Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities

According to Wikipedia: "Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 – 16 March 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer As a creator of comic personalities, Surtees is still very readable today. Thackeray envied him his powers of observation, while William Morris considered him 'a master of life' and ranked him with Dickens. The novels are engaging and vigorous, and abound with sharp social observation, with a keener eye than Dickens for the natural world. Perhaps Surtees most resembles the Dickens of Pickwick Papers, which was originally intended as mere supporting matter for a series of sporting illustrations to rival Jorrocks."