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The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 / An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

Chapter 1: THE COMIC ALMANACK AN EPHEMERIS IN JEST AND EARNEST, CONTAINING MERRY TALES, HUMOROUS POETRY. QUIPS, AND ODDITIES.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
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A compendium of comic writing and illustration that collects satirical essays, parodies, humorous poems, quips, mock-advice columns, and almanac-style curiosities. Pieces range from gentle whimsy to pointed social and political lampoon, treating legal oddities, fashions, public meetings, and everyday behavior with ironic observation. The text is punctuated by numerous woodcuts and engravings, pairing visual caricature with topical humor and short, self-contained sketches.

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Title: The Comic Almanack, Volume 2

Author: William Makepeace Thackeray

Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

Henry Mayhew

Horace Mayhew

Albert Smith

Illustrator: George Cruikshank

Release date: June 1, 2016 [eBook #52204]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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NOTICE.

The FIRST SERIES of "THE COMIC ALMANACK," from 1835 to 1843, a nine years' gathering of the Best Humour, the Wittiest Sayings, the Drollest Quips, and the Best Things of Thackeray, Hood, Mayhew, Albert Smith, A'Beckett, Robert Brough, with nearly one thousand Woodcuts and Steel Engravings by the inimitable Cruikshank, Hine, Landells—

May now be had of the Publishers, crown 8vo, 600 pp.,
price 7s. 6d.
☞The First Series and the present (or Second Series) comprise
THE COMPLETE WORK, extending from 1835 to 1853.
THE
COMIC ALMANACK,
2nd Series, 1844-1853.

Probable Effects of Over Female-Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands in Consequence of Exporting all our own to Australia!!!!!

THE
COMIC ALMANACK
AN EPHEMERIS IN JEST AND EARNEST, CONTAINING
MERRY TALES, HUMOROUS POETRY.
QUIPS, AND ODDITIES.

BY
THACKERAY, ALBERT SMITH, GILBERT A BECKETT,
THE BROTHERS MAYHEW.

"THE APPROACH OF BLUCHER.—INTREPID ADVANCE OF THE 1ST FOOT."

With many Hundred Illustrations
By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
AND OTHER ARTISTS.
SECOND SERIES, 1844-1853.
London:
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.