'What may be called 'the board' of some of these ' -- ' is numbered to thirty-two' (Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor) |
ROULETTES |
Arriviste Dickens wife putting a good face on things |
MRSVENEERING |
Bondsman's brother said to be safe with Belgian |
PETERFLEMING |
Book said to be commonplace, though could be one of 1 |
ADVERSARIA |
Bore introduces dull reading in Latin literature |
DRILL |
Corneille protagonist likely to give wrong impression |
LIAR |
Eponymous girl in verse from tall chap, and from curtailed poet |
EVANGELINE |
Experimental writer sees first koala in maple |
ACKER |
Fratricidal crime writer? |
CAIN |
George Moore's greeting may be soothing |
SALVE |
Haiku poet from Paris, Saint Cloud |
ISSA |
Handy handbooks, certainly portable |
VADEMECUMS |
It's easily located in fifteenth-century literature |
ETHE |
Life of model for Orlando |
VITA |