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Nonsense for somebody, anybody or everybody, particularly the baby-body

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:
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:
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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,