THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

A BUDGET

OF

WIT AND HUMOUR;

OR, MORSELS OF

MIRTH FOR THE MELANCHOLY:

A Certain Cure for 'the Blues,'

AND ALL OTHER

SERIOUS COMPLAINTS.

COMPRISING

COMIC LECTURES ON HEADS, FACES, NOSES, MOUTHS, ANIMAL MAG-
NETISM, &c., WITH SPECIMENS OF ELOQUENCE, TRANSACTIONS

OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, DELINEATION OF ECCENTRIC
CHARACTERS, COMIC SONGS, &c. &c.

BY DR. W. VALENTINE,

THE FAVOURITE DELINEATOR OF ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

TWELVE PORTRAITS OF DR. VALENTINE

IN HIS MOST CELEBRATED CHARACTERS.

PHILADELPHIA:

C. MARSHALL, 148 CHESTNUT ST.

this book, encourages me to hope that my aim in its publication will to some extent be accomplished; which has been rather to amuse than instruct.

The Portraits introduced will give some idea of the various features which the book contains, and serve to show that a man may put on any countenance to suit the occasion. Your countenance is all I ask in

return.

W. VALENTINE.

CONTENTS.

Page

9

. 17

LECTURE İ. ON FACES.

The Human Face divided into two parts-The Human Family

Two-faced: Disadvantages arising therefrom-Varieties of

Faces, &c. &c.

LECTURE II-ON LAUGHING.

The Giggle-The Snicker-Twist of the Mouth-Irregular

Laughing-The Roar, and the Squall-The Hysterical or

Mixed Laugh-The Horse Laugh, &c.

LECTURE III.-ON NOSES.

The Roman Nose-The Pug-The Turn-up-The Sharp-back

-The Bottle-The Nose all over the Face, &c.

LECTURE IV.-ON MOUTHS.

The Button Mouth-The Double-lipped Mouth-The Thin

Close-drawn Mouth-The Thick Blubber-lip-The Great

Frog, &c.

LECTURE V.-ON HEADS.

Miss Younghusband-Miss Rosina Daffydowndilly-Miss Ever-

green-Bernoui Burdock-Mr. Merry Grief-Miss Tabitha

Tiptongue-The Fat Old Glutton-Joab Squash-The Senti-

mental Young Lady-Sukey Rawbones, &c.

Dutchman's Speech at the Baltimore Convention

Fourth of July Oration

The Moral Reform Society-On Newspapers

The Singing Family

Ebenézer Dogskin's Description of his Family

"A very Genteel Man, for all that"

A Courting Scene between Josiah Hoselcruce and Debby Higgins

Daddy Hague and Aunty Piggin.

Taking the Census

A Specimen of Eloquence, by Cicero Thespis Vesuvius Avalanche

Jacob Doolittle's Trip across the Big Pond.

5

Plato Pug's Lecture, delivered at the Hall of Science, before the

African Illuminati of Philadelphia

Syllabus of a Course of Lectures by Dr. Puffstuff.

126

Yankee Inquiry, or the March-of-Intellect Busy-body Association
Timothy Greenhorn's Visit to New York

Dr. Willard, the Hypochondriac.

161

Colonel Seth Stride's Visit to the Queen's Marriage-How he obtained admission, and how he made his exit

POLICE SKETCHES:

Case of Assault and Battery-A Hoosier's First Visit to New
York

The Lawyer Outwitted

The Case of Samuel Doleful

171

Social Visits

. 177 . 180

Demi-semi-centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Turkey