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Nonsense For Old And Young

Nonsense For Old And Young

by Eugene Field

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Author
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
Title
Nonsense for old and young
Original Publication
Boston: Henry A. Dickerman & Son, 1901.
Credits
Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Humorous poetry, American
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72827
Release Date
January 30, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Nonsense for Old and Young.
  2. 2.A Foreword.
  3. 3.Nonsense for Old & Young. — One Autumn Night.
  4. 4.A Portrait of a Lady.
  5. 5.Would You?
  6. 6.Good James and Naughty Reginald.
  7. 7.His Busy Day.
  8. 8.The Joyful Whirligig.
  9. 9.A Fairy Tale.
  10. 10.An Epitaph.
  11. 11.The Hustler Hustling.
  12. 12.The Maid of Orleans.
  13. 13.Fancy vs. Fact.
  14. 14.Society as Reported.
  15. 15.A Musical Genius.
  16. 16.The Nervy Drummer.
  17. 17.Lunar Lore.
  18. 18.The Senator.
  19. 19.A Colonial Accident.
  20. 20.A Natural Mistake.
  21. 21.Luminous Law.
  22. 22.“Oft in the Stilly Night.”
  23. 23.A Sad, Sad Story.
  24. 24.Fashion Notes.
  25. 25.The Chivalrous Editor.
  26. 26.Easy Mathematics.
  27. 27.A Mean Man.
  28. 28.The Office Towel.
  29. 29.Scandal on Foot.
  30. 30.The Old T. D.
  31. 31.The Awful Bugaboo.
  32. 32.The National Debt.
  33. 33.Johnny’s Alphabet.
  34. 34.THANKSGIVING TALES For the Profit of the Nursery Brigade. — Tale I—Prolog.
  35. 35.Tale II—Succulent Soup.
  36. 36.Tale III—Tempting Turkey.
  37. 37.Tale IV—Various Vegetables.
  38. 38.Tale V—Venerable Venison.
  39. 39.Tale VI—Peptonic Pudding.
  40. 40.Tale VII—Painful Pie.
  41. 41.Tale VIII—Fretful Fruit.
  42. 42.Tale IX—Innocent Ice Cream.
  43. 43.Tale X—Nutritious Nuts.
  44. 44.Tale XI—Wierd and Woful.
  45. 45.Tale XII—Enter the Diligent Doctor.
  46. 46.Tale XIII—Exit the Beautiful Boy.
  47. 47.Tale XIV—Epilog.
  48. 48.Beautiful Hortense.
  49. 49.A Toilet Episode.
  50. 50.A Terrible Monster.
  51. 51.Poor Pussy.
  52. 52.A Fish Story.
  53. 53.Beware.
  54. 54.The Vigilant Cop.
  55. 55.Something Doing.
  56. 56.Poor Little Bennie.
  57. 57.Our Motor Press.
  58. 58.Freedom Defined.
  59. 59.A Political Object Lesson.
  60. 60.Honesty on the Run.
  61. 61.The Truth About the Cherry Tree.
  62. 62.An Ode to a Cat.
  63. 63.Look Out! Boogies!
  64. 64.Hot Air vs. Cold Water.
  65. 65.The Worried Magnate.
  66. 66.His Day of Rest.
  67. 67.The Foxy Compositor.
  68. 68.Other Field Books.
  69. 69.A Sure Cure for the Blues — Transcriber’s Notes

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