A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and ParodyAdams, William Davenport
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A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody
Adams, William Davenport
Burlesque (Literature); English literature -- History and criticism; Parody
VOL. III.--="A LITTLE IRISH GIRL."=
By the Author of "Molly Bawn." [_Ready._
VOL. IV.--=THREE WEEKS AT MOPETOWN.=
By PERCY FITZGERALD. [_Ready._
VOL. V.--=A BOOK OF BURLESQUE.=
By WILLIAM DAVENPORT ADAMS. [_Ready._
VOL. VI.--="IN A CANADIAN CANOE."=
By BARRY O. E. PAIN, B.A. [_July._
The services of Messrs. OSCAR WILDE, G. A. SALA, JUSTIN M'CARTHY,
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LEHMANN, R. E. FRANCILLON, HARRY FURNISS, ARTHUR À BECKETT, J. BERNARD
PARTRIDGE, and others, have been secured.
LONDON: HENRY & CO., 6, BOUVERIE STREET, E.C.;
_And at all Booksellers' and the Railway Stalls._
By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.
=A BOOK ABOUT LONDON: Its Memorable Places, its Men and Women, and its
History. Crown 8vo. 6s.=
PART I.--STORIES OF HISTORICAL SCENES AND EVENTS.
PART II.--STORIES OF FAMOUS LOCALITIES AND BUILDINGS.
PART III.--STORIES OF CRIME AND MISADVENTURE.
In this volume an attempt has been made to present in a series of
striking episodical narratives the principal events in London history,
and some of the more striking aspects of London life. Full particulars
are given of plots and conspiracies, forgeries and murders, executions
and hair-breadth escapes; and many favourite old stories, not easily
accessible now, are brought forward in a new dress, with all the light
of recent research thrown upon them.
A COMPANION VOLUME. BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
=A BOOK ABOUT LONDON.=
=The Streets of London=:
An Alphabetical Index to the principal Streets, Squares, Parks, and
Thoroughfares, with their Associations--Historical, Traditional,
Social, and Literary. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
This work is the result of very extensive labour, and offers, it is
believed, a completer view than has before been attempted of the
diverse associations which lend so profound an interest to the Streets
of London. It contains more than a thousand succinct references to
remarkable persons, incidents, and scenes, with illustrative anecdotes
and full explanations gathered from a vast number of authentic sources.
By LADY FLORENCE DIXIE.
NEW WORK FOR THE YOUNG.
=ANIWEE; Or, The Warrior Queen.=
A Tale of the Araucanian Indians and the Mythical Trauco People. By
the Author of "The Young Castaways," etc. In large crown 8vo, with
Frontispiece. 5s.
"A story of pure adventure, full of incident, and related with much
smoothness and animation. As a story simply this work appeals to, and
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