Excerpt from Fatuous Fables: And Other VersesOf the pieces here collected, fourteen have appeared in Punch, and six in The Outlook in its threepenny days. Three are from The Daily News, two from The Onlooker, and single pieces appeared in Black and White, The Bystander, The Daily Chronicle, The Tatler, The Tribune, and Vanity Fair. There are also a few pieces from The Granta, as well as some that have not appeared before, or only in a small collection printed at Cambridge some years ago.The author has to thank the responsible authorities connected with the papers named for permission to reprint, though in the case of the defunct Tribune he pleads guilty to taking French leave.In the Fatuous Fables some liberties have been taken in the matter of incorrect rhymes.The author begs any friends of his who are good enough to read the book to accept his assurance that it contains no disguised personalities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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