THE Best Nonsense Verses, Chosen by Josephine Dodge Daskam
EVANSTON
WILLIAM S. LORD
1902
Copyright 1901
WILLIAM S. LORD
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The publisher desires to acknowledge the courtesy of authors and publishers in granting permission to reprint the verses contained in this book. To Mr. Guy Wetmore Carryl, whose "Fables for the Frivolous" are published by Messrs. Harper & Brothers; to Mr. Charles E. Carryl, whose verses appeared originally in St. Nicholas; to Mr. Oliver Herford, whose "Child's Primer of Natural History" is published by Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons; to the same author for the selection from "Alphabet of Celebrities," published by Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co.; and Messrs. Harper & Brothers, the publishers of du Maurier's "A Legend of Camelot;" and to Messrs. Little, Brown & Co., who publish an edition of Lear's Nonsense Books.
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| [Father William] | Lewis Carroll | [7] |
| [The Walrus and the Carpenter] | Lewis Carroll | [9] |
| [The Hunting of the Snark, Extracts] | Lewis Carroll | [14] |
| [Jabberwocky] | Lewis Carroll | [19] |
| [The Jumblies] | Edward Lear | [21] |
| [The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo] | Edward Lear | [25] |
| [Nonsense Verses] | Edward Lear | [30] |
| [Gentle Alice Brown] | W.S. Gilbert | [33] |
| [Emily, John, James and I] | W.S. Gilbert | [37] |
| [Ellen M'Jones Aberdeen] | W.S. Gilbert | [41] |
| [The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven] | Guy Wetmore Carryl | [45] |
| [Red Ridinghood] | Guy Wetmore Carryl | [47] |
| [A Nautical Ballad] | Charles E. Carryl | [50] |
| [The Plaint of the Camel] | Charles E. Carryl | [52] |
| [Child's Natural History] | Oliver Herford | [54] |
| [Alphabet of Celebrities] | Oliver Herford | [56] |
| [Nonsense Verses] | Gelett Burgess | [57] |
| [Vers Nonsensiques] | George du Maurier | [59] |
| [Nonsense Verses] | W.S. Gilbert | [60] |
| [Varia] | Anonymous | [61] |