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A Nonsense Anthology
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired. In the notes below, where changes in indentation have been noted, the transcriber checked other resources in an attempt to be as faithful as possible to the original author’s intent.
Page xiv, Table of Contents, “Luders” changed to “Lüders” (A Corsage Bouquet Charles Henry Lüders)
Page 41, “reason” changed to “Reason” (While Reason took)
Page 71, “Beware”, fourth stanza, “She is fooling thee!”, moved to match alignment of rest of poem. Originally it was lined up with the indented lines above it.