CONTENTS

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ADAM. Captain Harry Graham

WONDERS OF NATURE. The Anti-Jacobin.
THIS IS THE MUSE OF NONSENSE. Gelett Burgess

BUNCHES OF GRAPES. Walter Ramal

TO MY NEW PET. Anonymous

THERE ARE MEN IN THE VILLAGE OF ERITH. Cosmo Monkhouse

A TRAGIC STORY. William Makepeace Thackeray

THE FASTIDIOUS SERPENT. Henry Johnstone

BREAD AND MILK. Anonymous

GOOD AND BAD. George Barr Barker

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A POEM OF UPLIFT. Anonymous

MAVRONE. Arthur Guiterman

PERCHANCE. Walter Parke

THE THINGUMBOB. Anonymous

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THE ENDLESS SONG. Ruth McEnery Stuart

ON KNOWING WHEN TO STOP. L. J. Bridgman

THE DYSPEPTIC CANNIBAL. Alfred E. Dickey

MODERN NATURE LORE. Anonymous

SOMEWHERE-IN-EUROPE-WOCKY. F. G. Hartswick

THE JABBERWOCKY PUBLISHERS. Anonymous

MONA LISA. John Kendrick Bangs

FOOTBALLWOCKY. Anonymous

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THE ASP. Carolyn Wells

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THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL, Gilbert Chesterton

ALL AT SEA. Frederick Moxon

THE RIME OF THE BETSY JANE. Bert Leston Taylor

THE POST CAPTAIN. Charles E. Carryl

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THE YARN OF THE "NANCY BELL." W. S. Gilbert

THE BALLAD OF THE BILLYCOCK. Anthony C. Deane

THE TURTLE AND THE FLAMINGO. James Thomas Fields .

WIDOW BEDOT TO ELDER SNIFFLES. Frances Miriam Whitcher

SONG OF THE SPRINGTIDE. Anonymous

THE JIM-JAM KING OF THE JOU-JOus. Alaric Bertrand Stuart

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BETWEEN THE SUNSET AND THE SEA. R. W. Answell

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BUY A BAROM: BUY A BAROM. Frank O'Malley

A STRIKE AMONG THE POETS. From Punch

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BYGONES. Bert Leston Taylor

WE WERE ON THE STARBOARD TACK. Gelett Burgess

THE HEN-ROOST MAN. Ruth McEnery Stuart

THE VIPER. Hilaire Belloc

MANUAL OF MANNERS FOR YOUNG ANIMALS. Anonymous

THE LEARNED FISH. Hilaire Belloc

I WISH THAT MY ROOM HAD A FLOOR. Gelett Burgess

APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE. Charles Wayland Towne

CAUTIONARY VERSES. Theodore Hook

GOOD JAMES AND NAUGHTY REGINALD. Eugene Field

ARE WOMEN FAIR? Francis Davison

THE PICKERLICK. Anonymous

A LION EMERGED FROM HIS LAIR. J. G. Francis

OLD GRIMES. Albert Gorton Greene

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LINES ON MONTEZUMA. D. F. A..

AN UTTER PASSION UTTERED UTTERLY. John Todhunter

HUMPTY DUMPTY'S RECITATION. Lewis Carroll

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DIVERSIONS OF THE RE-ECHO CLUB-PURPLE COW Sequence.

Carolyn Wells

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AH, YES; I WROTE THE PURPLE COW. Gelett Burgess

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CLEAN CLARA. W. B. Rands

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A NEW PAPER FOR BIPEDS. Anonymous.

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IN STATU QUO. Gelett Burgess

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OUR TRAVELER. H. Cholmondeley-Pennell

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HOW A GIRL WAS TOO RECKLESS OF GRAMMAR BY FAR. Guy

Wetmore Carryl

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WILD FLOWERS. Peter Newell

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THE RETIRED PORK-BUTCHER AND THE SPOOK. G. E. Farrow

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BALLADE CRYING ART TO STOP HER NONSENSE. Eugene R. White 106

THE NEO-NEOISM. Franklin P. Adams

THE MESSED DAMOZEL. Charles Hanson Towne

ELLEN MCJONES ABERDEEN. William S. Gilbert

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SOME LITTLE BUG. Roy Atwell

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THE FABLE OF THE TWO MANDOLIN PLAYERS AND THE WILLING

PERFORMER. George Ade

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A TALE OF THE TROPICS. Anonymous

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THE LEGEND OF THE FIRST CAM-U-EL. Arthur Guiterman

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IF THEY MEANT ALL THEY SAID. Alice Duer Miller

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HOW VERY SAD IT IS TO THINK. Rhymes of the Boogin Club

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THE EDITOR'S WOOING. Robert H. Newell ("Orpheus C. Kerr") 138

NIRVANA. Anonymous

SCHOOL. J. K. Stephen .

THE FOOLKILLER'S SONG. Anonymous

AS EXPANDED. Chicago Tribune

THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Captain Harry Graham

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT FOOD. H. W.

HOME. Nixon Waterman

IVY DE MILLEFLEURS. H. Cholmondeley-Pennell

THE LAND OF LOO-LA-LEE. Anonymous

THE RONDEAU. Anonymous

THE MICROBE. Hilaire Belloc

MISTER WILLIAM. W. S. Gilbert

THE BOBOLINK. Anonymous

HARD PIPING. Anonymous

THE TALE OF A DOG. James H. Lambert, Jr.

FROM AN ALPHABET OF SAINTS. Father Robert Hugh Benson

ΤΟ MINERVA. Thomas Hood

THE WAR: A-Z. John R. Edwards

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THE LEGEND OF HEINZ VON STEIN. Charles Godfrey Leland

LOFTY LINES. Anonymous

OPTIMISM. Η. Μ.

BALLAD OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST. Andrew Lang

LAY OF ANCIENT ROME. Thomas Ybarra.

A SKETCH. Robert J. Burdette

THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY. William Butler Yeats

ADVICE TO GRANDSONS. Anonymous

SONG. J. R. Planché

PESSIMISM. Μ. Ν.

WAIL OF A RETURNED TOURIST. Anonymous

CONSTANCY. Anonymous

HOMEOPATHIC SOUP. Anonymous

SOME HALLUCINATIONS. Lewis Carroll

THE DONG WITH THE LUMINOUS NOSE. Edward Lear

THE SABINE FARMER'S SERENADE. Father Prout

FIN DE SIÈCLE. Anonymous

GOOD COUNSEL. Anonymous

IN WAIN. Anonymous

A HELEN OF TODAY. Anonymous