BOOK OF NONSENSE


By Edward Lear






                    There was an Old Derry down Derry,                    Who loved to see little folks merry;                    So he made them a Book,                    And with laughter they shook,                    At the fun of that Derry down Derry!









TO THE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,
GRAND-NEPHEWS, AND GRAND-NIECES
OF EDWARD, 13th EARL OF DERBY,

THIS BOOK OF DRAWINGS AND VERSES

(The greater part of which were originally
made and composed for their parents,)

IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR,

EDWARD LEAR