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The Comic Almanack, Volume 1
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1

The Comic Almanack, Volume 1

An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

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261 Chapters
  1. 1 PRELIMINARY
  2. 2 PRELUDIUM.
  3. 3 ASS-TROLOGICAL PREDICTIONS.
  4. 4 THE GREAT COMET.
  5. 5 ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
  6. 6 HUMBUGGUM ASTROLOGICUM, PRO ANNO 1835.
  7. 7 MY GRANDMOTHER'S LAMENT; or, THE SETTLING DAY.
  8. 8 ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
  9. 9 ABSTRACT of an ACT, intituled an Act for the Amendment of an Act for the Amendment of the Poor Laws.
  10. 10 ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
  11. 11 PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES.
  12. 12 THE "WISDOM OF OUR ANCESTORS."
  13. 13 From "Markham's Horsemanship."
  14. 14 From "One Thousand Notable Things."
  15. 15 From "The Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion."
  16. 16 From "Natura Exenterata, or Nature Unbowelled."
  17. 17 ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
  18. 18 THE GARDENER'S CALENDAR.
  19. 19 DIARY.
  20. 20 ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.
  21. 21 VALEDICTION.
  22. 22 Moral.
  23. 23 THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1836.
  24. 24 PROCLAMATION.
  25. 25 SLANGOLOGY.
  26. 26 Paragraphs Extraordinary.
  27. 27 Humbuggum Ass-trologicum, pro Anno 1836.
  28. 28 INVITATION OF "THE SELECT" To Bartholomew Fair.
  29. 29 "THE LAY OF THE LAST" ALDERMAN.
  30. 30 Advertisements and Paragraphs Extraordinary.
  31. 31 A DRAMATIC FACT.
  32. 32 THE SERVANT OF ALL WORK.
  33. 33 STANZAS, addressed to Mrs...., of ... Terrace Cat and Mutton Fields.
  34. 34 Advertisements Extraordinary.
  35. 35 WANT PLACES.
  36. 36 AN EPISTLE
  37. 37 ANNUAL REGISTER OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.
  38. 38 Extracts from the Proceedings of the Association of British Illuminati, at their Annual Meeting, held in Dublin, August, 1835.
  39. 39 THE NOTORIOUS UNKNOWN.
  40. 40 THE FIVE BELLES.
  41. 41 Advertisements Extraordinary.
  42. 42 FINALE.
  43. 43 THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1837.
  44. 44 CHRISTMAS BILLS.
  45. 45 VALENTINE'S DAY.
  46. 46 THOMAS GARDENER TO SALLY COOK.
  47. 47 THE DERBY DAY.
  48. 48 A PARALLEL CASE OF HARDSHIP.
  49. 49 A MAY-DAY LAY.
  50. 50 MISS AMELIA SMITH TO MISS JULIA SMYTHE.
  51. 51 OPERATION OF THE NEW POOR LAWS.
  52. 52 FANCY-FAIRING. "ONLY FANCY!"
  53. 53 A TOUGH YARN.
  54. 54 THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. A FRAGMENT.
  55. 55 ODE TO BEER.
  56. 56 SO—OH!—LOGICAL SOCIETY.
  57. 57 MUSIC'S POWER.
  58. 58 THE CRIER'S SONG.
  59. 59 SCRAPS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER.
  60. 60 MANNERS MADE EASY; OR, HOW TO COBBLE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
  61. 61 HIEROGLYPHICUM IN FUTURO.
  62. 62 JACK FROST.
  63. 63 MY DANCING DAYS ARE OVER. By the Gentleman in the White Waistcoat.
  64. 64 VALENTINE'S DAY.
  65. 65 FROST FAIR: A LAMENT. BY TOM TUG.
  66. 66 THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
  67. 67 TAFFY'S ANNIVERSARY.
  68. 68 ST. PATRICK'S DAY. An Irish Mellow-day.
  69. 69 THE DARBY DAY.
  70. 70 SETTLING FOR THE HOAX.
  71. 71 ODE TO SIR ANDREW AGNEW: AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
  72. 72 BOWING AND HARROWING.
  73. 73 AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
  74. 74 JOHN BUDD AND SUKEY SIMS.
  75. 75 THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. PAUL'S.
  76. 76 PROCLAMATION DAY.
  77. 77 RAIL-ROAD TRAVELLING.
  78. 78 THAT MISTER NUBIBUS.
  79. 79 CHEAP BATHING
  80. 80 PLEASURING.
  81. 81 COUNTRY COMMISSIONS.
  82. 82 THE HARVEST SUPPER.
  83. 83 ÀPROPOS OF THE GOOSE.
  84. 84 TRIUMPH OF TEE-TOTALISM.
  85. 85 JOE COSE IN LONDON TO PHŒBE BUTTERCUP IN THE COUNTRY.
  86. 86 THE PRAISE OF PUNCH.
  87. 87 AN ADVENTURE OF A GUY.
  88. 88 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
  89. 89 THE QUEEN IN THE CITY.
  90. 90 THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1839.
  91. 91 AL-MANIAC DAY.—A RUSH FOR THE MURPHIES.
