_The Consuliad. A Mock Heroic Poem_, by Thomas Chatterton. This short poem is to be found amongst the works of the poor Bristol boy, he sold it to a Mr. Fell for ten shillings and sixpence at the time when he was slowly starving to death in London. It commenced thus:―― Of roaring constables and battles dire, Of geese uneaten, muse, awake the lyre! Where Campbell’s chimneys overlook the square, And Newton’s future prospects hang in air; Where counsellors dispute, and cockers match, And Caledonian earls in concert scratch,―― A group of heroes occupied the round, Long in the rolls of infamy renown’d. Circling the table, all in silence sat, Now tearing bloody lean, now champing fat; Now picking ortolans and chickens, slain To form the whimsies of an _à la reine_: Now storming castles of the newest taste, And granting articles to forts of paste; Now swallowing bitter draughts of Prussian beer; Now sucking tallow of salubrious deer. The god of Cabinets and senates saw His sons, like asses, to one centre draw. * * * * * There are passages in this satire of surprising power and originality for the work of a boy of seventeen years of age. _The Censoriad_, a Poem, written originally by Martin Gulliver, illustrated with curious annotations. 1730. _The Chessiad_, by C. Dibden the Younger. With other poems, by the same author, 1825. _The Christiad_, a sacred heroic poem, translated by Cranwell from Vida. No date. _The Dapiad_, a mock-heroic poem, by J. Randall. Barnstaple: printed by J. Avery, 1806. _The Diaboliad_, a Poem dedicated to the Worst Man in His Majesty’s Dominions. London. G. Kearsley, 1677. The date given is evidently a misprint for 1777, as David Garrick, who is named in the Preface, was not born until 1716. This work has been ascribed to Combe. _Anti-Diabo-Lady._ Respectfully dedicated to all the Women in Her Majesty’s Dominions in general; and to the Best of Them in Particular, calculated to expose the Malevolence of the Author of Diabo-Lady. London, 1777. Quarto 18 pp. (A satire in verse.) _The Dispensary._ A poem in six Cantos, by Sir Samuel Garth. London, 1696. _The Druriad_, or Strictures on the principal performers of Drury Lane Theatre. A Satirical Poem. Quarto. 1798. _The Electriad_: A Tale of the Trojan War. “Homer down to Date,” by a G. O. M. London. The Pall Mall Electric Association. About 1885. Price sixpence. This anonymous advertising pamphlet was illustrated with portraits of the most eminent men of the day, represented as suffering from various ailments, and Within his tent Achilles sat and swore; With pain the hero’s face was sicklied o’er, Gout in his feet, neuralgia in his jaws, Too weak, alas, to fight for Grecian cause; Bronchitis, rheumatism, lungs and liver, Hurried him fast towards the Stygian river. * * * * *