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- Permanent Link:
- https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083397/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Nonsense for somebody, anybody or everybody, particularly the baby-body
- Cover title:
- A. Nobody's Nonsense for somebody, anybody or everybody, particularly the baby body
- Creator:
- Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932
Wells Gardner, Darton & Co ( Publisher )
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Publisher:
- Gardner, Darton & Co.
- Publication Date:
- c1895
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Children's poetry ( lcsh )
Children's poetry -- 1895 ( lcsh ) Nonsense verse -- 1895 ( rbgenr ) Bldn -- 1895
- Genre:
- Children's poetry
Nonsense verse ( rbgenr ) poetry ( marcgt )
- Spatial Coverage:
- England -- London
Netherlands
- Target Audience:
- juvenile ( marctarget )
Notes
- General Note:
- Date of publication from inscription.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- written and illustrated by A. Nobody.
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- University of Florida
- Holding Location:
- University of Florida
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- This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact The Department of Special and Area Studies Collections (special@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide.
- Resource Identifier:
- 026609846 ( ALEPH )
ALG3157 ( NOTIS ) 230824019 ( OCLC )
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“PORTRAIT oF THE AUTHOR
By Hts SON
THIS. 15 my FATHER
ANB | Do THINK,
lve DRAWN HIM
Quite NEATLY
IN STRONG PEN AND INK,
“THEY SAy THAT His LEGS
ARE. NOT QUITE THE THING
But H's BuTTONs ARE TRUTHFUL, 2
AND IVE CAUGHT HIS SAY SWING»
For SomEBOD
| bx BoD
OR EVERYBOD .
ARTICULARLY THE.
BABY- BODY,
WRITTEN AND IKLUSTRATED BY
>. NOBopY,
OBLIGINGLY PuBLISHED BY :
GARDNER, DARTON €@ 93.Paternoster Buildings.
7 LONDON,
DESIGNED'IN ENGLAND
PRINTED IN HOLLAND
ON ENGLISH PAPER.
‘THis NONSENSE Book
]
WROTE
By MYSELF
AND TRE PICTURES My PENCIL DREW,
| HAVE TAKEN |" DOWN
FROM “Te EW
NURSERY SHELF = \
. é
THat IT MAY BE GIVEN To You, 4
ek: WAS A MAN
AS BOLD AS BRASS
WHO DID “ WONDROUS
THING
HE CUMBED THE STEEPLE
OF THE CHURCH
AND THERE BEGAN To SING.
ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING CAME.
AT THIS UNCOMMON SiGat.
ao oS THEY HEARD-
41s 50NG ABSURD
THEY LEFT Him THERE ALL NIGHT |
THERE WAS 4 LITTLE
TOBDLING CHILD
WHO NEVER SPOKE BUT ALWAYS
SMILED
UNTIL HER MOTHER ANXIOUS
> ney Resmi @ GREW
ON NEWS OF THIS THE DOCTOR CAME
WHICH SEEMED TO MER A PLEASANT GAME
Puy OUT YOUR TONGUE HE STERNLY SAID
WHICH, WHEN SHE DID HE FOUND IT RED.
a PINCHED NER HERE JAE PINCHED
HER THERE,
AND FIXED HER WITH 4 STONY STARE |
BUT Nov THE SLIGHTEST GOOD BID HE
PRODUCE , UPON THAT SMILING
aHE. 3
5S ON SHE ZMILED HER CHEERFUL WAY
SHES SMILING AT THIS. PRESENT DAY. symys
Some PEOPLE
THINK. :
ee ee
rh fe Good ANG
FIERE ARE :
NOAH eno MRS
AND HERE ARE SOME
OF THE SMALLER MEN
AND BEAR FROM
THE GIRAPFE, THE WEAZEL,
THE DEN
ET
COMPLETE ee ee,
Little Bossy ATE A BUN,
FLABBy~ STODGY—- UNDERDONE,
LUCKILY ‘TWAS ONLY ONE.
WELL, AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT FUN
To BAr THAR HORRID +¢ BUN, :
BU] WHEN be Fely Fis Liyjce cum
SPEEDILY MOST QUEER BECOME
AND HE COULD NEITHER WALK NOR RUN,
Le CRIED, ON, DOCTOR! DOCTOR, come!