  92. 92 STUBBS'S CALENDAR; OR, THE FATAL BOOTS.
  93. 93 JANUARY.—The Birth of the Year.
  94. 94 THE DORMANT PEERAGE—APPEALS IN THE LORDS.
  95. 95 FEBRUARY.—Cutting Weather.
  96. 96 EASTER SUNDAY.
  97. 97 MARCH.—Showery.
  98. 98 FIRST DAY OF TERM.—Effects before Causes.
  99. 99 APRIL.—Fooling.
  100. 100 THE CONCERT SEASON.
  101. 101 MAY.—Restoration Day.
  102. 102 HOW TO SCREW AN AUTHOR.—Dr. Slop's Complaint.
  103. 103 JUNE—Marrowbones and Cleavers.
  104. 104 SO-HO-LOGICAL SOCIETY.
  105. 105 JULY.—Summery Proceedings.
  106. 106 Association of British Illuminati, to be held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, in August, 1839.
  107. 107 CHESS.—"BLACK MOVES AND WINS."
  108. 108 AUGUST.—Dogs have their Days.
  109. 109 HARVEY versus JARVEY. A Moloncholy Case.
  110. 110 SEPTEMBER.—Plucking a Goose.
  111. 111 "OTHELLO'S OCCUPATION'S GONE."
  112. 112 OCTOBER.—Mars and Venus in Opposition.
  113. 113 POETRY AT SIGHT.
  114. 114 A SETTLER'S LETTER.
  115. 115 THE JOINT STOCK SUICIDE CLUB.
  116. 116 NOVEMBER.—A General Post Delivery.
  117. 117 BLARNEYHUM ASS-TROLOGICUM PRO ANNO 1839.
  118. 118 CHRISTMAS PIECES. A Soliloquial Care-all.
  119. 119 DECEMBER.—"The Winter of our Discontent."
  120. 120 ASCOT CUP DAY. FROM THE RACING CALENDAR.
  121. 121 EXTRACTS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER.
  122. 122 THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1840.
  123. 123 JOLLY DOGS.—ABOLITION OF THE TRUCK SYSTEM.
  124. 124 BARBER COX, AND THE CUTTING OF HIS COMB. JANUARY.—The Announcement.
  125. 125 A PENNY POST-OBIT.
  126. 126 FEBRUARY.—First Rout.
  127. 127 TOM THE DEVIL. A FRAGMENT OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF 1839.
  128. 128 THE DUST ABOUT THE GOLD DUST.
  129. 129 MARCH DUST.—THE BELL SAVAGE.
  130. 130 MARCH.—A Day with the Surrey Hounds.
  131. 131 CAUGHT AT CATCHING.
  132. 132 APRIL.—The Finishing Touch.
  133. 133 MEMBERS OF THE LONDON PRESS.
  134. 134 MAY.—A New Drop Scene at the Opera.
  135. 135 GAME IN SEASON.
  136. 136 THE MARCH TO FINCHLEY.
  137. 137 RETURNING BY WATER
  138. 138 AUGUST.—A Tournament.
  139. 139 "THE PASSAGE OF ARMS AT TUGGERIDGEVILLE!
  140. 140 OUT-RIDERS TO THE QUEEN.
  141. 141 SEPTEMBER.—Over-boarded and Under-lodged.
  142. 142 MEDICAL STUDENTS.
  143. 143 DOCTORS' COMMONS.
  144. 144 OCTOBER.—Notice to Quit.
  145. 145 LONDON SMOKE.
  146. 146 NOVEMBER.—Law-Life Assurance.
  147. 147 FAT CATTLE SHOW.
  148. 148 DECEMBER.—Christmas Bustle.
  149. 149 EXTRACTS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN 1839.
  150. 150 ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH ILLUMINATI, HELD AT BIRMINGHAM, IN AUGUST, 1839.
  151. 151 BLARNEYHUM ASS-TROLOGICUM PRO ANNO 1840.
  152. 152 THE COMIC ALMANACK For 1841.
  153. 153 COMMONS, BUT NOT SHORT COMMONS
  154. 154 MARTYRS IN PRISON.
  155. 155 TWELFTH NIGHT.
  156. 156 A MARRY-TIME VIEW.
  157. 157 SAINT VALENTINE.
  158. 158 HAT-ON GARDEN.
  159. 159 THEATRICAL FUN DINNER.
  160. 160 FISHER'S LAKE SCENERY.
  161. 161 POETIC LICENCE.
  162. 162 DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK.
  163. 163 MAY GAMES.—Hogg's-Wake.
  164. 164 SETTLING DAY AT "THE CORNER."
  165. 165 THE OXFORD ARMS.
  166. 166 AN UNDERTAKER.
  167. 167 THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DINNER.
  168. 168 DID YOU EVER?
  169. 169 THE USHER OF THE BLACK ROD.
  170. 170 ODE TO THE SEA:
  171. 171 A WATER PARTY. TEA-TOTALLERS IN THEIR CUPS.
  172. 172 THE INVASION OF BOULOGNE.
  173. 173 THE BLACK BOTTLE IMP.
  174. 174 A LAMENT FOR BARTLEMY FAIR.
