June 11, 1864: New Book of Nonsense

The New Book of Nonsense was published for sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair, which ran from June 7-29, 1864. It’s an imitation of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense.

Transcript:There lived an Old Maid in the city of Trenton, who to marry a youth all her faculties bent on,

She essay’d every art, to inveigle the heart of every young Dandy in Trenton

Citation: The new book of nonsense. A contribution to the Great Central Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1864. A 864n