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THE WHITEFRIARS LIBRARY
OF WIT AND HUMOUR.
Edited by W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.
"Quid verum atque decens curo et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum."
Horace.
"We shall spare no pains to make instruction agreeable to our readers and their diversion useful. For which reasons we shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that our readers may, if possible, both ways find their account in the speculation of the day."
Addison (adapted).
A
BOOK OF BURLESQUE
Sketches
OF
ENGLISH STAGE TRAVESTIE
AND PARODY
BY
WILLIAM DAVENPORT ADAMS
Author of "A Dictionary of English Literature," "Rambles in Book-Land" etc., etc.
WITH PORTRAITS OF F. C. BURNAND, W. S. GILBERT, AND G. R. SIMS
LONDON
HENRY AND CO., BOUVERIE STREET, E.C.
1891
The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour.
Vol. I.
ESSAYS IN LITTLE. By Andrew Lang. [Seventh Thousand.
Vol. II.
SAWN OFF: A Tale of a Family Tree. By G. Manville Fenn. [Fourth Thousand.
Vol. III.
A LITTLE IRISH GIRL. By the Author of "Molly Bawn." [Ready.
Vol. IV.
THREE WEEKS AT MOPETOWN. By Percy Fitzgerald. [Ready.
Vol. V.
A BOOK OF BURLESQUE. By William Davenport Adams. [Ready.
Vol. VI.
IN A CANADIAN CANOE. By Barry O. E. Pain, B.A. [July.
