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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