A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public...
The Publisher is a collection of humorous poems by Australian writer C.J. Dennis, published in 1915. The poems satirize aspects of Australian society,...
The Briefless Barrister, a humorous poem by John Godfrey Saxe, satirizes the legal profession. The poem's protagonist, a lawyer without clients, lamen...
Alexander Pope's "Epigram, Engraved on the Collar of a Dog" is a brief, satirical poem written in the form of a couplet. It humorously addresses the n...