·WALTER·CRANE'S·
·PICTURE·BOOKS·

·THE·
·ABSURD·
A·B·C

·JOHN·LANE·
·THE·BODLEY·HEAD·
·LONDON·&·NEW·
·YORK·


The absurd ABC originally published 1874.

[Illustration: ABCD]


A for the APPLE
or Alphabet pie,
Which all get a slice of.
Come taste it & try.

B is the BABY
who gave Mr Bunting
Full many a long day's
rabbit skin hunting.

C for the CAT
that played on the fiddle,