"The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Around the World"

Title"The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Around the World"
Year for Search1871
AuthorsLear, Edward(1812-88)
Secondary TitleNonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets
PaginationEach story separately paged
Date Published1871
PublisherRobert John Bush
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Mostly standard Lear nonsense, but many of the places the children visit have elements of a cockaigne, particularly concerned with food.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Nonsense Books with all the original illustrations (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1921), 98-114; and in his The Complete Nonsense Book Containing all the Original Pictures and Verses, together with New Material. Ed. [Constance], Lady Strachey, 18th ed. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961), 149-65.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1812-88)

Full Text

1871 Lear, Edward (1812-88). “The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Around the World.” Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets (London: Robert John Bush, 1871). Each story separately paged. Rpt. in his Nonsense Books with all the original illustrations (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1921), 98-114; and in his The Complete Nonsense Book Containing all the Original Pictures and Verses, together with New Material. Ed. [Constance], Lady Strachey, 18th ed. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961), 149-65. PSt

Mostly standard Lear nonsense, but many of the places the children visit have elements of a cockaigne, particularly concerned with food.