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A collection of short, humorous poems and light fables that animate animals, children, and fairies to expose human foibles through playful rhyme and gentle irony. Pieces range from brief narrative verses to comic monologues and a short stage piece, typically concluding with a witty reversal or moral sting. Imagery moves between domestic detail and fanciful incident, and the poems vary in meter and length to keep tone brisk. Overall the work favors whimsical satire, clever wordplay, and anthropomorphic scenarios intended to amuse while lightly admonishing readers about pride, industry, and pretension.

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Title: Artful Anticks

Author: Oliver Herford

Release date: June 14, 2018 [eBook #57325]

Language: English

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Artful Anticks


Artful Anticks

By
Oliver Herford


New York
The Century Co.
1901

Copyright, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894,
By The Century Co.

Copyright, 1894, by Oliver Herford.


The De Vinne Press.


Table of Contents.

PAGE
The Audacious Kitten 1
The Artful Ant 4
The Gifted Ant 10
Sir Rat. A Comedy 16
The Deceitful Dormice 22
Nature and Art 24
The Geometrical Giraffe 25
The Early Owl 32
A Dark Career 35
A Packet of Letters 37
The Naughty Fay 43
The Miller’s Quest 46
Nell’s Fairy Tale 50
The Unfortunate Giraffe 52
Stockings or Scales 53
A Riddle 54
Good-bye 56
The Professor and the White Violet 58
The First Rose of Summer 60
The Elf and the Dormouse 62
The Crocodile 64
The Forgetful Forget-Me-Not 69
The Birds’ Farewell 72
The Spider’s Tale 73
Highly Connected 78
The Miser Elf 79
The Point of View 84
Heroes 88
A Belated Violet 89
The Parrot and the Cuckoo 92
The Elf and the Bee 96
A Fable 97
The Fairies’ Concert 98

The pictures in “The Point of View” are used by permission of Messrs. Harper and Brothers.


Artful Anticks