Works
The works by Brooks not already mentioned are:
- The Wigwam (c. 1847)
- Amusing Poetry (1857)
- The Silver Cord, a Story (1861), 3 vols
- Follies of the Year (1866), by J. Leech, with notes by S. Brooks
- Sooner or Later (1866–8) with illustrations by G. Du Maurier, 3 vols
- The Naggletons and Miss Violet, and her Offer (1875)
- Wit and Humour, Poems from “Punch” (1875), edited by his son, Reginald Shirley Brooks
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Famous quotes containing the word works:
“Piety practised in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to the winds of heaven, and delight those unbodied spirits that survey the works of God and the actions of men; but it bestows no assistance upon earthly beings, and however free from taints of impurity, yet wants the sacred splendour of beneficence.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”
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