Satire in Lilliput Generations of schoolchildren raised on the first Book of "Gulliver¡¯s Travels" have loved it as a delightful visit to a fantasy kingdom full of creatures they can relate to¡ªlittle creatures, like themselves. Few casual readers look deeply enough to recognize the satire just below the surface. But Jonathan Swift was one of the great satirists of his or any other age, and "Gulliver¡¯s Travels" is surely the apex of his art. "Gulliver¡¯s Travels" tells the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship¡¯s surgeon who has a number of rather extraordinary adventures, comprising four sections or