La Langue Verte du Troupier. Par Léon Merlin. Paris, 1886.
Le Jargon, ou Langage de l’Argot reformé. Epinal. N.D.
Paris Voleur. Par Pierre Delcourt. Paris, 1887.
Dictionnaire Erotique Moderne. Par un Professeur de la langue Verte. (Alfred Delvau.)
Les Formules du Docteur Grégoire, Dictionnaire du Figaro. Par A. Decourcelle. Paris: J. Hetzel. No date.
An amusing satirical work, in which many humourous definitions are arranged in the form of a dictionary.
Histoire de la Prostitution, par Léo Taxil. Paris. N.D.
Argot and Slang; a new French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases used in old and new Paris. By A. Barrère. London. Privately printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham and Co. 1887.
This splendid work contains historical notices of the various canting languages, a number of songs both in French and English slang, and a French translation of the Rev. J. W. Horsley’s Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves’ Language.
M. Barrère gives a long list of the works he has consulted, and in the body of his book brief extracts are given to show the application and contexts of the examples.