Project Gutenberg 2007-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 90 Herford, Oliver 1863 1935 Herford, O. (Oliver) 00000311 An Alphabet of Celebrities Reading ease score: 61.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "An Alphabet of Celebrities" by Oliver Herford is a whimsical collection of light verse written in the late 19th century. The book employs an alphabetical format to humorously profile various historical and literary figures, employing wordplay and satire to offer a playful take on their characteristics or actions. The likely topic of this book revolves around a blend of biography and comedy, showcasing famous personalities through a creative and entertaining lens. In this playful alphabet, each letter introduces a celebrity or historical figure, coupled with a short verse that cleverly alludes to their notable attributes or anecdotes. For example, 'A' stands for Albert Edward and contains a humorous encounter with King Arthur, while 'G' tells of Godiva's reluctance to repeat her notable feat. The verses blend a lighthearted tone with commentary on the figures, such as Edison, Napoleon, and Victoria, weaving in absurdity and charm, effectively engaging readers with both laughter and reflection on the quirks of historical and cultural icons. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Nonsense verses Celebrities -- Poetry PS Text Children's Picture Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 53355 52595 2024-10-10T05:38:25.690753 2023-09-10T08:50:21.333880 text/html text/html 46269 2007-09-30T08:09:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4760149 2007-09-30T08:09:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4852851 2024-10-10T05:38:28.852745 application/epub+zip 4851554 2024-10-10T05:38:26.560777 application/epub+zip 72713 2024-10-10T05:38:26.046737 application/epub+zip 4882135 2024-10-10T05:38:30.443737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4873213 2024-10-10T05:38:28.352773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101683 2022-09-10T15:27:38.052812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25215 25001 2024-10-10T05:38:25.196755 2023-09-10T08:50:20.945829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 25033 2007-09-30T08:09:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9228 2007-09-30T08:09:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20100 2024-10-10T05:38:30.575718 application/rdf+xml 19678 2024-10-10T05:38:26.126746 image/jpeg 2817 2024-10-10T05:38:26.085737 image/jpeg 4705966 2024-10-10T05:38:25.832760 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia