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Studies in jocular literature

Chapter 22: INDEX.
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A study traces the development, forms, and cultural role of jests and anecdotes from antiquity to modern collections, arguing that jocular literature reflects social conditions and literary practices. It examines origins before print, contributions from drama and literature, Greek and Roman precedents, and the processes by which anecdotes are edited, translated, or corrupted. Chapters classify jest types, explore ballads, nursery rhymes, and continental influences, and analyze notable compilations and editors, concluding that jest-books offer both entertainment and insight into linguistic, social, and editorial history.

INDEX.

Adroyns, John, 94.

Æsop, 30.

Affiliation of Stories, 111.

Alanus ab Insulis, 43.

Ana or Analecta, 177 et seqq.

Anecdote, Serious, 32.

Aristippus, 43.

Aristophanes, 64.

Armstrong, Archibald, 108.

Artistic origin of the Jest, 13-14.

Athenæus, 33, 34, 37-43.

Atmosphere and costume, 25.

Aulus Gellius, 33, 46-50.


Bagot, Sir W., 101.

Balguy, Dr., 67.

Bardolph, 124.

Barkstead, William, 181.

Bartholomew’s (St.) Hospital, 1.

Boccaccio, Gio., 119.

Borde, Andrew, 19, 170.

Bravo of Venice, The, by Monk Lewis, 88, 127-8.

Brighton, 103.

Bull, the Jocular, 222.

Burbage, Richard, 115.

Burke, E., 101.

Burns, R., 67.

Burton, Robert, 118.

Byron, H. J., 10.

Byron, Lord, 124.


Chamberlain, John, 204.

Chamberlain, Robert, 178, 184.

Charles II., 2, 79.

Chaucer, 7, 119.

Chesterfield, Lord, 81-2, 95.

Church, the Early, and the Jesters, 20-1.

Cibber, Colley, 97.

Cicero, 33.

Colnbrook, Maltman of, 153.

Coleridge, S. T., 124.

Conceits and Jests, Certain, 178, 184.

Continental influence, 142-5.

Convivial Discourses, The, 44.

Copley, Anthony, 178.

Crichton, James, the “Admirable,” 43.


Deipnosophistæ, 36-7, 43-4.

Devil Tavern, The, 32, 98.

Diogenes and Alexander, Story of, 86.

Diogenes Laertius, 33, 50-6.


Edith, The Widow, 168, 173.

Edward IV., 19, 205.

Egyptian artists, 16.

Elginbrod, Martin, 122-3.

Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature, Neglect of, in the Last Century, 191-3.

Engraving, Influence of the, 15.

Epigram, The, 67-8.

Erasmus, 118.

Eulenspiegel, 173.


Fabliaux, 30.

Farmer, Dr., 111.

Foote, S., 10.

Formulation of Jests, 69.

Four Elements, Interlude of, 156-8.

Franklin, Benjamin, 109.


Garrick, David, 116.

Gaulardisms, 94.

Gesta Romanorum, 30.

Gillray and Rowlandson, 15.

Godolphin, Sydney, 43.

Goldsmith, O., 43, 93.

Gothamite Tales, The, 215.

Goussaut, M., 94-5.

Greek Anecdotes, 37-43.

—— Anthology, The, 45, 57-65.

—— Epigrams, 59-64.

—— Parodies, 42.

Greene, Robert, 97.

Grimaldi, Joseph, 12, 35.

Grisette, Parisian, 34.

Grotesque and caricature, 6, 14.

Guid and Godly Ballats, The, 131.


Harington, Sir John, 118, 182.

Harvey, Gabriel, 159.

Hawkins, Sir John, 116.

Henry VII., 2, 220.

Henry VIII., 21.

Henry IV. of France, 86-8.

Herodotus, 63.

Herring, Archbishop, 93.

Hetairai, the Greek, 34, 38, 40.

Heywood, John, 112, 158-60, 162.

High Life Below Stairs, 97.

Hobart, Parson, 126.

Hobson, Old, 168, 172.

