This is John Bull with his pockets so full, who “forked out” three hundred thousand pounds for a tumble down house that fell to the ground, and paid all the fees, with a great deal of ease, to all the grave counsellors bouncing and big, every one in a three-tailed wig, who examined George Rennie that wouldn’t give a penny, for all the work, etc., etc. These parodies are both very long, and the above extracts sufficiently indicate their topics. ―――― “_The Palace that N――h built._ A parody on an old English Poem,” by I. Hume. A small oblong octavo, with plates. Not dated, but about 1830, as it is a skit on Nash, the architect who built Regent-street, and Buckingham Palace. A Latin version of “The House that Jack built” appeared in _The Hornet_ in 1872, it was also reprinted in _Fun, Ancient and Modern_, by Dr. Maurice Davies. London, Tinsley Brothers, 1878. It is too long to be inserted here. “_The Crystal Palace that Fox built_” a Pyramid of Rhyme, with illustrations, by John Gilbert. London, David Bogue, 1851. “These are the workmen, a busy array, Two thousand and more, as I have heard say, Who readily, steadily, toiled away, And finished before the first of May _The Crystal Palace that Fox built_.” The editor offered an apology for not including the name of Mr. Henderson, as it “_would not_ come into the rhyme.” Messrs. Fox and Henderson were the builders of the 1851 exhibition, in Hyde Park. ―――― THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. This is the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the press with its newsman’s horn, that took up the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. This is the Peerage, all forlorn, that appealed to the press with its newsman’s horn that took up the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built. * * * * * _Punch._ 1846.