British Satire, 1785-1840, Volume 5

This set offers a representitive collection of the verse satire of the Romantic period, published between the mid-1780s and the mid-1830s. As well as two single-author volumes, from William Gifford and Thomas Moore, there is also a wealth of rare, unedited material.

Table of Contents:
List of Short Titles -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction by Jane Moore -- Thomas Moore -- From Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems (1806) -- ‘Epistle VI. To the Lord Viscount Forbes’ -- ‘Epistle VII. To Thomas Hume, Esq. MD’ -- Corruption and Intolerance: Two Poems. With Notes, Addressed to an Englishman by an Irishman (1808) -- The Sceptic: A Philosophical Satire. By the Author of Corruption and Intolerance (1809) -- From The Examiner (1812) -- ‘Letter from ——— to ———’ [‘Parody of a Celebrated Letter’] -- From The Morning Chronicle -- ‘Anacreontic: To a Plumasier’ -- ‘Extracts from the Diary of a Fashionable Politician’ -- ‘The Insurrection of the Papers. A Dream’ -- ‘The Sale of the Tools’ -- Intercepted Letters; or, The Twopenny Post-Bag. To which are added, Trifles Reprinted./By Thomas Brown, the Younger (1813) -- From The Morning Chronicle (1813) -- ‘LAW on our side’ -- ‘Reinforcements for Lord Wellington’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1814) -- ‘The Two Veterans’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1815) -- ‘Epistle from Tom Crib to Big Ben’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1816) -- ‘Fum and Hum, the two Birds of Royalty’ -- The Fudge Family in Paris. Edited by Thomas Brown, the Younger (1818) -- From The Journal of Thomas Moore (1983) -- ‘Beware, ye bards of each degree’ (1818) -- Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress. With a Preface, Notes, and Appendix. By One of the Fancy (1819) -- Fables for the Holy Alliance (1823) -- From The Times (1826) -- ‘An Amatory Colloquy Between Bank and Government’ -- ‘The Sinking Fund Cried’ -- ‘All in the Family Way. A New Pastoral Ballad’ -- ‘Ode to Sir T——s L—thb——ge’ -- ‘The Millenium’ -- ‘The Three Doctors’ -- ‘A Vision. By the Author of Christabel’ -- ‘A Dream of Turtle. By Sir W. Curtis’ -- ‘Corn and Catholics’ -- ‘Literary Advertisement’ -- From The Times (1827) -- ‘The Slave’ -- ‘A Pastoral Ballad’ -- ‘Wo! Wo!’ -- From The Times (1828) -- ‘The “Living Dog” and the “Dead Lion”’ -- ‘Dante Redividus’ -- ‘The Brunswick Club’ -- From The Times (1830) -- ‘Alarming Intelligence—Revolution in the Dictionary—One Galt at the head of it’ -- ‘Advertisement’ -- From Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore (1835–56) -- ‘Thoughts on Editors’ (1831) -- From The Times -- ‘Tory Pledges’ -- ‘Song of the Departing Spirit of the Tithe’ -- From The Times -- ‘Paddy’s Metamorphosis’ -- ‘Love Song’ -- From The Irish Melodies, No. 10 (1834) -- ‘The Dream of Those Days’ -- The Fudges in England: being a sequel to the ‘Fudge Family in Paris’ ./By Thomas Brown, the Younger, Author of the Twopenny Post-Bag’, etc., etc. (1835) -- From The Morning Chronicle (1836) -- ‘The Boy Statesman. By a Tory’ -- ‘Anticipated Meeting of the British Association in the Year 2836’ -- From The Monthly Chronicle (1838) -- ‘Announcement of a new grand Acceleration Company for the promotion of the Speed of Literature’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1838) -- ‘Grand Dinner of Type & Co.’ -- ‘Some Account of a New Genus of Church-man, called the Phill-Pot’ -- ‘Songs of the Church. No. I. “Leave Us Alone”’ -- ‘Songs of the Chuch. No. II’ -- From Bentley’s Miscellany (1839) -- ‘Thoughts on Patrons, Puffs, and Other Matters’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1839) -- ‘New Hospital for Sick Literati’ -- From The Morning Chronicle (1840) -- ‘An Episcopal Address on Socialism’ -- ‘Latest Accounts from Olympus’ -- Explanatory Notes -- Index.

About the Author :
Jane Moore