Category R (Humour)

R01 Lee Gibb, The Higher Jones.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1961. Pp. 42-51
2-208
  Used by permission of Frederick Muller Ltd.  
Corr 196 and [an]  
  2,003 words  
     
R02 Matthew Finch, Solo Fiddle.
London: Dobson Books Ltd, 1961. Pp. 9-16
2-193
  Used by permission of Dobson Books Ltd.  
  2,001 words  
     
R03 Christine Brooke-Rose, The Middlemen: A Satire.
London: Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd., 1961. Pp. 73-80
2-195
  Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.  
  2,006 words  
     
R04 Punch (May 17, 1961)
A. Bernard Hollowood (in an interview by Barry Normanton), "My Work for the Russian Secret Service", 745
2- 88
  B. Gwyn Thomas, "Growing Up in Meadow Prospect, 6-
Reluctant Trouper", 762-764
89-183
  Used by permission of Punch Publications Ltd.  
  2,004 words  
     
R05 600 Magazine
A. Betty James, "The Ghostess", 36:156
(Winter, 1961), 3-5
2-137
 

B. John Hammond, "Castle Wanted", 35:155
(Autumn, 1961), 61-63

138-202
 

Reprinted from 600 Magazine, House Journal of The 600 Group Limited

 
Sic 105 rock n' roll [spelling]  
  2,021 words  
     
R06 New Statesman
A. Anthony Carson, "The Voice of the Turtle-Dove",
(March 31, 1961), 508-509
2-134
  B. Doris Lessing, "Homage for Isaac Babel" (December 15, 1961), 920 135-188
  Used by permission of Statesman and Nation Publishing Co.  
Sic 51 apart for [function word]
175 its [spelling]
180 its [spelling]
 
  2,003 words  
     
R07 Paul Jennings, I Said Oddly, Diddle I?
London: Max Reinhardt Ltd., 1961. Pp. 140-153
2-196
  Used by permission of Max Reinhardt Ltd.  
Note A large number of deviant spellings (coded \5)  
  2,002 words  
     
R08 John Baker, Cottage by the Springs.
London: Phoenix House Publications, 1961. Pp. 93-103
2-184
  2,026 words  
     
R09 Robert P. Fleming, Goodbye to the Bombay Bowler.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd., 1961. Pp. 91-97
2-189
  Used by permission of Granada Publishing Ltd.  
  2,004 words