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Oliver Herford

1863 - 1935


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Chameleon. A USE-FUL les-son you may con, 10248
2: A Kitten's Fancy The Kitten mews outside the Door, 8294
3: A Mole. SEE, chil-dren, the mis-guid-ed Mole. 12253
4: A Penguin. THE Pen-guin sits up-on the shore 8253
5: A Seal. SEE, chil-dren, the Fur-bear-ing Seal; 11252
6: A Thought It's very nice to think of how 4229
7: A Whale. THE con-sci-en-tious art-ist tries 12260
8: An Alphabet of Celebrities A's Albert Edward, well meaning but flighty, 65264
9: An Arctic Hare. AN Arc-tic Hare we now be-hold. 12260
10: An Inquiry A Birdie cocked his little head, 4626
11: An Ostrich. THIS is an Os-trich. See him stand: 10244
12: Anticipation When I grow up I mean to be 8287
13: Arnold Bennett Tis very comforting to know 12276
14: Brander Matthews I'd best beware how I make free 4245
15: Cerberus Dear Reader, should you chance to go 14212
16: Charles W. Eliot And now comes Dr. Eliot stating 4231
17: Christopher Columbus Columbus is an easy one 4260
18: Daniel Frohman I love to picture Daniel Frohman 4213
19: Dante If you should ask me, whether Dante 4230
20: David Belasco Behold Belasco in his den, 4239
21: Education When People think that Kittens play, 8223
22: F. W. Hohenzollern In things like this I've always tried 4236
23: Facilis Ascensus Up into the Cherry Tree, 16229
24: Foreign Kittens Kittens large and Kittens small, 12199
25: G. K. Chesterton When Plain Folk, such as you or I, 12220
26: George Ade Somehow I always like to think 12217
27: George Bernard Shaw The very name of Bernard Shaw 12212
28: George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw--Oh, yes, I know 4221
29: Gilbert K. Chesterton Unless I'm very much misled, 4219
30: Good and Bad Kittens Kittens, you are very little, 20274
31: Guglielmo Marconi I like Marconi best to see 4217
32: Hafiz When Hafiz saw the portrait free, 4219
33: Happy Thought The world is so full of a number of Mice 2213
34: Henrik Ibsen I once drew Ibsen, looking bored 4206
35: Here's Looking Here's looking 6202
36: Hiram Maxim From Hiram Maxim's hair you'd think 4227
37: Ignace Jan Paderewski When Paderewski is forgot, 4204
38: In Darkest Africa At evening when the lamp is lit, 20224
39: Israel Zangwill This picture though it is not much 4260
40: J. Forbes-Robertson I'm told the Artist who aspires 4253
41: J. Pierpont Morgan In Rome, when Morgan came to town, 12262
42: John D. Rockefeller Few faces interest me less 4258
43: John Drew For Perfect Form there are but few 12253
44: John S. Sargent Here's Sargent doing the Duchess X 4223
45: Kitten's Night Thought When Human Folk put out the light, 16218
46: Medusa How did Medusa do her hair? 14199
47: Napoleon I like to draw Napoleon best 4236
48: Oh, Editor, Editor, Oh, Editor, Editor, 24215
49: Pegasus The ancients made no end of fuss 15196
50: Peter Dunne Shpeaking of Harps, sure me frind Pete 12236
51: Rain The rain is raining everywhere, 4274
52: Rudyard Kipling I seem to see a Shining One, 12192
53: Saint Paul It saddens me to think Saint Paul 4253
54: Shakespeare Will Shakespeare, the Baconians say, 4204
55: Some Geese. EV-ER-Y child who has the use 12215
56: Stairs - A Toast Here's to the man who invented stairs 8233
57: The Ant. MY child, ob-serve the use-ful Ant, 15220
58: The Cat. OB-SERVE the Cat up-on this page. 16198
59: The Centaur The Centaur led a double life: 12289
60: The Chimera You'd think a lion or a snake 14197
61: The Chimpanzee. CHIL-DREN, be-hold the Chim-pan-zee: 6209
62: The Cockatrice If you will listen to advice 12195
63: The Dog The Dog is black or white or brown 20253
64: The Dog. HERE is the Dog. Since time be-gan, 12178
65: The Dolphin The Dolphin was, if you should wish 10204
66: The Dove Of Peace Here's to the Dove of Peace! 8220
67: The Elephant. This is the El-e-phant, who lives 13235
68: The Floor Here's to the floor, 20234
69: The Fly. OB-SERVE, my child, the House-hold Fly, 12227
