The Great Exhibition “Wot is to be; or, probable results of the Industry of all Nations.” By George Augustus Sala. London: 1851.
Harry Furniss’s Royal Academy. An Artistic Joke. A Catalogue of the Exhibition, containing over Eighty illustrations after the Artists. London: 1887.
Harry Furniss’s illustrations were parodies of paintings by the most famous artists of the day.
The Heraldry of Nature, comprising the Arms, Supporters, Crests, and Mottoes of the English Peers, descriptive of their several qualities. With plates. London: 1785. A very satirical work; the following was the description it gave of the Arms of the dissolute Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV.: First, azure, the prince’s cap, feathers disordered; second argent, four decanters azure; third gules, a fringed petticoat between three maidens’ heads; fourth, sable, the ace of spades proper; fifth argent, a horse courant between three rattles; sixth gules, a quiver, the arrows scattered.
Supporters. The dexter, Cupid; the sinister, a monkey.
Crest. A deer wounded.
Motto. Fions à l’avenir.
Hints on Etiquette, for the University of Oxford; to which are added some remarks on “Honour.” By Professor Taglioni Jonez. Oxford, 1838. This has been frequently reprinted, and can still be obtained from Mr. J. Vincent.
Hints to Freshmen in the University of Oxford. Oxford: J. Vincent. This humorous work has been ascribed to Canon Hole. In addition to the “Hints to Freshmen,” it contains nine excellent poetical parodies, extracts from which have already been quoted in this Collection.
History of the Decline and Fall of the British Empire. By Edwarda Gibbon (Auckland, A.D. 2884.) London: Field & Tuer, 1884.