LXIII. The Red Fisherman; or, The Devil's Decoy 257
LXIV. Mad--Quite Mad 264

BENJAMIN DISRAELI (LORD BEACONSFIELD)
LXV. Popanilla on Man 270

ROBERT BROWNING
LXVI. Cristina 277
LXVII. The Lost Leader 280

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
LXVIII. Piscator and Piscatrix 281
LXIX. On a Hundred Years Hence 283

ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
LXX. Spectator Ab Extra 292

C.S. CALVERLEY
LXXI. "Hic Vir, Hic Est" 296




INTRODUCTION.


Satire and the satirist have been in evidence in well-nigh all ages of
the world's history. The chief instruments of the satirist's equipment
are irony, sarcasm, invective, wit, and humour. The satiric
denunciation of a writer burning with indignation at some social wrong