A collection including nonsense verses, tales in rhyme, and four fairy tales, relating the fate of naughty boys and girls.

From the benighted Old man with a Beard to the erudite Perpendicular Purple Polly, Edward Lears world is inhabited by a bewildering variety of oddities. Pelicans and parrots, seals and rhinoceroses and other queer creatures cavorted gaily with Dongs and Pobbles, not to mention the Quangle-Wangles! Onethe worlds most loved writers, Lears verse has delighted whole generations of readers. Here, after 140 years, is the original edition of A Book of Nonsense, from the original publishers. It is both an object to be treasured and a feast of playfulness that will delight every reader. Complete with Lears own remarkable illustrations - by turns surreal, hilarious and simply nonsensical - this treasure trove of nonsense is guaranteed to hold readers spellbound for generations more!