What is Nonsense? I know when you do not ask me. I know that in infancy it is as the very air we breathe; that it cheers and strengthens us in the long weary working days of manhood; and brightens and gladdens our old age. But how can I bring it within the words of a definition? If the question is pressed, I must answer it with another. What is Sense? Sense is the recognition, adjustment and maintenance of the proper and fitting relations of the affairs of ordinary life. It is a constitutional tact, a keeping touch with all around it, rather than a conscious and deliberate action of the intellect.……

The Owl and the Pussv-Cat, Calico Pie and The Pobble Who Has No Toes, together with Edward Lear"s crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years.

This edition, illustrated by the author, contains all the verses and stories of the Book of Nonsense, More Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Nonsense Stories and Nonsense Alphabets and Nonsense Cookery. It has a biographical Preface by Lear himself, and concludes with some delightful "heraldic" sketches of his cat,Foss.

A Book of Nonsense

More Nonsense

Nonsense Songs

Nonsense Stories and Alphabets

Nonsense Alphabets

Nonsense Cookery

The Heraldic Blazon of Foss the Cat