author
Horace Mayhew
1816–1872
A lively Victorian journalist and humorist, he helped shape the sharp, comic voice of Punch while writing farces, tales, and witty sketches of everyday life. His work carries the brisk, playful energy of 19th-century popular print.
2 Audiobooks
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
by William Makepeace Thackeray, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Henry Mayhew, Horace Mayhew, Albert Smith
The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
by William Makepeace Thackeray, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Henry Mayhew, Horace Mayhew, Albert Smith
About the author
Born in 1816, Horace Mayhew was an English journalist and author who built his career in the busy world of Victorian magazines and newspapers. He was the younger brother of Henry Mayhew and came from a notably literary family, turning to writing early and contributing to current journalism as well as popular comic literature.
Mayhew is especially remembered for his connection with Punch, where he worked as a writer of humorous sketches and later as a sub-editor. He also wrote farces and tales, and his work appeared in a range of periodicals, showing the versatility that many successful Victorian writers needed.
He died on April 30, 1872. Though he is less famous today than some of his contemporaries, his career offers a vivid glimpse of the fast-moving, satirical print culture of 19th-century Britain.