GO FETCH THE Docyor, ANY ONE!"
THEY GAVE HIM PEPPER, GINGER, GUM!
WHICH MADE His LITTLE BRAIN PAN HUM,
UNTIL His LEGS BEGAN TO STRUM,
AND ROUND & ROUND HE Quickly SPUN, —
WHILE ALL AROUND HIM THERE STOOD DUMB, —
TS SEE HIM CHANGE INTO A
BUN!
"COME TO BED, SAID SLEEPY- HEAD
BUT SLow-Boy HE SAID NO
IVE & SAUSAGE HERE AND SOME
GINGER-BEER
: | MUST FINISH BEFORE | 2a:
"COME TO BED" SAID SLEEPY-HEA
D
BUT SLOwW-Boy HE SAID INO!
| MusT COMB MY HAIRS AND SAY MY PRAYERS
| SE5OS= 70 BEp | Ga’
COME 70 BED SAID SLeery Ese
BUT Slow Boy AE SAIlb [NO
TO BED IN ONES SHOE WiLL NEVER DO.
| Must UNDRESS BEFORE | Go"
ed 4
Ou! come To BED SAID SLEEPY- HEAD
BUT SLow-Boy He cRIED NOI 4
“TIS MORNING NOW [WILL MILK THE cow ©
AND TOMORROW TO BED WELL Gol’.
| KNEW A Boy SOME YEARS Ago
GOODNESS ME! HOw HE BID GRow |
Who WHEN HED REACHED THE AGE
QF TEN
\
|! HAD TOPPED THE HEIGHT OF COMMON
MEN |
INDEED IN BRIXTON
WHERE | DWELL
RE BEAT THE TALLEST
PLICEMAN WELL
ANB RUMOUR Says
BUT IM NOT SURE
fis Nose Just
TOUCHED
THE SECOND Floor
THERE Was A MAN OF
TALENT GREAT
who WHEN TO
CATCH HIS TRAIN
CAME LATE.
FORTH FROM HIS PocKET HIS HANKY DREW
AND LIKE A Lasso SKILFULLY THREW,
BOTH THE MAN ON THE ENGINE
AND GUARD IN VAN
MOST HICALY RESPECTED
THAT TALENTED MAN
you ARE A BeAGT *
Sip Tommy JONES
"|Ts VERY PLAIN To SEE
AND TLL TAKE CARE
A THAT Your MAMMA Gin ea)
WC, KNOws How you DOTREAT ME 7
AND THE BAD Boy SMILED
a a
BOesy> NOse 16 PAINTED BEUE
BECAUSE HE TURNED IT uP AT You
. S1ssit's NOSE 1S PAINTED RED
— Aungie’s Nose is PAINTED GREEN
| Because SHE THINKS SHE'S LIKE
THE QUEEN
My Nose mysetr leaintes Waite G
: BECAUSE you KNOW iy ALWAYS
.. RUGHT.
Little Tommy CRICKLE
WAS $0 FOND OF WALNUT
% PICKLE
TOMMY
AND THE
PICKLE
NOON, AND NIGHT
OH! OF)
BUT ONE DAY TO HIS SURPRISE
HE SAW WITH HIS TWO EYES
LITTLE WALNUTS |
PEEPING OUT, :
BooM His (22 7oe [ce
THERE WAS AN OYSTER,
so lve HEARD
who WAS $0 VAIN HE
THERE Was A LopsTER. So |'m Tol
WHO SAID! THIS BOILING WATERS COLp'l’
BuT ITs TARRADIDDLES|
JRAT HE ATE IT MORNING,
[ Love THE FROG AND CREEPING THINGS
AND THE CRICKET THAT SO SWEETLY SINGS
| ADORE JHE BEETLE AS BLACK AS INK
WHO LIVES So aN UG BEHIND THE SINK ja, -e=.
| DOAT ON FLIES AND Mic& AND RATS
e
BLES JUST ANYHOW
THEM ALL ~ BOTH GREAT
é . ANG SMALL
| COULD KEEP THEM
ALL
JTRERES NOTHING Like
THE FLAMINGO!
