Punch,  5 (1843), 146–47.

The Institution at Hookham-cum-Snivey

Anon

Genre:

Proceedings, Spoof

Subjects:

Societies, Lecturing, Periodicals


    Continues coverage of activities of this fictional institution (last reported on in PU1/4/21/1). The spoof proceedings of the institution begin with a list of lectures to be delivered, including 'Brook Green' on the 'Impropriety of Pyrotechnics (addressed especially to the junior classes)' (146). Adds that the institution's 'Reading Room' has acquired several periodicals including the fictional 'Monthly Medical Gazette of Parr, Cockle, and Morrison'.



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