# The Book of Nonsense

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1st Book of Nonsense, first published 1846.
THE BOOK OF NONSENSE
WITH ORIGINAL VERSES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDWARD LEAR
THE BOOK OF NONSENSE
THE BOOK of NONSENSE
BY EDWARD LEAR
With all the Original Pictures and Verses
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.
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. LTD.
LONDON AND NEW YORK
From the Original Authentic Edition Published by FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LTD.
LONDON
Printed in Great Britain
Dedication — TO THE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, GRAND-NEPHEWS, AND GRAND-NIECES OF EDWARD, 13TH EARL OF DERBY, THIS BOOK OF DRAWINGS & VERSES
(The greater part of which were originally made and composed for their parents)
IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR EDWARD LEAR EDWARD LEAR
LONDON
    By Way of Preface
* There was an Old Man with a beard
* There was a Young Lady of Ryde
* There was an Old Man with a nose
* There was an Old Man on a hill
* There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
* There was a Young Person of Smyrna
* There was an Old Person of Chili
* There was an Old Man with a gong
* There was an Old Lady of Chertsey
* There was an Old Man in a tree
* There was an Old Man with a flute
* There was a Young Lady whose chin
* There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
* There was an Old Person of Ischia
* There was an Old Man in a boat
* There was a Young Lady of Portugal
* There was an Old Man of Moldavia
* There was an Old Man of Madras
* There was an Old Person of Leeds
* There was an Old Person of Hurst
* There was a Young Person of Crete
* There was an Old Man of the Isles
* There was an Old Person of Buda
* There was an Old Man of Columbia
* There was a Young Lady of Dorking
* There was an Old Man who supposed
* There was an Old Man of the West
* There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
* There was a Young Lady whose eyes
* There was a Young Lady of Norway
* There was an Old Man of Vienna
* There was an Old Person whose habits
* There was an Old Person of Dover
* There was an Old Man of Marseilles
* There was an Old Person of Cadiz
* There was an Old Person of Basing
* There was an Old Man of Quebec
* There was an Old Person of Philæ
* The was a Young Lady of Bute
* There was a Young Lady whose nose
* There was an Old Man of Apulia
* There was an Old Man with a poker
* There was an Old Person of Prague
* There was an Old Man of the North
* There was an Old Person of Mold
* There was an Old Man of Nepaul
* There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi
* There was an Old Person of Rhodes
* There was an Old Man of Peru
* There was an Old Man of Melrose
* There was a Young Lady of Lucca
* There was an Old Man of Bohemia
* There was an Old Man of Vesuvius
* There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
* There was an Old Lady whose folly
* There was an Old Man of Corfu
* There was an Old Man of the South
* There was an Old Man of the Nile
* There was an Old Person of Rheims
* There was an Old Person of Cromer
* There was an Old Person of Troy
* There was an Old Man of the Dee
* There was an Old Man of Dundee
* There was an Old Person of Tring
* There was an Old Man on some rocks
* There was an Old Man of Coblenz
* There was an Old Man of Calcutta
* There was Old Man in a pew
* There was an Old Man who said, 'How
* There was a Young Lady of Hull
* There was an Old Man of Whitehaven
* There was an Old Man of Leghorn
* There was an Old Man of the Hague
* There was an Old Man of Jamaica
* There was an Old Person of Dutton
* There was a Young Lady of Tyre
* There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
* There was an Old Man of the East
* There was an Old Man of Kamschatka
* There was an Old Man of the coast
* There was an Old Person of Bangor
* There was an Old Man with a beard
* There was an Old Man of the West
* There was an Old Person of Anerley
* There was a Young Lady of Troy
* There was an Old Person of Berlin
* There was an Old Person of Spain
* There was a Young Lady of Russia
* There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
* There was a Young Lady of Wales
* There was an Old Person of Cheadle
* There was a Young Lady of Welling
* There was an Old Person of Tartary
* There was an Old Person of Chester
* There was an Old Man with a owl
* There was an Old Person from Gretna
* There was a Young Lady of Sweden
* There was a Young Girl of Majorca
* There was an Old Man of the Cape
* There was an Old Lady of Prague
* There was an Old Person of Sparta
* There was an Old Man at a casement
* There was a Young Lady of Clare
* There was an Old Person of Ems
* There was an Old Man on whose nose
* There was a Young Lady of Parma
* There was an Old Person of Burton
* There was an Old Man of Aosta
* There was an Old Person of Ewell
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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