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A Touching Appeal: A Parody of “The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Marco Graziosi

Punch, Vol. 107 (17 November 1894), pp. 234-235. From Amy Matthewson’s Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era. London and new York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 114-116. John Tenniel’s “A Touching Appeal” depicts an overgrown childlike Chinese man named Younghy-Bung-Boo-Hoo … Continue reading →

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The Sprout and the Cabbage

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Marco Graziosi

The Sprout and the Cabbage went to sea In a suitable egg shell boat. The waves were so high They thought they would die, But viscosity kept them afloat. The sprout cried out: “Oh, Cabbage, my dear! Wrap your green … Continue reading →

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