THIS 1S BOBBY AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
HE “WASHED FIMSELF
IN THE KITCHEN SINK
=~
= puT ON HIS CLOTHES
THE WRONG SIDE Up
re ee HIS SOUP AND
TEA IN A CUP
THe i POLLY
WO Is Joly
WITH A KETTLE
THIS 19 JACK
WITH HIS TIN-TACK
L ONE YEAR. AND
1 ) S1X MONTHS OLDER |
Tels is (om
WITH BREECHES ON SO JERY 511M
AND BUTTONS ALL THAT PEOPLE.
COULD NOT FINO
HUM.
BEHIND HEM
[F [HAD A MOTHER DEAR
bo LET ME HAVE MY Say)
WOULD NOT MAKE HER
JUMP WITH FEAR
IBECAUSE OF MY ROUGH PLAY.
Sag
No! E A GOOb Boy
ALWAYS AM
AND GOop W | LG ALWAYS
| Be
AND | DO THINK My FATHER
WRONG
WHEN HE DOES
WALLOP ME |
THE GINGER POT WITH GINGER. HOT a
WAS SARELY
) ON Tae SRE eG
AND, SOMEBODy OUGHT, YES REALLY
OUGHT
Jo HAVE WARNED THAT foolish ELF.
a His FINGERS ITCHED
é WO ) JHE GINGER HOT
A LITTLE Slice: 7 AND IN HE PITCHED |
oe INTO —
_ FOR THEY ATE HIM UP
AND THE GINGER TOO
AND DECLARED IT HAD «
GONE BAD.
SING Hey! SING Holy
THE MINSTREL BoLp!
HES OUTSIDE THE CASTLE
AND JHE NIGHTS PREC{OUS
—— CoLp
Sing Hey! Sing Ho!
THE BARON 18 OLD
He's INSIDE Te
| CASi(E|
BuT HIS WIFE
IS & SCOLD |
NOW WHICH woute
YOU RATHER
pe
KNow MY PUPPY ia A
FOR FATHER SAYS
me le
AND IF | CHANCE To KILL
A FROG
“ie JHE FAULT 15 SURELY
| His!
: OURE ALWAYS PITCHING INTO ME 7
AND TELLING ME |M BAD
lh SURE T CANNOT ALWAYS SEE |
HAT YOURE A PERFECT LAD
ROBERT THE Good
Lyou ARE AVERY STUPID Boy
| THEREFORE you CAN NOT SEE
12 BETTER THAN A BRAN
NEW TOY
. To BE AS GOOb As ME.
x
Pe
Gi dhe,
|
Full Text |
“PORTRAIT oF THE AUTHOR
By Hts SON
THIS. 15 my FATHER
ANB | Do THINK,
lve DRAWN HIM
Quite NEATLY
IN STRONG PEN AND INK,
“THEY SAy THAT His LEGS
ARE. NOT QUITE THE THING
But H's BuTTONs ARE TRUTHFUL, 2
AND IVE CAUGHT HIS SAY SWING»
For SomEBOD
| bx BoD
OR EVERYBOD .
ARTICULARLY THE.
BABY- BODY,
WRITTEN AND IKLUSTRATED BY
>. NOBopY,
OBLIGINGLY PuBLISHED BY :
GARDNER, DARTON €@ 93.Paternoster Buildings.
7 LONDON,
DESIGNED'IN ENGLAND
PRINTED IN HOLLAND
ON ENGLISH PAPER.
‘THis NONSENSE Book
]
WROTE
By MYSELF
AND TRE PICTURES My PENCIL DREW,
| HAVE TAKEN |" DOWN
FROM “Te EW
NURSERY SHELF = \
. é
THat IT MAY BE GIVEN To You, 4
ek: WAS A MAN
AS BOLD AS BRASS
WHO DID “ WONDROUS
THING
HE CUMBED THE STEEPLE
OF THE CHURCH
AND THERE BEGAN To SING.
ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING CAME.
