Transcriber's note:
Where the text and images were intertwined I've provided an image of the original page followed by a text version.
THE
STORY OF AN OSTRICH
AN ALLEGORY
AND
HUMOROUS SATIRE
IN RHYME
Interpreted and Illustrated
BY
Edmund Nolcini
PUBLISHED BY THE
HAND PRINT BOOK FOLK,
BACK BAY, BOSTON, MASS.
COPYRIGHTED, 1903,
BY THE
HAND PRINT BOOK FOLK, BOSTON, MASS.
ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS HERE SHOWN, INCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE, ARE REPRODUCED FROM PEN DRAWINGS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THIS BOOK, AT GREAT EXPENSE, AND ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED NOT TO REPRODUCE THEM WITHOUT PERMISSION