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Books in the Humorous genre:

The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)

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The comical, poetical adventures of three hunters with their horns. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Tramp Abroad (1880)

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The story of a walking tour of Germany and Italy, enlivened and augmented by numerous digressions and discursions. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Walter Francis Brown
Benjamin Henry Day
W. W. Denslow
True W. Williams
Et al

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The Farmer’s Boy (1881)

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A traditional rhyme that goes through all the farmer’s animals and their sounds. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 2 (1881)

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This second volume of the omnibus edition contains: Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) The Farmer’s Boy (1881) The Queen of Hearts (1881) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)

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This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Sing a Song for Sixpence (1... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Stolen White Elephant, Etc (1882)

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Eighteen articles and stories. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers (1882)

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A boy, on the eve of his return to boarding school, trades places with his father. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): F. Anstey
Illustrator(s): None

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The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)

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A traditional hunting song. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)

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An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa (1883)

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Hennery Peck was a mischievous lad who loved to play sneaky pranks on others, especially his father, for the sheer pleasure of creating mayhem. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George W. Peck
Illustrator(s): True W. Williams

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Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures (1883)

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A collection of drawings, illustrations, picture letters, etc from the ‘Graphic’ magazine.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott’s: Original Sketches for the Four Seasons (1883)

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A collection of illustrations based on themes of the four seasons. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Some of Aesop’s Fables with Modern Instances (1883)

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Twenty fables with illustrations of the original fable and a cartoon of a modern application. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Come Lasses and Lads (1884)

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A traditional ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats (1885)

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A humorous poem first published in 1823 with additional verses by Ruskin and four additional illustrations by Greenaway. Read the original with colored illustrations at Internet Archive. And the augmented version at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Pearson
John Ruskin
R. S. Sharpe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous
Kate Greenaway

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Davy and the Goblin or What Followed Reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1885)

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A goblin takes Davy on a believing voyage. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s): E. B. Bensell

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The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)

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The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Samuel Foote
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Panjandrum Picture Book (1885)

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This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) Rea... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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