English wit and humor
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800
- English wit and humor -- History and criticism
- English wit and humor -- Periodicals
- English wit and humor, Pictorial
- Humorous poetry, English
- Humorous stories, English
- Nonsense verses, English
- Political satire, English
- Satire, English
- British wit and humor
- British humour
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Absurd Ditties (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1903), by G. E. Farrow, illust. by John Hassall- The Choice Works of Thomas Hood (New York: Kiggins and Kellogg, 1854), by Thomas Hood
- The English Comic Characters (London: J. Lane, c1925), by J. B. Priestley
- Fools and Philosophers: A Gallery of Comic Figures From English Literature (New York, Dodd, Mead and Co., 1925), by J. B. Priestley (page images at HathiTrust)
- From Wisdom Court (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1893), by Henry Seton Merriman and Evelyn Beatrice Hall, illust. by E. Courboin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- In a Canadian Canoe; The Nine Muses Minus One; and Other Stories (London and New York: Harper and Bros., 1898), by Barry Pain
- The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels (based on the 1848 Scribner and Welford "artists' edition"" (New York), with added illustrations), by Thomas Ingoldsby, illust. by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel, and Arthur Rackham (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels (based on a 1921 Oxford University Press edition), by Thomas Ingoldsby (multiple formats with commentary at Ex-Classics)
- The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings (London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1864), ed. by Mark Lemon, contrib. by Joe Miller (HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Jests, New and Old: Containing Anecdotes of Celebrities, Living and Deceased, Many of Which Have Never Before Been Published (London: J. W. Jarvis and Son, ca. 1887), ed. by William Carew Hazlitt
- Joe Miller's Jest Book: An Immense Collection of the Funniest Jokes, Quaint and Laughable Anecdotes, Mirth Provoking Stories, Brilliant Witticisms, and Queer Sayings, As Told by the Original Joe Miller (Hurst and Co. American edition; appears to be an unauthorized Americanized version of Lemon's Jest Book), ed. by Mark Lemon, contrib. by Joe Miller (HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Joe Miller's Jests: or, The Wits Vade-Mecum (originally published 1739), ed. by John Mottley, contrib. by Joe Miller (HTML with commentary at staggernation.com)
- Lancashire Humour (second edition; London: J. M. Dent and Co. 1901), by Thomas Newbigging, illust. by James Ayton Symington (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Lancashire Humour and Pathos (Manchester, UK: Fred Johnson and Co., ca. 1911), by Langford Saunders, illust. by Sam Fitton (HTML in the UK)
- Punch's Pocket-Book of Fun: Being Cuts and Cuttings From the Wit and Wisdom of Twenty-Five Volumes of Punch (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1857), illust. by Samuel Putnam Avery (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tea-Table Talk (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1903), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Fred Pegram (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Tea-Table Talk (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1903), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Fred Pegram (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- Terribly Intimate Portraits (New York: Boni and Liveright, c1922), by Noel Coward, illust. by Lorn Loraine
- The Treasury of Wit, With Comic Engravings (London: Printed for T. Allman, 1836) (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Voces Populi (first series; London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1890), by F. Anstey, illust. by Bernard Partridge (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Voces Populi (second series; London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892), by F. Anstey, illust. by Bernard Partridge
- Wit and Humour, Selected From The English Poets; With an Illustrative Essay, and Critical Comments (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1846), ed. by Leigh Hunt
- A Withered Nosegay (shorter British edition of "Terribly Intimate Portraits"; London: Christophers, 1922), by Noel Coward, illust. by Lorn Loraine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Wits, or, Sport Upon Sport (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932), ed. by John James Elson, contrib. by Robert Cox and Francis Kirkman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bones: His Anecdotes and Goaks (London: C. H. Clarke, ca. 1870), by G. W. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Democritus in London, With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow; To Which Are Added Notes Festivous, etc. (London: W. Pickering, 1852), by George Daniel
- D'Ordel's Pantechnicon, by Mark Sykes and Edmund Sandars (multiple formats at archive.org)
- England Day by Day: A Guide to Efficiency, and Prophetic Calendar for 1904 (London: Methuen, 1903), by E. V. Lucas and Charles L. Graves, illust. by George Morrow
- Humour, Wit, and Satire of the Seventeenth Century (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883), ed. by John Ashton
- The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection; With Several Pieces Never Before Published (new edition, 6 volumes; London: J. Debrett, 1786), ed. by John Almon (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Tatler (reprinted edition of the serial founded in 1709, in 4 volumes; New York: Hadley and Mathews, 1899), by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, ed. by George Atherton Aitken (searchable DjVu at Rutgers)
- Told After Supper, by Jerome K. Jerome (Gutenberg text)
- Told After Supper (London: Leadenhall Press; et al., 1891), by Jerome K. Jerome, illust. by Kenneth Skeaping (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, From Chaucer to Saxe, ed. by James Parton (Gutenberg text)
- The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, From Chaucer to Saxe (13th edition; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1881), ed. by James Parton
- The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, From Chaucer to Saxe (13th edition; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884), ed. by James Parton
- Merry Drollery Compleat: Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, etc. (based on the 1691 final edition, omitting some songs from the 1661 edition; Boston, Lincolnshire: R. Roberts, 1875), ed. by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Punch's Almanacks (second series, covering 1862-1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Supplement of Reserved Songs From Merry Drollery, 1661 (ca. 1876), ed. by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (HTML and PDF at horntip.com)
- Greene's, Groats-Worth of Witte, Bought With a Million or Repentance (London: W. Wright, 1592), by Robert Greene
- Iests to Make You Merie With the Coniuring Up of Cock Watt (the Walking Spirit of Newgate) to Tell Tales; Unto Which is Added, The Miserie of a Prison, and a Prisoner, and a Paradox in Praise of Serieants (London: Printed by N. Okes for N. Butter, 1607), by Thomas Dekker and George Wilkins (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Groats-Worth Of Witte, Bought With a Million of Repentance; The Repentance of Robert Greene, 1592 (Bodley Head quartos #6; London: J. Lane; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1923), by Robert Greene, ed. by G. B. Harrison
- The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century; and Charity and Humour (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007), by William Makepeace Thackeray, ed. by Edgar F. Harden, contrib. by James Hannay (page images at HathiTrust)
- The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century (Lovell's Library #313; New York: J. W. Lovell co., c1883), by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Punch (partial serial archives)
- The Ass: or, Weekly Beast of Burden (volume of all 16 issues; 1826) (full serial archives)
- The Comic Annual, by Thomas Hood (full serial archives)
- The Foundling Hospital for Wit (6 volumes originally published 1743-1749), ed. by Charles Hanbury-Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fun (partial serial archives)
- The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire (1867-1870) (full serial archives)
- George Cruikshank's Omnibus (London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842), by George Cruikshank, ed. by Laman Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character, From The Collection of "Mr. Punch" (London: Bradbury, Agnew and Co., 1887), by John Leech (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Randolph Caldecott's "Graphic" Pictures (London and New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1883), illust. by Randolph Caldecott (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
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