Tag Archives: Book of Nonsense

Mid-Victorian Memories of Edward Lear

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Robert Edward Francillon (1841-1919), barrister, novelist and journalist, editor of The Tatler circa 1877 (works at Archive.org); from Mid-Victorian Memories. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 30-35: My second author [the first being Thomas Talfourd] was of a very different order. I … Continue reading →

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W.S.’s Bosh

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In a previous post, The Father of Nonsense, I published an 1877 letter in which Edward Lear thanked one W.S. for the dedication of a Book of Bosh, usually taken to be The Book of Bosh. With which are incorporated some amusing and instructive … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Brothers Dalziel

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

So far, Lear has mentioned his nonsense rhymes very little in the Diaries; for instance on 19 September 1860, while at Little Green with the Hornbys, one of the families that most appreciated his nonsense, he writes: I sang nonsense … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Reviewed in Judy

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

A BOOK OF NONSENSE There was once upon a time — I think it was last Tuesday week — a silly old bald-headed gentleman, who took a Brompton omnibus, and found another silly old bald-headed gentleman inside laughing fit to … Continue reading →

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