Plays and poems of W.S. Gilbert : including the complete texts of the fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan operas, three other Gilbert plays and all the Bab ballads / illustrations by the author ; preface by Deems Taylor.

Thespis -- Trial by jury -- The sorcerer -- H.M.S. Pinafore; or, the lass that loved a sailor -- The pirates of Penzance; or, the slave of duty -- Patience; or, Bunthorne's bride -- Iolanthe; or, the peer and the peri -- Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant -- The Mikado; or, the town of Titipu -- Ruddigore; or, the witch's curse -- The yeomen of the Guard; or, the merryman and his maid -- The gondoliers; or, the king of Barataria -- Utopia, Limited; or, the flowers of progress -- The Grand Duke; or, the statutory duel -- The palace of truth -- The mountebanks -- His Excellency -- The Bab ballads -- The lost Bab ballads.