For 10 points, Samuel Johnson authored a mostly serious example of what type of reference book, a satirical "Devil's" example of which was written by Ambrose Bierce?
In a novel written in this format, mosquitoes die upon contact with the "dumb-ox" Yanzao due to the massive amounts of pesticides that he spreads around the village of Maqiao. The princess Ateh dies upon looking into a mirror and seeing the poisoned letters inscribed on her eyelids in a novel in this format in which the Khan of the title people invites Christian, Jewish, and Islamic scholars to interpret a dream. A work of this type quotes verses by "that learned and ingenious cleric" Father Gassalasca Jape about success and retribution. A 1755 work of this type calls oats "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." For 10 points, Samuel Johnson authored a mostly serious example of what type of reference book, a satirical "Devil's" example of which was written by Ambrose Bierce?
In a novel written in this format, mosquitoes die upon contact with the "dumb-ox" Yanzao due to the massive amounts of pesticides that he spreads around the village of Maqiao.
dictionary [or a word book; or an encyclopedia; or a lexicon; accept A Dictionary of Maqiao or Dictionary of the Khazars or The Devil’s Dictionary; prompt on reference book until read] &lt;Long Fiction&gt;