E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
A’Beckett, Arthur W.
(b. Hammersmith, October 25th, 1844). “Fallen among Thieves” (1870); “Our Holiday in the Highlands” (1876); “The Ghost of Greystone Grange” (1877); with Burnand, “The Doom of St. Querce” (1875); “The Shadow Witness” (1876); “Hard Luck” (1884); “Tracked Out” (1888); “Papers from Pump-Handle Court” (from Punch), (1889); “The Member for Wrottenborough” (1892). Plays: “L. S. D.” (1872); “About Town” (1873); “On Strike” (1873). Edited Glowworm and Tomahawk, and has published an edition of Gilbert A’Beckett’s “Comic Blackstone” (1887).