70: The Game Watching a ball on the end of a string, 12223
71: The Gargoyle The Gargoyle often makes its perch 14194
72: The Giraffe. SEE the Gi-raffe; he is so tall 14238
73: The Golden Cat Great is the Golden Cat who treads 16241
74: The Gryphon It chanced that Allah, looking round, 16211
75: The Harpy They certainly contrived to raise 10196
76: The Hippopotamus. OH, say, what is this fearful, wild 10236
77: The Hydra The Hydra Hercules defied, 16212
78: The Hyppogriff Biologists are prone to sniff 10199
79: The Jinn To call a Jinn the only thing 14196
80: The Joy Ride When Mistress Peggy moves around, 4219
81: The Leopard. THIS is the Le-o-pard, my child; 9217
82: The Lion The Lion does not move at all, 12221
83: The Mermaid Although a Fishwife in a sense, 12241
84: The Milk Jug The Gentle Milk Jug blue and white 12232
85: The Minotaur No book of monsters is complete 12211
86: The Mongoos. THIS, Chil-dren, is the famed Mon-goos. 14228
87: The Moon The Moon is like a big round cheese 12236
88: The Outing My Bed is like a little Bark, 16215
89: The Peter Pan Alphabet 142224
90: The Ph[oe]nix The Ph[oe]nix was, as you might say, 10191
91: The Pig-Pen. OH, turn not from the hum-ble Pig, 10224
92: The Platypus. MY child, the Duck-billed Plat-y-pus 13209
93: The Puncture When I was just a Kitten small, 6219
94: The Puppy The Puppy cannot mew or talk, 20220
95: The Rhinoceros. SO this is the Rhi-no-ce-ros! 10218
96: The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten Wake! for the Golden Cat has put to flight 140237
97: The Salamander The Salamander made his bed 14196
98: The Satyr The Satyr lived in times remote, 16205
99: The Sea Serpent O wondrous worm that won the Height 12212
100: The Shadow Kitten There's a funny little kitten that tries to look like me, 8205
101: The Siren The Siren may be said to be 10236
102: The Sloth. The Sloth en-joys a life of Ease; 8209
103: The Smoker's Year Book Now Time the harvester surveys 144210
104: The Sphinx She was half Lady and half cat 12196
105: The Unicorn The Unicorn 's a first-rate sort. 12192
106: The Whole Duty of Kittens When Human Folk at Table eat, 4236
107: The Wolf. OH, yes, the Wolf is bad, it's true; 12229
108: The Yak. THIS is the Yak, so neg-li-gée: 10239
109: Theodore Roosevelt The ways of Providence are odd. 8192
110: To Fashion Fashion! Lovely Dame! 12203
111: To Her Shadow Here's to her shadow! 3218
112: To Hope Here's to Hope, 8213
113: To Liberty Here's to our Goddess, Liberty, 4202
114: To Music Here's to Music, 4209
115: To Neptune A health to King Neptune, 16202
116: To Our Lady Nicotine Here's to Lady Nicotine! 8204
117: To Our Readers Here's to our Readers, Health! good Looks! 4192
118: To Our Sweethearts To our Sweethearts and Wives, 4199
119: To Stern Critics Here's to stern Critics! 4184
120: To Temptation Here's to temptation! 4200
121: To The Clock Here's to the Clock! 4198
122: To The Creditor Here's to the Creditor, 20176
123: To The Maid With Fancy Free Here's to the maid with Fancy Free; 4180
124: To The Publisher To The Publisher! - Drink! 4192
125: To The Typewriter Here's to the Typewriter! 8180
126: To The Waiter We drink your health, O Waiter! 4174
127: William Dean Howells Not squirrels in the park alone 12198
128: William Howard Taft I'm sorry William Taft is out 4198
129: Winter and Summer In Winter when the air is chill, 12190




About:
Oliver Herford was a British born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". As a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford". In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the "Little Book of Bores". He also wrote short poems like "The Chimpanzee" and "The Hen", as well as writing and illustrating "The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" (1904), "Cynic's Calendar" (1917) and "Excuse It Please" (1930). His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist.


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