Verse and Worse

About this eBook

Author

Graham, Harry, 1874-1936

Credits

Produced by Mark C. Orton, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Humorous poetry, English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36702

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36702

Release Date

July 11, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VERSE AND WORSE
2. 2.VERSE AND WORSE — VERSE AND WORSE
3. 3.NOTE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.AUTHOR'S PREFACE
6. 6.FOREWORD
7. 7.THE BABY'S BAEDEKER — I — ABROAD — II — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — III — GREAT BRITAIN — IV — SCOTLAND — V — IRELAND — VI — WALES — VII — CHINA — VIII — FRANCE — IX — GERMANY — X — HOLLAND — XI — ICELAND — XII — ITALY — XIII — JAPAN — XIV — PORTUGAL — XV — RUSSIA — XVI — SPAIN — XVII — SWITZERLAND — XVIII — TURKEY — XIX — DREAMLAND — XX — STAGELAND — XXI — LOVERLAND — XXII — HOMELAND
8. 8.CHILDISH COMPLAINTS AND OTHER RUTHLESS RHYMES
9. 9.CHILDISH COMPLAINTS — PRELUDE — CHILDISH COMPLAINTS — No. 1 (Appendicitis) — No. 2. (Whooping-cough) — No. 3. (Measles) — No. 4. (Adenoids) — No. 5. (Croup)
10. 10.RUTHLESS RHYMES — I MOTHER-WIT — II UNCLE JOE — III AUNT ELIZA — IV ABSENT-MINDEDNESS — V JOHN — VI BABY — VII THE CAT
11. 11.PART III PERVERTED PROVERBS — I 'VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD' — II 'ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST' — III 'DON'T BUY A PIG IN A POKE' — IV 'LEARN TO TAKE THINGS EASILY' — V 'A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS' — VI 'IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND' — VII 'A BAD WORKMAN COMPLAINS OF HIS TOOLS' — VIII 'DON'T LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH' — IX POTPOURRI
12. 12.PART IV OTHER VERSES — BILL — THE LEGEND OF THE AUTHOR — THE MOTRIOT — THE BALLAD OF THE ARTIST — THE BALLAD OF PING-PONG — THE PESSIMIST — THE PLACE WHERE THE OLD CLEEK BROKE — THE HOMES OF LONDON — THE HAPPIEST LAND — A LONDON INVOLUNTARY — BLUEBEARD — 'THE WOMAN WITH THE DEAD SOLES' — ROSEMARY — PORTKNOCKIE'S PORTER — THE BALLAD OF THE LITTLE JINGLANDER — AFTWORD — ENVOI
13. 13.BY THE SAME AUTHOR. — Fiscal Ballads. — Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes. — Ballads of the Boer War. — Misrepresentative Men.
14. 14.SELECTIONS FROM MR. EDWARD ARNOLD'S LIST OF NEW AND RECENT BOOKS. — THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HON. CECIL JOHN RHODES. — THE REMINISCENCES OF ADMIRAL MONTAGU. — NOVELS. — HOWARDS END. — A ROOM WITH A VIEW. 6s. — THE RETURN. — THE GRAY MAN. — MARGERY PIGEON. 6s. — THE PASQUE FLOWER. 6s. — THE PURSUIT. — SEEKERS. A Romance of the Balkans. 6s. — THE DESERT VENTURE. 6s. — FRANKLIN KANE. — A STEPSON OF THE SOIL. — BOOKS ON COUNTRY LIFE. — FLY-LEAVES FROM A FISHERMAN'S DIARY. — MEMORIES OF THE MONTHS. — A HUNTING CATECHISM. — A FISHING CATECHISM. 3s. 6d. net. — A SHOOTING CATECHISM. 3s. 6d. net. — A GAMEKEEPER'S NOTE-BOOK. — TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING. — IN A YORKSHIRE GARDEN. — MY ROCK-GARDEN. — ALPINES AND BOG-PLANTS. — A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. — A BOOK ABOUT THE GARDEN AND THE GARDENER. — BOOKS OF TRAVEL. — FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA. — IN FORBIDDEN SEAS: Recollections of Sea-Otter Hunting in the Kurils. — SPORT AND NATURE IN SPAIN. — TWENTY YEARS IN THE HIMALAYA. — RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD MOUNTAINEER. — THE MISADVENTURES OF A HACK CRUISER. — THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND. — A HISTORY OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL. — THE BOOK OF WINTER SPORTS. — THE DUDLEY BOOK OF COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. — COMMON-SENSE COOKERY: — FIFTY BREAKFASTS. 2s. 6d. — FIFTY LUNCHEONS. 2s. 6d. — FIFTY DINNERS. 2s. 6d. — Transcriber's Notes

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