Tag Archives: nonsense rhymes

Edward Lear’s Last Poem

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Below are a picture and a transcript of Edward Lear’s “Some Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly.” The manuscript was sold at Bonhams in May 2013 as part of the Roy Davids Collection. Part III. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts … Continue reading →

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A Choice Collection of Queens and Kings, and other Things

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

In February 2011 I posted a review of some Christmas books for 1874, “Nonsense for Big and Little Babies” from Judy. Among the books reviewed was A Choice Collection of Queens and Kings, and other Things by S.A. the Princess Hesse Schwartzbourg, … Continue reading →

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Ye Ancient Fizzgiggious Fish

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

The fizzgiggious Fish, who always walked about upon Stilts, because he had no legs.   Hours of Joanna the Mad (Add MS 18852), a spectacular Book of Hours that was produced for Joanna of Castile (more frequently, and somewhat unfairly, … 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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Humpty Dumpty by Aliquis

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Last year I posted Edward Lear’s version of Humpty Dumpty, and was reminded of Aliquis’s Pictorial Humpty Dumpty (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1843), another “panorama” by the author of The Flight of the Old Woman Who Was Tossed Up in … Continue reading →

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The Father of Nonsense

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Marco Graziosi

Here is an interesting letter that was offered for sale at Bonhams in 2008; as far as I can see it is still available through AbeBooks sellers, which is where I got the small images: The letter reads: 8. Duchess … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Wells on the Limerick

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A new article is available on the nonsenselit.org bookshelf: Carolyn Wells, “Limericks.” Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, vol. 55, no. 5, March 1903, pp. 532-5. It mostly consists of limericks by authors well-know at the turn of the twentieth century. Worth … Continue reading →

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