Satire
The papers contained in this little volume were written by Charles Dickens for the early numbers of “Bentley Miscellany.” The manuscripts of the two meetings of the Mudfog Association and of “Mr. Robert Bolton, the gentleman connected with the Press,” in my possession, are cov...
The papers contained in this little volume were written by Charles Dickens for the early numbers of “Bentley Miscellany.” The manuscripts of the two meetings of the Mudfog Assoc...
2. Part 2On the procession came. We are afraid to say how many supernumeraries there were, in striped shirts and black velvet caps, to imitate the London watermen, or how many base imita...
3. Part 3“It is now ascertained, beyond all doubt, that Professors Snore, Doze, and Wheezy will not repair to the Pig and Tinder-box, but have actually engaged apartments at the Original...
4. Part 4“Dr. Kutankumagen (of Moscow) read to the section a report of a case which had occurred within his own practice, strikingly illustrative of the power of medicine, as exemplified...
5. Part 5“Professor Grime has inadvertently tossed his half-crown out of one of the cabin windows, and it has been arranged that the steward shall toss for him. Bets are offered on any s...
6. Part 6“Mr. Coppernose called the attention of the section to a proposition of great magnitude and interest, illustrated by a vast number of models, and stated with much clearness and...
7. Part 7But the close resemblance which the clowns of the stage bear to those of everyday life is perfectly extraordinary. Some people talk with a sigh of the decline of pantomime, and...
8. Part 8Being in a contemplative mood, we were led to make some reflections upon the character and conduct of this genus of lions as we walked homewards, and we were not long in arrivin...