Homer, 33.

Hood, Thomas, 10.

Hook, Theodore, 11.

Hundred Merry Tales, 7, 98, 111, 113, 153-61, 167, 201, 208.


Jack of Dover, 141, 149.

Jack the Giant-Killer, 136.

Jerrold, Douglas, 11, 73.

Joe Miller, 6, 7, 98, 178, 188 et seqq.

Johnson, Dr., 116.

Jonson, Benjamin, 98, 105, 107.


Knight of the Burning Pestle, The, 107.

Knight of the Tour Landry, 171.


Lamb, Charles, 73, 79, 114, 124.

Liston, 35.

Literary Club, The, 115-16.

Literature and the Drama, 22.

Lock, Mr., of Norbury, 192.

London Tavern, The, 82-3.

Lucian, 33, 35, 62.


Mackintosh, Sir James, 53.

Macrobius, Saturnalia of, 44.

Malaprop, Mrs., 95-6.

Malone, E., 24, 80-81, 101, 115-16, 192.

Maloniana, 20, 101.

“Martin said to his man,” a ballad, 131.

Matthews, Charles, 10.

May, Thomas, 98.

Mensa Philosophica, 44.

Mermaid, The, 32.

Merry Tales and Quick Answers, 33-4, 105, 117, 119, 123, 162-7.

Mitre, The, 32.

More, Sir Thomas, 118, 154-67.

Mother Bunch, 149.

Mottley, John, 188-99.

Myrtilus, 43.


New Wife of Beath, 75-7.

Newcastle, Duke of, 212.

Nithardus, 1.


Oriental influence, 16, 121-4.


Parallelisms, 105-7, 112-14.

Parodies, Greek, 42.

Parr, Dr., 53.

Partington, Mrs., 90-91.

Pasquil’s Jests, 147.

Pausanius Laccus, 37.

Peele, George, 168.

Pennant, Thomas, 212-13.

Philip of Macedon, 36.

Phryne, 36, 40.

Piozzi, Mrs., 116.

Plato, 64.

Plutarch’s Lives, 32-3.

Pool Valley, Brighton, 105.


Quin, 10.


Rahere, 1.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 116.

Rameses dynasty, 16.

Randolph, Thomas, 98-9.

Rastells, The, 154, 158, 162.

Raumer, F. von, 96.

Ravenscroft’s Deuteromelia, 130-31.

Reynard the Fox, 30.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 116.

Richard III. and the Northern man, 206.

Richardson, Jonathan, 24, 81.

Roses, Wars of the, 204-5.


Sackful of News, The, 147.

Schoolmaster, The, or Teacher of Table Philosophy, 44.

Schools of humour, old and modern, 193.

Scogin, Jests of, 19-21, 109, 168.

Scottish minister, Story of a, 220-21.

Scottish stories, 90, 215.

Shakespear, 7, 115, 124, 146.

—— Jest-Books, 152-67.

Sheridan, R. B., 110, 113.

Shoes, mending of, 201.

Sixty, The Athenian Club of the, 36, 65-6.

Skelton, John, 159, 168, 174-6, 210, 218.

Smith, Sydney, 9.

Spenser, 7, 159.

Strawberry, 140.


Tadema, Alma, R.A., 97.

Talfourd, Frank, 10.

Tarlton, Richard, 35, 152, 168, 172, 179, 183.

Tavern-life, 32.

Taylor the Water Poet, 153, 178-82.

Testament, New, Anecdote of the, 205.

Thales, 52-3.

Tooke, John Horne, 82-3.

Turanian art, 16.

Typography, 15, 17.


United States, 28.


Wales and the Welsh, characteristics of, 217-19.

Walpole, Horace, 125, 193.

Walworth, 1.

Warton, Joseph, 67.

Wellington, Duke of, 211.

Whittington, Sir Richard, 1.

Wooden Legs, The Man with, 78.

Woolner, Richard, 181.

Wright Thomas, 5.


Yeo, an ancient Devonshire family, 204.

Yorick, 173.