E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Brown, Jones, and Robinson.
Three Englishmen who travel together. Their adventures were published in
Punch, and were the production of Richard Doyle. They typify the middle-class English abroad; and hold up to ridicule their gaucherie and contracted notions, their vulgarity and extravagance, their conceit and snobbism.
