The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Alphabet of Celebrities, by Oliver Herford This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: An Alphabet of Celebrities Author: Oliver Herford Release Date: September 30, 2007 [EBook #22818] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES *** 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 Oliver Herford BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY 1899 COPYRIGHT 1899 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL THE HEINTZEMANN PRESS BOSTON U.S.A. AN ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES Oliver Herford Fig. 28 'S Albert Edward, well meaning but flighty, Who invited King Arthur, the blameless and mighty, To meet Alcibiades and Aphrodite. Fig. 28 is for Bernhardt, who fails to awaken Much feeling in Bismarck, Barabbas, and Bacon. Fig. 28 is Columbus, who tries to explain How to balance an egg—to the utter disdain Of Confucius, Carlyle, Cleopatra, and Cain. Fig. 28 'S for Diogenes, Darwin, and Dante, Who delight in the dance Of a Darling Bacchante. is for Edison, making believe He's invented a clever contrivance for Eve, Who complained that she never could laugh in her sleeve. is for Franklin, who fearfully shocks The feelings of Fenelon, Faber, and Fox.