The Book of Nonsense

by Edward Lear

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(The greater part of which were originally made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

Chapters (not listed in original)

By Way of Preface

1. There was an Old Man with a beard
2. There was a Young Lady of Ryde
3. There was an Old Man with a nose
4. There was an Old Man on a hill
5. There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
6. There was a Young Person of Smyrna
7. There was an Old Person of Chili
8. There was an Old Man with a gong
9. There was an Old Lady of Chertsey
10. There was an Old Man in a tree
11. There was an Old Man with a flute
12. There was a Young Lady whose chin
13. There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
14. There was an Old Person of Ischia
15. There was an Old Man in a boat
16. There was a Young Lady of Portugal
17. There was an Old Man of Moldavia
18. There was an Old Man of Madras
19. There was an Old Person of Leeds
20. There was an Old Person of Hurst
21. There was a Young Person of Crete
22. There was an Old Man of the Isles
23. There was an Old Person of Buda
24. There was an Old Man of Columbia
25. There was a Young Lady of Dorking
26. There was an Old Man who supposed
27. There was an Old Man of the West
28. There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
29. There was a Young Lady whose eyes
30. There was a Young Lady of Norway
31. There was an Old Man of Vienna
32. There was an Old Person whose habits
33. There was an Old Person of Dover
34. There was an Old Man of Marseilles
35. There was an Old Person of Cadiz
36. There was an Old Person of Basing
37. There was an Old Man of Quebec
38. There was an Old Person of Philæ
39. The was a Young Lady of Bute
40. There was a Young Lady whose nose
41. There was an Old Man of Apulia
42. There was an Old Man with a poker
43. There was an Old Person of Prague
44. There was an Old Man of the North
45. There was an Old Person of Mold
46. There was an Old Man of Nepaul
47. There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi
48. There was an Old Person of Rhodes
49. There was an Old Man of Peru
50. There was an Old Man of Melrose
51. There was a Young Lady of Lucca
52. There was an Old Man of Bohemia
53. There was an Old Man of Vesuvius
54. There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
55. There was an Old Lady whose folly
56. There was an Old Man of Corfu
57. There was an Old Man of the South
58. There was an Old Man of the Nile
59. There was an Old Person of Rheims
60. There was an Old Person of Cromer
61. There was an Old Person of Troy
62. There was an Old Man of the Dee
63. There was an Old Man of Dundee
64. There was an Old Person of Tring
65. There was an Old Man on some rocks
66. There was an Old Man of Coblenz
67. There was an Old Man of Calcutta
68. There was Old Man in a pew
69. There was an Old Man who said, 'How
70. There was a Young Lady of Hull
71. There was an Old Man of Whitehaven
72. There was an Old Man of Leghorn
73. There was an Old Man of the Hague
74. There was an Old Man of Jamaica
75. There was an Old Person of Dutton
76. There was a Young Lady of Tyre
77. There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!
78. There was an Old Man of the East
79. There was an Old Man of Kamschatka
80. There was an Old Man of the coast
81. There was an Old Person of Bangor
82. There was an Old Man with a beard
83. There was an Old Man of the West
84. There was an Old Person of Anerley
85. There was a Young Lady of Troy
86. There was an Old Person of Berlin
87. There was an Old Person of Spain
88. There was a Young Lady of Russia
89. There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
90. There was a Young Lady of Wales
91. There was an Old Person of Cheadle
92. There was a Young Lady of Welling
93. There was an Old Person of Tartary
94. There was an Old Person of Chester
95. There was an Old Man with a owl
96. There was an Old Person from Gretna
97. There was a Young Lady of Sweden
98. There was a Young Girl of Majorca
99. There was an Old Man of the Cape
100. There was an Old Lady of Prague
101. There was an Old Person of Sparta
102. There was an Old Man at a casement
103. There was a Young Lady of Clare
104. There was an Old Person of Ems
105. There was an Old Man on whose nose
106. There was a Young Lady of Parma
107. There was an Old Person of Burton
108. There was an Old Man of Aosta
109. There was an Old Person of Ewell