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The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Alphabet of Celebrities, by Oliver HerfordThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: An Alphabet of CelebritiesAuthor: Oliver HerfordRelease Date: September 30, 2007 [EBook #22818]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES ***Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIESOliver HerfordBOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY 1899COPYRIGHT 1899 BYSMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY(INCORPORATED)ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALLTHE HEINTZEMANN PRESSBOSTON U.S.A.AN ALPHABETOF CELEBRITIES Oliver HerfordFig. 28'SAlbert Edward, well meaning but flighty, Who invited King Arthur, the blameless and mighty,To meet Alcibiades and Aphrodite.Fig. 28 is for Bernhardt, who fails to awakenMuch feeling in Bismarck, Barabbas, and Bacon.Fig. 28is Columbus, who tries to explain How to balance an egg—to the utter disdainOf Confucius, Carlyle, Cleopatra, and Cain.Fig. 28 'S for Diogenes, Darwin, and Dante,Who delight in the dance Of a Darling Bacchante.is for Edison, making believe He's invented a clever ...
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Alphabet of Celebrities, by Oliver Herford This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: An Alphabet of Celebrities Author: Oliver Herford Release Date: September 30, 2007 [EBook #22818] Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES ***
Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
ANALPHABET OFCELEBREITIS
Oliver Herford
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY 1899
COPYRIGHT 1899 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL
THE HEINTZEMANN PRESS BOSTON U.S.A.
ANALPHABET
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