18th century, and the possession of a 1650 Geneva Bible by a poor person. In 1880, Memoirs of a Cynic was a protest against cruelty and hypocrisy. This was followed in 1881 by Modern Wonders of the World, or the new Sinbad, a series of 10 stories told to London children by Hassan, the son of an Egyptian slave dealer. His last book, published in 1882, Legion, or the modern demoniac, returns to Gilbert's campaign against drink, which, he illustrated, leads to "crime, profligacy, suicide, homicide, brutality, cruelty, pauperism, idiocy and insanity." Gilbert died at the age of 86 and was buried in The Close at Salisbury. Works Novels and collections Dives and Lazarus, or the adventures of an obscure medical man in a low neighbourhood (1858) Margaret Meadows, A Tale for the Pharisees (1858) The Weaver's Family (1860) Shirley Hall Asylum: Or the Memoirs of a Monomaniac (1863) Christmas Tale: The Rosary, a Legend of Wilton Abbey (1863) De Profundis, a tale of the social deposits (1864) The Goldsworthy Family, or the country attorney (1864) Doctor Austin's Guests (1866) (sequel to Shirley Hall Asylum) The Magic Mirror: A Round of Tales for Young and Old (1865; illustrated by W. S. Gilbert) Doctor Austen's Guests (1866; a sequel to Shirley Hall Asylum) The Wizard of the Mountain (volume 1); (volume 2) (1867) The Doctor of Beauweir, an autobiography (1868) The Seven League Boots (1869; illustrated by W. S. Gilbert) King George’s Middy (1869; illustrated by W. S. Gilbert) Sir Thomas Branston (1869) Martha (1871) The Landlord of the "Sun" (1871) Clara Levesque (1873) Them Boots (1877) James Duke, Costermonger. A tale of the social aspects (c. 1879) Mrs. Dubosq's Bible (1879) Memoirs of a Cynic (1880) Modern Wonders of the World, or the new Sinbad (1881) Short stories "A Visit to a Convict Lunatic Asylum" (1864) "The Sacristan of St. Botolph" (1866) "Ruth Thornbury, or The Old Maid's Story" (1866) "The Doctor Onofrio" (1867) * "Fra Gerolamo" (1867) * "The Magic Flower" (1867) * "The Last Lords of Gardonal" (1867) * "Tomas and Pepina" (1867) * "The Robber Chief" (1867) * "Don Bucefalo and the Curate" (1867) ** "The Physician's Daughter" (1867) ** "The Two Lovers" (1867) ** "The Stranger" (1867) ** "The Innominato's Confession" (1867) ** "Friar Peter’s Confession" (1869) "How Brother Ignatius Became a Monk" (1869) "How Brother Jonas, the Sub-Cellarer, Was Haunted by an Evil Spirit" (1869)