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A Legacy of Fun

Chapter 132: WORKS PUBLISHED BY FARRAH,
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The volume begins with a concise biographical sketch of the author's early life and public ascent, then collects numerous humorous anecdotes, puns, and witticisms reported from civic and military contexts. Short sketches and one-line retorts emphasize plainspoken irony, wordplay, and gentle satire, converting reported incidents into memorable epigrams. Altogether the pieces combine life narrative and comic reportage to convey a portrait of a pragmatic, self-taught public figure who often employed humor to comment on politics, leadership, and human foibles.

WORKS PUBLISHED
BY
FARRAH,

282, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

THE PROPHET OF NAZARETH, or a Critical Inquiry into the Prophetical, Intellectual, and Moral Character of Jesus Christ, as exemplified in his Predictions, his Precepts, his Actions, his Discourses, and his Social intercourse. By Evan Powell Meredith. Baillie Prize Essay. Price 12s. 6d.

 

LETTERS, CONVERSATIONS, AND RECOLLECTIONS of S. T. Coleridge. Edited by Thomas Allsop. Third Edition, 2s. 6d.

 

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION of the Bible. By W. J. Birch. Price 5s.

 

CUMMING WRONG; COLENSO RIGHT. Letters by a London Zulu. Price 6d.

 

NEW RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS. By D. Campbell. Price 3s. 6d.

 

PERSONAL NARRATIVE IN LETTERS, Principally from Turkey. By Professor Newman. Price 1s. 6d.

 

MIRABAUD’S SYSTEM OF NATURE. Price 5s.

 

VOLNEY’S RUINS OF EMPIRES. Price 3s.

 

THE LIBERAL SITUATION; Necessity for a Qualified Franchise. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 6d.

 

LOGIC OF DEATH. By G. J. Holyoake. 57th Thousand. Price 1d. & 2d.

 

LOGIC OF LIFE. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 2d.

 

BROOK’S CYCLOPÆDIA OF BOTANY, Illustrated with 600 Coloured Engravings of Plants, &c. 2 vols. Cloth, Gilt, £1 1s.

 

RICHARD CARLISLE’S MANUAL OF FREEMASONRY. Price 2s. 6d.

 

THOMAS COOPER’S PURGATORY OF SUICIDES. Price 3s. 6d.

 

EIGHT LETTERS to the Young Men of the Working Classes. Price 6d.

 

CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, with Preface. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 1s. 6d.

 

BIBLE OF THE REFORMATION REFORMED. By John Finch. Price 5s.

 

LOGIC OF FACTS. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 1s.

 

TRIAL OF THEISM. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 2s.

 

LAST TRIAL FOR ALLEGED ATHEISM. By G. J. Holyoake. Price 1s.

 

LETTERS TO THE CLERGY OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. By C. J. Haslam. Price 2s. 6d.

 

LETTERS TO THE BISHOP OF EXETER. By C. J. Haslam. Price 2s. 6d.

 

NEW KORAN. By Jaido Morato. Price 2s. 6d.

 

ESSAYS, CRITICAL AND THEOLOGICAL. By Horatio Prater. Price 1s. and 1s. 6d.

 

TEN SERMONS. By Horatio Prater. Price 1s. 6d.

 

LETTERS TO AMERICANS ON CHRISTIANITY AND THE SABBATH. By Horatio Prater. Price 1s. and 1s. 6d.

 

THEOLOGY FOR THE PEOPLE. By E. de Pentheny O’Kelly. Price 1s.

 

PALMER’S PRINCIPLES OF NATURE. Price 1s. 6d. and 2s.

 

THEODORE PARSER’S EXPERIENCE AS A MINISTER. Price 1s. and 1s. 6d.

 

BREAD UPON THE WATERS. By Theodore Parker, Price 1s.

 

REASONS FOR ABSTAINING FROM INTOXICATING LIQUORS. By Soares. Price 3d.

 

TREATISE ON POLITICS. By Spinoza. Translated from the Latin. Price 1s.

 

RELIGION OF ACTION. By Dr. Stamm. Price 6d.

 

LECTURES ON HISTORY. By Volney. Price 1s.

 

POPULAR LECTURES. By Frances Wright. Price 2s.

 

A FEW DAYS IN ATHENS. By Frances Wright. Price 1s. and 1s. 6d.

 

POLITICAL LETTERS. By Frances Wright. Price 2s.

 

SONGS AND RECITATIONS (just published.) By John Bedford Leno. With original Music, by John Lowry. Price 6d.

 

REPORT of the DISCUSSION ON SPIRITUALISM, between J. H. Powell, Editor of the “Spiritual Times,” and John Bedford Leno. Price 3d.

 

FEMALE LABOUR. By John Bedford Leno. Price 1d.


TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

The “Works Published” list is separated in the original as front matter and back matter. The two parts have been consolidated into one list for this eBook.