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Title: The Kitten's Garden of Verses

Author: Oliver Herford

Release Date: November 10, 2007 [EBook #23433]

Language: English

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The Kitten's Garden
_of_ Verses

By

Oliver Herford

New York Charles Scribner's Sons
1911

Copyright, 1911, by Oliver Herford

BOOKS BY OLIVER HERFORD

_WITH PICTURES BY THE AUTHOR_

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

THE BASHFUL EARTHQUAKE $1.25

A CHILD'S PRIMER OF NATURAL
HISTORY $1.25

OVERHEARD IN A GARDEN $1.25

MORE ANIMALS _net_, $1.00

THE RUBAIYAT OF A PERSIAN
KITTEN _net_, $1.00

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER-IN-LAW _net_, $1.00

A LITTLE BOOK OF BORES _net_, $1.00

THE PETER PAN ALPHABET _net_, $1.00

THE ASTONISHING TALE OF A
PEN-AND-INK PUPPET _net_, $1.00

A KITTEN'S GARDEN OF VERSES
(_postage extra_) _net_, $1.00

* * * * *

_WITH JOHN CECIL CLAY_

CUPID'S CYCLOPEDIA _net_, $1.00

CUPID'S FAIR-WEATHER BOOKE
(_postage extra_) _net_, $1.00

[Illustration]

To HAFIZ

Contents

Page
Winter and Summer 3

Rain 5

The Shadow Kitten 7

Education 9

A Thought 11

The Lion 13

The Milk Jug 15

Happy Thought 17

Kitten's Night Thought 19

The Puncture 21

Good and Bad Kittens 23

Anticipation 27