Books with title Nonsense!

What's as deliciously silly as Edward Lear's verse?Valorie Fisher's sly, imaginative illustrations, that's what!Using everything from etchings to ephemera to her own wildly patterned artwork, Fisher re-creates Lear's world -- where people waltz with flies, ride geese out to sea, and build balloons to examine the moon -- in a fresh and ever-so-fanciful way.

Contains:- I. A Book of Nonsense.- II. Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets.- III. More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.- IV. Laughable Lyrics: A Fresh Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, etc.with 450 funny illustrations!From wikipedia:"Lear's nonsense works are distinguished by a facility of verbal invention and a poet's delight in the sounds of words, both real and imaginary. A stuffed rhinoceros becomes a "diaphanous doorscraper". A "blue Boss-Woss" plunges into "a perpendicular, spicular, orbicular, quadrangular, circular depth of soft mud". His heroes are Quangle-Wangles, Pobbles, and Jumblies. His most famous piece of verbal invention, a "runcible spoon" occurs in the closing lines of The Owl and the Pussycat, and is now found in many English dictionaries"Language: EnglishInitials: yesSeparate chapters: yesSuperior Kindle Formatting: yesInteractive Table of Contents: yesLending Allowed: yesImage: yes (450 +)Look for all the "Art & Poetry Publishing" ebook on Amazon!

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat. He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though there was some speculation as to whether his patron, the Earl of Derby, simply used Lear as a pseudonym for his own writings. Lear was also a successful illustrator and even spent some time tutoring Queen Victoria in drawing before his improper behaviour had him thrown out of court.

This collection includes 18 humorous tales by Stephen Leacock. At the beginning of the 20th century he was the most widely read English-speaking author in the world. Stephen Leacock is known for his light humor along with criticisms of people's follies. There is even Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor, which was named in his honor.The collection includes the following "Nonsense Novels":MADDENED BY MYSTERY: OR, THE DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE"Q." A PSYCHIC PSTORY OF THE PSUPERNATURALGUIDO THE GIMLET OF GHENT: A ROMANCE OF CHIVALRYGERTRUDE THE GOVERNESS: OR, SIMPLE SEVENTEENA HERO IN HOMESPUN: OR, THE LIFE STRUGGLE OF HEZEKIAH HAYLOFTSORROWS OF A SUPER SOUL: OR, THE MEMOIRS OF MARIE MUSHENOUGHHANNAH OF THE HIGHLANDS: OR, THE LAIRD OF LOCH AUCHERLOCHERTYSOAKED IN SEAWEED: OR, UPSET IN THE OCEANCAROLINE'S CHRISTMAS: OR, THE INEXPLICABLE INFANTTHE MAN IN ASBESTOS: AN ALLEGORY OF THE FUTUREWINSOME WINNIE; OR, TRIAL AND TEMPTATIONJOHN AND I; OR, HOW I NEARLY LOST MY HUSBANDTHE SPLIT IN THE CABINET; OR, THE FATE OF ENGLANDWHO DO YOU THINK DID IT? OR, THE MIXED-UP MURDER MYSTERYBROKEN BARRIERS; OR, RED LOVE ON A BLUE ISLANDTHE KIDNAPPED PLUMBER: A TALE OF THE NEW TIMETHE BLUE AND THE GREY: A PRE-WAR WAR STORYBUGGAM GRANGE: A GOOD OLD GHOST STORY

Written by the inimitable Stephen Leacock, and this edition illustrated by the illustrious illustrator John Kettelwell, Nonsense Novels shows the full prowess of both artists. Originally published in 1921, this book has several slightly hilarious tales:CONTENTSI. Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective DetectiveII. "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the PsupernaturalIII. Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of ChivalryIV. Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple SeventeenV. A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah HayloftVI. Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie MushenoughVII. Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch AucherlochertyVIII. Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the OceanIX. Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable InfantX. The Man in Asbestos: an Allegory of the FutureStephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (1869 – 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humor along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor was named in his honor.

There was an Old Man in a tree,Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" He replied, "Yes, it does!It’s a regular brute of a Bee."Generations of children and adults have delighted in the whimsical poems of Edward Lear (1812-88). And, despite his achievements as a noted English landscape painter and illustrator of animal life, Lear today is best known for his delightful volumes of nonsense verse. This work spanned several decades — from the first charming lines he wrote in the 1830s for the children of the Earl of Derby to his last collection of poems, published in 1877.This volume contains a rich sampling of Lear’s inspired nonsense, including more than 90 delightful limericks as well as a choice selection of longer poems along with the amusing illustrations he drew for each. Among these are such classics as "The Owl and the Pussy-cat," and "The Jumblies" as well as a number of lesser-known but equally charming selections: "Calico Pie," "The Duck and the Kangaroo," "Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly," "The Daddy Long-legs and the Fly," "The Broom, the Shovel, The Poker, and the Tongs," "Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Spider" and "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bó."