It's unusual to come across a book of illustrated limericks from the 19th century with basically an anonymous author (please say out loud the stated author's name...Anne (an...), Idyott...(idiot)...), and even much more surprising when the bound together pages are actually ORIGINALS (NOT COPIES!). THE TINY FOUR PINPRICK HOLES in each corner of each illustrated page signaled that the 80 pages had been affixed to an artist's drafting board while being conceived, painted and worded. And beyond the mere process of creating pages, the results of the artistry cries out for the reader to acknowledge that something most spectacular has been generated here––no other description but "masterpiece" is adequate to describe what is offered within the covers. See if you don't agree when you browse the free Sample Pages. In any case, the reader holds in her hands a limerick-history of ideas, comical observations, delightful and astute opinions, from the first 26 of 80 watercolored pictures and adjoining limericks, mostly inspired by attributes of American cities from coast to coast, and how their inhabitants appeared to the author, taking his/her pot shots in this slim 3-part trilogy, forsaking discretion from over 130 years ago. Enjoy!
