The Kitten's Garden of Verses
by Oliver Herford
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Oliver Herford (1863-1935) 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 (1906). 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 show more Please (1930). He also co-authored John Cecil Clay in writing Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture for This Year and Next by Clay in 1908. show lessTags
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Exactly my speed on a cold and sleepy morning. Fluffy comfort poetry is vastly underrated.
These poems were an absolute delight. I found my copy on Kindle, and unfortunately it did not include illustrations. But the poems alone were enough for me to rate it five stars. I’d love a copy with the illustrations, and even better a hard copy rather than an ebook. It’s a book to hold and enjoy again and again. Recommended to cat lovers, young and old.
Update August 2020. I found a copy on Gutenberg that has illustrations. They’re so sweet. But I’d still love to own a hard copy.
Update August 2020. I found a copy on Gutenberg that has illustrations. They’re so sweet. But I’d still love to own a hard copy.
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Oliver Herford is a Birmingham Fellow in English Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century at the University of Birmingham.
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- Canonical title
- The Kitten's Garden of Verses
- Dedication
- To HAFIZ
- First words
- [Winter and Summer]
In Winter when the air is chill,
And winds are blowing loud and shrill,
All snug and warm I sit and purr,
Wrapped in my overcoat of fur. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[The Game]
And now with a terrible deafening mew,
Like a Tiger I leap on my prey,
And just when I think I have torn it in two
It is up in the air and away.
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