Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford
Oliver Herfordwas an 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. He also wrote short poems like "The Chimpanzee" and "The Hen", as well as writing and illustrating "The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten"and "Excuse It Please". His sister Beatrice Herford was also a...
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CountryUnited States of America
The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next shelter-maybe a mile! Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!" "Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented. -And that's how umbrellas first were invented.
I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.
There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
A man is known by the silence he keeps.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
Many are called but few get up.
Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.