Most ancient of all, was a hieroglyphical Elegy on the Dumps, consisting of one thousand and one lines; the characters,—herons, weeping-willows, and ravens, supposed to have been traced by a quill from the sea-noddy. Then there were plenty of rare old ballads:— “King Kroko, and the Fisher Girl.” “The Fight at the Ford of Spears.” “The Song of the Skulls.” And brave old chronicles, that made Mohi’s mouth water:— “The Rise and Setting of the Dynasty of Foofoo.” “The Heroic History of the Noble Prince Dragoni; showing how he killed ten Pinioned Prisoners with his Own Hand.” “The whole Pedigree of the King of Kandidee, with that of his famous horse, Znorto.” And Tarantula books:— “Sour Milk for the Young, by a Dairyman.” “The Devil adrift, by a Corsair.” “Grunts and Groans, by a Mad Boar.” “Stings, by a Scorpion.” And poetical productions:— “Suffusions of a Lily in a Shower.” “Sonnet on the last Breath of an Ephemera.” “The Gad-fly, and Other Poems.” And metaphysical treatises:— “Necessitarian not Predestinarian.” “Philosophical Necessity and Predestination One Thing and The Same.” “Whatever is not, is.” “Whatever is, is not.” And scarce old memoirs:— “The One Hundred Books of the Biography of the Great and Good King Grandissimo.” “The Life of old Philo, the Philanthropist, in one Chapter.” And popular literature:— “A most Sweet, Pleasant, and Unctuous Account of the Manner in which Five-and-Forty Robbers were torn asunder by Swiftly-Going Canoes.” And books by chiefs and nobles:— “The Art of Making a Noise in Mardi.” “On the Proper Manner of Saluting a Bosom Friend.” “Letters from a Father to a Son, inculcating the Virtue of Vice.” “Pastorals by a Younger Son.” “A Catalogue of Chieftains who have been Authors, by a Chieftain, who disdains to be deemed an Author.” “A Canto on a Cough caught by my Consort.” “The Philosophy of Honesty, by a late Lord, who died in disgrace.” And theological works:— “Pepper for the Perverse.” “Pudding for the Pious.” “Pleas for Pardon.” “Pickles for the Persecuted.” And long and tedious romances with short and easy titles:— “The Buck.” “The Belle.” “The King and the Cook, or the Cook and the King.” And books of voyages:— “A Sojourn among the Anthropophagi, by One whose Hand was eaten off at Tiffin among the Savages.” “Franko: its King, Court, and Tadpoles.” “Three Hours in Vivenza, containing a Full and Impartial Account of that Whole Country: by a Subject of King Bello.” And works of nautical poets:— “Sky-Sail-Pole Lyrics.” And divers brief books, with panic-striking titles:— “Are you safe?” “A Voice from Below.” “Hope for none.” “Fire for all.” And pamphlets by retired warriors:— “On the Best Gravy for Wild Boar’s Meat.” “Three Receipts for Bottling New Arrack.” “To Brown Bread Fruit without Burning.” “Advice to the Dyspeptic.” “On Starch for Tappa.”