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- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
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- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
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Tag Archives: Limerick
There Was an Old Man of Berlin…
A few weeks ago Mr Nicholas Grindell contacted me about a chapbook he had published a few years back. It consists of a series of 108 limericks all beginning “There was an Old Man of Berlin” and is intended a … Continue reading
The Evolution of the Book of Nonsense
My essay on the early editions of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense has now been published and is available on Project Muse: Graziosi, Marco. “The Evolution of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense: The Making of the 1846, 1855, and … Continue reading
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Three Edward Lear Limericks Set to Music by John Muehleisen
John Muehleisen, Three Limericks TTBB (div); a cappella; English (Edward Lear) 11′ 49″. Requires a highly skilled men’s ensemble with a broad vocal range (meaningful low D to treble clef C), and bold abandon in improvised vocal sounds (animal noises). … Continue reading
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An Illustrated Limerick
By Chichester Fortescue? Bound into a copy of the eighth edition of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.
There was an Old Man whose repose…
There was an old man whose repose Consisted in warming his toes — When they said — “Are they done?” — He answered “What fun! — Do you think I am cooking my toes?” — From the Huntington digital collection.
Matchbox-Styled Book: The Limericks
A few weeks ago, kind Dough Harris sent me an extract from a book he recently acquired. Here is how he describes it: An interesting matchbox-styled booklet dropped through my letterbox today. Supposedly part of the ‘Safety [or Safest – … Continue reading
An Unpublished Limerick (4)
The last of the manuscript limericks does not have a picture. Written in pencil, and in a different hand. There was a young Lady of Tweedle Who in Church sat down on a needle With the calmest of smiles She … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (3)
The second of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. There was a young Person of Ghent Who went out to slide on the Trent The Ice … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (2)
The first of the three limericks at the end of the new-found proof copy of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense, second edition. Again, the picture looks Learesque to me, but the handwriting does not. There was a young Lady of … Continue reading
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An Unpublished Limerick (1)
Description of the new-found copy of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense, 1855; private collection: [Edward Lear] A Book of Nonsense. Proof copy for the second 1855 edition. Gray 19th-century [original?] cover, no title page, no publishing information. All 73 lithographed … Continue reading
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