A Blog of Bosh

Arthur Deex has digitized two more early limerick books, Ye Book of Bubbles (1864) and Ye Book of Sense (c1870), and writes of the latter:

A Review in the May 88 Pentatette
A recent addition to my collection was a book of limericks that was previously unknown to me: Ye Book of Sense: A [...]

Arthur Deex has acquired a very nice copy of a rare book of limericks and has kindly chosen to share it:

Lyrics Pathetic and Humorous from A to Z by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) is a delightful Alphabet Book of 24 colorful plates (X, Y & Z are combined), each with a limerick. The book was [...]

At the end of 1997, the city of Sanremo held an exhibition of Edward Lear paintings and watercolours; there was also a concert of his Tennyson arrangements and of Dudley Glass’s settings of his poems on 7 December. Here is my recording of the event, not very good quality, I admit, but better than [...]