The Owl and the Pussy Сat and Other Nonsense Poetry: Edward Lear

Contains original illustrations by the author

Written for the poet John Addington Symonds`s young daughter Janet while she was ill and confined to her bed, `The Owl and the Pussycat` sees the two enamoured animals sail away in a boat "for a year and a day / To the land with the bong tree grows", where they get married.

Long considered one of the nation`s favourite poems, it is combined here with other memorable examples of what Lear called "nonsense songs", such as `Calico Pie` and `The Duck and the Kangaroo`, as well as with nonsense stories, cookery, botany and alphabets, in a collection that transports adults and children alike to the extraordinary world of Edward Lear`s imagination.