AT THIS UNCOMMON SiGat.
ao oS THEY HEARD-
41s 50NG ABSURD
THEY LEFT Him THERE ALL NIGHT |
THERE WAS 4 LITTLE
TOBDLING CHILD
WHO NEVER SPOKE BUT ALWAYS
SMILED
UNTIL HER MOTHER ANXIOUS
> ney Resmi @ GREW
ON NEWS OF THIS THE DOCTOR CAME
WHICH SEEMED TO MER A PLEASANT GAME
Puy OUT YOUR TONGUE HE STERNLY SAID
WHICH, WHEN SHE DID HE FOUND IT RED.
a PINCHED NER HERE JAE PINCHED
HER THERE,
AND FIXED HER WITH 4 STONY STARE |
BUT Nov THE SLIGHTEST GOOD BID HE
PRODUCE , UPON THAT SMILING
aHE. 3
5S ON SHE ZMILED HER CHEERFUL WAY
SHES SMILING AT THIS. PRESENT DAY. symys
Some PEOPLE
THINK. :
ee ee
rh fe Good ANG
FIERE ARE :
NOAH eno MRS
AND HERE ARE SOME
OF THE SMALLER MEN
AND BEAR FROM
THE GIRAPFE, THE WEAZEL,
THE DEN
ET
COMPLETE ee ee,
Little Bossy ATE A BUN,
FLABBy~ STODGY—- UNDERDONE,
LUCKILY ‘TWAS ONLY ONE.
WELL, AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT FUN
To BAr THAR HORRID +¢ BUN, :
BU] WHEN be Fely Fis Liyjce cum
SPEEDILY MOST QUEER BECOME
AND HE COULD NEITHER WALK NOR RUN,
Le CRIED, ON, DOCTOR! DOCTOR, come!
GO FETCH THE Docyor, ANY ONE!"
THEY GAVE HIM PEPPER, GINGER, GUM!
WHICH MADE His LITTLE BRAIN PAN HUM,
UNTIL His LEGS BEGAN TO STRUM,
AND ROUND & ROUND HE Quickly SPUN, —
WHILE ALL AROUND HIM THERE STOOD DUMB, —
TS SEE HIM CHANGE INTO A
BUN!
"COME TO BED, SAID SLEEPY- HEAD
BUT SLow-Boy HE SAID NO
IVE & SAUSAGE HERE AND SOME
GINGER-BEER
: | MUST FINISH BEFORE | 2a:
"COME TO BED" SAID SLEEPY-HEA
D
BUT SLOwW-Boy HE SAID INO!
| MusT COMB MY HAIRS AND SAY MY PRAYERS
| SE5OS= 70 BEp | Ga’
COME 70 BED SAID SLeery Ese
BUT Slow Boy AE SAIlb [NO
TO BED IN ONES SHOE WiLL NEVER DO.
| Must UNDRESS BEFORE | Go"
ed 4
Ou! come To BED SAID SLEEPY- HEAD
BUT SLow-Boy He cRIED NOI 4
“TIS MORNING NOW [WILL MILK THE cow ©
AND TOMORROW TO BED WELL Gol’.
| KNEW A Boy SOME YEARS Ago
GOODNESS ME! HOw HE BID GRow |
Who WHEN HED REACHED THE AGE
QF TEN
\
|! HAD TOPPED THE HEIGHT OF COMMON
MEN |
INDEED IN BRIXTON
WHERE | DWELL
RE BEAT THE TALLEST
PLICEMAN WELL
ANB RUMOUR Says
BUT IM NOT SURE
fis Nose Just
TOUCHED
THE SECOND Floor
THERE Was A MAN OF
TALENT GREAT
who WHEN TO
CATCH HIS TRAIN
CAME LATE.
FORTH FROM HIS PocKET HIS HANKY DREW
AND LIKE A Lasso SKILFULLY THREW,
BOTH THE MAN ON THE ENGINE
AND GUARD IN VAN
MOST HICALY RESPECTED
THAT TALENTED MAN
you ARE A BeAGT *
Sip Tommy JONES
"|Ts VERY PLAIN To SEE
AND TLL TAKE CARE
A THAT Your MAMMA Gin ea)
WC, KNOws How you DOTREAT ME 7
AND THE BAD Boy SMILED
a a
BOesy> NOse 16 PAINTED BEUE
BECAUSE HE TURNED IT uP AT You
. S1ssit's NOSE 1S PAINTED RED
— Aungie’s Nose is PAINTED GREEN
| Because SHE THINKS SHE'S LIKE
THE QUEEN
My Nose mysetr leaintes Waite G
: BECAUSE you KNOW iy ALWAYS
.. RUGHT.
