A Tale of a Tub
Robert Hendrickson notes in his book "British Literary Anecdotes" that "Swift was always partial to his strikingly original "The Tale of a Tub" (1704). On reading the work again in later years, he exclaimed 'Good God! What a genius I had when I wrote that book!'"
Tales of a Grandfather
Tales of a Grandfather is a series of books on Scottish history, written by Sir Walter Scott beginning around 1827, and published by A & C Black. Scott also wrote books about French history in the same series.