A BOOK OF BURLESQUE

OF ENGLISH STAGE TRAVESTIE AND PARODY

BY WILLIAM DAVENPORT ADAMS Author of "A Dictionary of English Literature," "Rambles in Book-Land" etc., etc.

WITH PORTRAITS OF F. C. BURNAND, W. S. GILBERT, AND G. R. SIMS

LONDON HENRY AND CO., BOUVERIE STREET, E.C. 1891

The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour.

Vol. I.

ESSAYS IN LITTLE. By Andrew Lang. [Seventh Thousand.

Vol. II.

SAWN OFF: A Tale of a Family Tree. By G. Manville Fenn. [Fourth Thousand.

Vol. III.

A LITTLE IRISH GIRL. By the Author of "Molly Bawn." [Ready.

Vol. IV.

THREE WEEKS AT MOPETOWN. By Percy Fitzgerald. [Ready.

Vol. V.

A BOOK OF BURLESQUE. By William Davenport Adams. [Ready.

Vol. VI.

IN A CANADIAN CANOE. By Barry O. E. Pain, B.A. [July.