  175. 175 A PROMENADE CONCERT.
  176. 176 LONDON LIONS.
  177. 177 ON GOOD TERMS.
  178. 178 TERM-AGANTS.
  179. 179 CRADLE HER (NOT HYMN).
  180. 180 A LONDON FOG.
  181. 181 A STIRRING TIME.
  182. 182 CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR.
  183. 183 BOTHERUM ASTROLOGICUM PRO ANNO 1841.
  184. 184 LATEST NEWS FROM COURT.
  185. 185 ORIGINAL NOTES. FROM THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL FOR 1840.
  186. 186 MANNERS MAKE THE MAN.
  187. 187 BRANDY AND SALT.
  188. 188 THE FOLLOWING IS FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
  189. 189 FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
  190. 190 ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH ILLUMINATI.
  191. 191 BEFORE DINNER, AND AFTER.
  192. 192 THE GAIETIES OF TOM GAD.
  193. 193 RINGING A PEAL, AND RINGING A BELLE
  194. 194 VALOUR AND DISCRETION: THE ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE LUMBER TROOP.
  195. 195 WAR SONG OF THE LUMBER TROOP.
  196. 196 HIGH TREASON.
  197. 197 HIGH AND LOW WATER. A LETTER OF THE LIONS OF LONDON.
  198. 198 REGISTER OF INVENTIONS FOR 1841.
  199. 199 OVER HEAD AND UNDER FOOT.
  200. 200 THE SHOP AND THE SHAY.
  201. 201 MISERIES ENOUGH FOR THE YEAR.
  202. 202 UP HILL AND DOWN DALE:
  203. 203 BLOOD HEAT AND FREEZING POINT.
  204. 204 SOCIETY FOR THE CONFUSION OF USELESS KNOWLEDGE.
  205. 205 THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE; Or, Polytechnic Pond-erings Elaborated in the Bell.
  206. 206 NEW EDITION OF BURNS.
  207. 207 GOING! GONE! THE AUCTION-HERE.
  208. 208 A SMITH'S VICE.
  209. 209 PREMIUM AND DISCOUNT.
  210. 210 THE NURSE'S SOLILOQUY.
  211. 211 THE PARLOUR AND THE CELLAR.
  212. 212 DECEMBER—NOTES OF THE MONTH.
  213. 213 CHRISTMAS FARE.
  214. 214 PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, 1841.
  215. 215 THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY.
  216. 216 REPORT OF THE CATNACH SOCIETY.
  217. 217 AN EARNEST LOVE LETTER.
  218. 218 LIKELIHOODS.
  219. 219 OH! LAW!
  220. 220 A LAW REPORT.
  221. 221 LONDON AND UNIVERSAL DEPOSIT ASSOCIATION.
  222. 222 A COMMONS SCENE IN THE YEAR 1843.
  223. 223 LIGHTS OF THE PRESENT, NOT OF OTHER DAYS.
  224. 224 A CHARTER PARTY.
  225. 225 MORALS FOR THE MILLION.
  226. 226 A FEW FACTS.
  227. 227 MARCH WINDS.
  228. 228 DISTRAINING FOR RENT.—A COURT LEVY.
  229. 229 COLD WATER.
  230. 230 A PROVERB REFUTED.
  231. 231 IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN ASSES UNDER THE NEW TARIFF.
  232. 232 ODE TO SIGNOR RUBINI.
  233. 233 THE BRITISH MUSEUM TWO HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
  234. 234 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, APRIL 1, 2043.
  235. 235 THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
  236. 236 REPORT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH..
  237. 237 CHINA.
  238. 238 THE COMPLETION OF THE TUNNEL.
  239. 239 THE CUP DAY AT ASCOT.
  240. 240 THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER'S LAMENT.
  241. 241 WHAT'S TO BE DONE WITH THE PARISH 'PRENTICES?
  242. 242 REMARKS ON THE WEATHER.
  243. 243 SCIENCE UNDER DIVERS FORMS.
  244. 244 EFFECTS OF THE INCOME-TAX.
  245. 245 AIR-UM SCARE-UM TRAVELLING.
  246. 246 TAKING OF NINGPO.
  247. 247 VICTORY OF GENERAL SALE.
  248. 248 OVERLAND MAIL ARRIVED FROM INDIA.
  249. 249 GARDENING DIRECTIONS FOR AUGUST.
  250. 250 THE LONG VACATION.
  251. 251 SHOW OF HANDS FOR A LIBERAL CANDIDATE.
  252. 252 A POETICAL REPORT OF THE DOVER CROPPING CASE.
  253. 253 INFANT EDUCATION. BABY-LONIAN UNIVERSITY.
  254. 254 INDIAN RUBBER.
  255. 255 STOPPAGE OF THE MILLS.
  256. 256 THE HEIGHT OF IMPROVEMENT.
  257. 257 THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.
  258. 258 SOCIALISM.—"NEW HARMONY."
  259. 259 CHRISTMAS BEEF A LA MODE DE TARIFF.
  260. 260 THE FLEET MERGED IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH.
  261. 261 THE MILITIA.