Nonsense for old and young

Transcriber’s Note
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Eugene Field.
Nonsense FOR Old and Young By EUGENE FIELD
Illustrated by JOHN C. FROHN
BOSTON Henry A. Dickerman & Son PUBLISHERS MCMI
Copyright 1901, by Henry A. Dickerman & Son.
“A little nonsense now and then, Is relished by the best of men.” Oliver ❦Wendell Holmes.
In compiling this volume we have endeavored to add pictorially to the amusement in these funny conceits from Field’s versatile brain.
The majority of the sketches herein, appeared in the Denver Tribune , under the title of The Tribune Primer , with various sub-titles, beginning Monday, Oct. 10, 1881, and ending Monday, Dec. 19, of the same year. The entire number of these quips was about 162, of which 94 were first published in book form as The Tribune Primer , in 1881. The balance, with the exception of five which are so local in their application that they have now lost some of their fine sarcastic humor, we here present for the first time with illustrations.
In their original form the sketches were designated by Roman Numerals instead of titles and were made up of short sentences, with a liberal display of capital letters after the style of first lessons in reading for children.
The Publishers.