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1. A curious letter from Oliver Puzzle-cause
- Creator:
- Puzzle-cause, Oliver
- Published / Created:
- [between 1775 and 1790?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- A joke letter; at end is added: "From such examples as of this and that, we are all taught to know - I know not what"., In this edition the title is in two lines; the first line reads "William having received a letter"; the last two paragraphs are set in smaller type than the rest, clearly in order to fit the page., First line: "Sir. William having received a letter", In two columns with the title centered above both; the columns are not separated by rules. In this edition the title is in two lines., Oliver Puzzle-cause is a pseudonym., Below signature in second column: Price three half-pence., Mounted on leaf 59. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A curious letter from Oliver Puzzle-cause
2. A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 48
- Image Count:
- 93
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
- Description:
- Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
3. A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
- Creator:
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 169
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow and Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
- Description:
- Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics., In English., Title from first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland., Celbridge (Ireland), and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Marlay, Richard, d. 1802., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Parodies, English, Poverty, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
4. Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
- Creator:
- Taylor, Joseph
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc185
- Image Count:
- 378
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; On the death of a mother; Written in consequence of the execution of a young man for forgery, by Mrs. Taylor; Hymn by Miss Scott; To a lady who sung in too low a voice; On kissing; On female neatness after marriage; Advice to a young lady lately married; Unbeliever's creed; Sir Isaac Newton's creed; and numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. Several anonymous poems are labeled "Forton Prison" and dated 1795; the collection also includes poems by Tobias Smollett, Samuel Bishop, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Butler, and William Cowper
- Description:
- In English., 16-page index at beginning of manuscript., Title from title page. Also on title page: Vol 1., Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974., and Binding: half calf over paper-covered board; back cover missing. In gilt on spine: Gleanings.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795., Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727., Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855., Taylor, Joseph., and Forton Gaol.
- Subject (Topic):
- Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799
5. Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 : containing, an exact description of the persons, tempers, and accomplishments of the several ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis
- Published / Created:
- MDCCLXIV [1764]
- Call Number:
- 646 764 H24
- Image Count:
- 76
- Description:
- Signatures: [A]⁶(-A1) a⁶ B-L⁶ M⁴(-M4) [$3 signed (-B2,3)]., Supposed to have been composed by Jack Harris, waiter at the Shakespeare's-Head, and edited by S. Derrick. First ed. 1760. Cf. Lowndes (who says "Benjamin" Harris); H.W. Bleackley., and With H.W. Bleackley's ms. notes.
- Publisher:
- Printed for H. Ranger, near Temple-Bar
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Prostitution, Almanacs, English, and Sex
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 : containing, an exact description of the persons, tempers, and accomplishments of the several ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis
6. Seventy-eight quizzical characters, with a poetical description; for the amusement of children
- Creator:
- Dame Pastime
- Published / Created:
- 1819.
- Call Number:
- 74 819 D157
- Image Count:
- 19
- Resource Type:
- text
- Description:
- Text satirizes old maids, barflies, politicians, financial dealings, etc. and Original publisher's blue marbled card wrappers. With later bookseller's ticket of Frederick R. Jones of Torquay to verso of upper wrapper and early inked ownership inscription of Raymond Inglis to recto of front free endpaper. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Souter
- Subject (Topic):
- Counting, Manners and customs, and English wit and humor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Seventy-eight quizzical characters, with a poetical description; for the amusement of children
7. The Speculator, 1768
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 98
- Image Count:
- 103
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, in the style of The Spectator for year 1768. The volume's contents are primarily tongue-in-cheek, including a dedication to Nobody; a narrative autobiography of a flea; advice to readers; and a discussion on the art of punning. The volume also records, with primarily satirical intent, the letters sent to the editor, including one by a woman who believes herself the subject of an entry in the Spectator. Other topics include a meditation on the sufferings of Christ on the cross and a translation of an ancient Persian manuscript titled History of Abdullah. Numerous entries are dated from Kings College, Cambridge
- Description:
- In English., In faint ink on title page: Transcribed for the Author., Pasted on p. 1: elaborate printed border., Armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork., and Binding: full red morocco with gilt decoration. In gilt on spine over green morocco: Pumice Mundus. Paucis osendi gemit. The Speculator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Periodicals, and Religious literature, English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Speculator, 1768
