Lear, Edward

Twenty-one limericks selected for special appeal to young people, one large full-page illustration to a verse. "How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!/ Who has written such volumes of stuff/ Some think him ill-tempered and queer,/ But a few think him pleasant enough.".

The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve and have many adventures.

A facsimile reproduction of Edward Lear's original handwritten manuscript of nonsense alphabet rhymes. The verses are repeated in the back of the book in regular type--H.W. Wilson.

The whole animal kingdom tries to figure out just exactly what kind of animal the Scroobious Pip is.

The original unfinished text was first published in the author's "Teapots and Quails" in 1953. All the animals gather around a strange creature who calls himself the Scoobious Pip.

The original unfinished text was first published in the author's "Teapots and Quails" in 1953. All the animals gather around a strange creature who calls himself the Scoobious Pip.