Little Tommy CRICKLE
WAS $0 FOND OF WALNUT
% PICKLE
TOMMY
AND THE
PICKLE
NOON, AND NIGHT
OH! OF)
BUT ONE DAY TO HIS SURPRISE
HE SAW WITH HIS TWO EYES
LITTLE WALNUTS |
PEEPING OUT, :
BooM His (22 7oe [ce
THERE WAS AN OYSTER,
so lve HEARD
who WAS $0 VAIN HE
THERE Was A LopsTER. So |'m Tol
WHO SAID! THIS BOILING WATERS COLp'l’
BuT ITs TARRADIDDLES|
JRAT HE ATE IT MORNING,
[ Love THE FROG AND CREEPING THINGS
AND THE CRICKET THAT SO SWEETLY SINGS
| ADORE JHE BEETLE AS BLACK AS INK
WHO LIVES So aN UG BEHIND THE SINK ja, -e=.
| DOAT ON FLIES AND Mic& AND RATS
e
BLES JUST ANYHOW
THEM ALL ~ BOTH GREAT
é . ANG SMALL
| COULD KEEP THEM
ALL
JTRERES NOTHING Like
THE FLAMINGO!
THIS 1S BOBBY AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
HE “WASHED FIMSELF
IN THE KITCHEN SINK
=~
= puT ON HIS CLOTHES
THE WRONG SIDE Up
re ee HIS SOUP AND
TEA IN A CUP
THe i POLLY
WO Is Joly
WITH A KETTLE
THIS 19 JACK
WITH HIS TIN-TACK
L ONE YEAR. AND
1 ) S1X MONTHS OLDER |
Tels is (om
WITH BREECHES ON SO JERY 511M
AND BUTTONS ALL THAT PEOPLE.
COULD NOT FINO
HUM.
BEHIND HEM
[F [HAD A MOTHER DEAR
bo LET ME HAVE MY Say)
WOULD NOT MAKE HER
JUMP WITH FEAR
IBECAUSE OF MY ROUGH PLAY.
Sag
No! E A GOOb Boy
ALWAYS AM
AND GOop W | LG ALWAYS
| Be
AND | DO THINK My FATHER
WRONG
WHEN HE DOES
WALLOP ME |
THE GINGER POT WITH GINGER. HOT a
WAS SARELY
) ON Tae SRE eG
AND, SOMEBODy OUGHT, YES REALLY
OUGHT
Jo HAVE WARNED THAT foolish ELF.
a His FINGERS ITCHED
é WO ) JHE GINGER HOT
A LITTLE Slice: 7 AND IN HE PITCHED |
oe INTO —
_ FOR THEY ATE HIM UP
AND THE GINGER TOO
AND DECLARED IT HAD «
GONE BAD.
SING Hey! SING Holy
THE MINSTREL BoLp!
HES OUTSIDE THE CASTLE
AND JHE NIGHTS PREC{OUS
—— CoLp
Sing Hey! Sing Ho!
THE BARON 18 OLD
He's INSIDE Te
| CASi(E|
BuT HIS WIFE
IS & SCOLD |
NOW WHICH woute
YOU RATHER
pe
KNow MY PUPPY ia A
FOR FATHER SAYS
me le
AND IF | CHANCE To KILL
A FROG
“ie JHE FAULT 15 SURELY
| His!
: OURE ALWAYS PITCHING INTO ME 7
AND TELLING ME |M BAD
lh SURE T CANNOT ALWAYS SEE |
HAT YOURE A PERFECT LAD
ROBERT THE Good
Lyou ARE AVERY STUPID Boy
| THEREFORE you CAN NOT SEE
12 BETTER THAN A BRAN
NEW TOY
. To BE AS GOOb As ME.
x
Pe
Gi dhe,
|
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