The Owl & the Pussy-Cat Calico Pie & The Pobble Who Has No Toes together with Edward Lear's crazy limericks have entertained adults & children alike for over 100 years This edition illustrated by the author contains all the verse & stories of the Book of Nonsense More Nonsense Nonsense Songs Nonsense Stories Nonsense Alphabets & Nonsense Cookery It has a biographical Preface by Lear himself & concludes with some delightful 'heraldic' sketches of his cat Foss