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The Best Nonsense Verses

by Josephine Daskam Bacon

From Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky to limericks written by Anonymous, some of the crankiest, most logical and lyrical people turn common sense upside-down. May they inspire the child inside of you to find your way through the most challenging situations with a new set of eyes! Josephine Dodge Daskam, aka Josephine Daskam Bacon, selected these nonsense verses with the permission of their authors Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, W.S. Gilbert, Guy Wetmore Carryl, Charles E. Carryl, Oliver Herford, Gelett Burgess, George du Maurier, and Rudyard Kipling.

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English

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English

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1871

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Josephine Dodge Daskam, Mrs. Selden Bacon was an American writer of great versatility. She is chiefly known as a writer who made the point of having female protagonists. Josephine Dodge Daskam was bor...

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