The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Many passages have deliberate misspelling for humorous effect.
Yours faithfully Theodore E. Hook
THEODORE HOOK'S HOUSE, NEAR PUTNEY.
A NEW EDITION
WITH
LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, PORTRAITS BY MACLISE AND D'ORSAY, CARICATURES, AND FACSIMILES
London
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1883
PUTNEY, AS SEEN FROM THE SITTING-ROOM WINDOW OF HOOK'S COTTAGE.
Theodore Edward Hook
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CARMEN ÆSTUALE.
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.
GAFFER GREY.
THE IDLE APPRENTICE TURNED INFORMER.
OPPOSITION.
THE INVITATION.
BUBBLES OF 1825.
THE GRAND REVOLUTION!
HUMPTY-DUMPTY.
PARODY.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
LETTER FROM A GOOSE.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF PUBLIC MEN.
THE COCKNEY'S LETTER.
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
PUNNING.
A DAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF A REFORMED PARLIAMENT.
RACHAEL STUBBS'S LETTER TO RICHARD TURNER
NATIONAL DISTRESS.
HINTS FOR THE LEVEE.
THE INCONSISTENCIES OF CANT.
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.
A VISIT TO THE OLD BAILEY.
THE TOOTHPICK-MAKERS' COMPANY.
THE BIBLIOMANIAC.
ABSENCE OF MIND.
A DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLER.
THE BALLET.
TOLL-GATES AND THEIR KEEPERS.
PHILIP.
THE BLACKSMITH.
"THROUGHOUT MY LIFE THE GIRLS I'VE PLEASED."
THE CHAMBERMAID.
CLUBS.
VISITINGS.
"PEN AND QUILL MANUFACTURER."
EPIGRAM ON TWINING'S TEA.
ON THE LATIN GERUNDS.
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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