robert, 193
Visitors' Books, lines from, 109
Watch-case verses, 232
"We met," &c., 29
Whalley, Peter, anagram on, 194
Wig and the Hat, the, 95, 183
Wilson, John, 193
Wine, a Treatise on, 73
Wordsworth, parody on, 32
Yacht Alphabet, a, 213
"You are old, Father William," 43
Yriarte, Tomaso de, 177
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Two well-known alehouses in Oxford, about 1700.
[2] From the "Carols of Cockayne."
[3] "'What do you mean by the reference to Greeley?'
"'I thought everybody had heard that Greeley's only autograph of Poe was a signature to a promissory note for fifty dollars. He offers to sell it for half the money.'"--_Diversions of the Echo Club._
[4] Macmillan & Co., London.
[5] See "Alice in Wonderland."
[6] Reference may also be made here to a recent work, "The Heptalogia; or the Seven against Sense," a book wholly devoted to parody, the merits of which could not be shown by extracts, but requires to be read at length to be properly estimated.
[7] "Ladles"--_i.e._, very spooney.
[8] Maginn died at Walton-on-Thames, 21st August 1842. He was one of the gayest, brightest, and wittiest of those reckless litterateurs who half a century ago worshipped with equal devotion at the shrines of Apollo and Bacchus.
[9] Chatto and Windus, London.
[10] Macmillan & Co., London.
[11] London: Chatto & Windus.
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