So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shook
At the fun of that Derry down Derry.



Original Dedication.

TO THE
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, GRAND-NEPHEWS, AND GRAND-NIECES
OF EDWARD, 13TH EARL OF DERBY,
THIS BOOK OF DRAWINGS AND VERSES

(The greater part of which were originally
made and composed for their parents.)

Is Dedicated by the Author,
EDWARD LEAR.

London, 1862.


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[Illustration]

There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose