I am much indebted to the following gentlemen either for permission to quote from their works, or for copies of parodies sent to me for publication:――Messrs. P. J. Anderson, of Aberdeen; A. H. Bates, of Birmingham; W. Butler; George Cotterell (Author of the “Banquet”); T. F. Dillon-Croker; F. B. Doveton; James Gordon, F.S.A., of Edinburgh; John H. Ingram; Walter Parke (author of “The Lays of the Saintly”); F. B. Perkins, of the Free Public Library, San Francisco; W. Smith, of Morley, near Leeds; Basil H. Soulsby, Corpus Christi, Oxford; Joseph Verey; John Whyte; J. W. Gleeson White; and A. R. Wright. The following ladies have also sent me some amusing parodies:――Miss E. Orton; Mrs. S. A. Wetmore of New York State; and Mrs. J. E. Whitby. My best thanks are also due to Mr. Walsh, and his courteous assistants in the Guildhall Library of the City of London, as well as to the gentlemen in the Library of the British Museum. WALTER HAMILTON. 64, BROMFELDE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, S.W. _December_, 1885. ―――――――― CONTENTS OF PARTS I. TO XXIV. PARODIES. EACH PART MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY. PART 1. Introduction. Alfred Tennyson’s Early Poems. PART 2. Alfred Tennyson’s Early Poems. PART 3. Pages 62, 63 & 64. H. W. Longfellow. PART 4. Page 49 to 62. Tennyson’s Poems. Pages 62, 63 & 64. H. W. Longfellow. PART 5. Page 65. A Parody of William Morris. Page 65 to 80. H. W. Longfellow. PART 6. Page 81 to 96. H. W. Longfellow. PART 7. Page 97 to 105. H. W. Longfellow. Hiawatha. Page 105 to 112. Rev. C. Wolfe. “Not a Drum was heard.” PART 8. Page 113. “Not a Drum was heard.” Page 113 to 128. Thomas Hood. The Song of the Shirt, etc. PART 9. Page 129 to 135. Thomas Hood. Page 135 to 140. Bret Harte. Pages 140 & 141. Rev. C. Wolfe. “Not a Drum was heard.” Page 142 to 144. Alfred Tennyson. PART 10. Page 145 to 160. Alfred Tennyson. PART 11. Page 161 to 176. Alfred Tennyson. PART 12. Page 177 to 186. Alfred Tennyson. Page 187 to 190. Rev. C. Wolfe. “Not a Drum was heard.” Page 190 to 192. Thomas Hood’s Song of the Shirt. PART 13. Page 1 to 4. Parodies on Bret Harte. Pages 4 and 5. Thomas Hood. Page 6 to 16. H. W. Longfellow. PART 14. Page 17 to 24. H. W. Longfellow. Page 25 to 40. Edgar Allan Poe. PART 15. Page 41 to 64. Edgar Allan Poe. PART 16. Page 65 to 88. Edgar Allan Poe. PART 17. Page 89 to 103. Edgar Allan Poe. Pages 103, 4 & 5. The Art of Parody. Page 106 to 112. “My Mother,” by Miss Anne Taylor. PART 18. Page 113 to 135. “My Mother.” Page 136 The Vulture, (After “The Raven.”) Page 136 A Welcome to Battenberg (after Tennyson). PART 19. Page 137 to 141.