The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

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Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841

Title

The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook

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Produced by Chris Curnow, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English wit and humor

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50401

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November 6, 2015

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CHOICE HUMOROUS WORKS Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes OF THEODORE HOOK
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.MEMOIR OF THEODORE HOOK.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.TENTAMEN.
7. 7.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]
8. 8.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."
9. 9.INDEX.
10. 10.FOOTNOTES:

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