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Poetry - Humorous Genre
Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:
Queery Leary Nonsense: A Lear Nonsense Book (1911)
A new collection of Lear drawings and poems. Read for free online at DigiNole.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse (1912)
A collection of stories and poems by the Chicago poet of childhood. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eugene Field
Illustrator(s):
Florence Edith Storer
The Complete Nonsense Book (1912)
A complete compilation of Lear’s nonsense up to the time of publication. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Junior Classics Volume 10 (1912)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Gustave Doré
Thomas J. Fogarty
Charles Folkard
Various
Twas the Night Before Christmas (1912)
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
The Gentlest Giant (1915)
A collection of poetry for children. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Anna Bird Stewart
Illustrator(s):
Dugald Stewart Walker
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1916)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Favorites of a Nursery of Seventy Years Ago (1916)
A large collection of favorites from the 1840’s. This second edition is somewhat enlarged.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
None
The Jig of Forslin: A Symphony (1916)
A book of poetry. The dust jacket is by Lathrop.
Author(s):
Conrad Potter Aiken
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Nursery Rhymes: Volume III Tales and Jingles (1916)
Traditional nursery rhymes and songs. This is volume III. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book One (1917)
Short poems for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book Three (1917)
Yet longer poems for somewhat older children.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book Two (1917)
Longer poems for older children.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
Japanese Prints (1918)
A collection of poems modelled on Japanese forms. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Gould Fletcher
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
My Bookhouse: From the Tower Window (1920)
A collection of stories, poems and tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
My Bookhouse: In the Nursery (1920)
This first volume of the anthology includes nursery rhymes and poetry along with short folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maginel Wright Enright
Milo Winter
N. C. Wyeth
Et al
My Bookhouse: Through Fairy Halls (1920)
This volume of the anthology includes longer tales and other types of stories and poetry. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Down-Adown-Derry (1922)
A book of fairy poems. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Rainbow Gold: Poems Old and New (1922)
An anthology of poetry enhanced with Dugald Stewart Walker’s fantastic pen and ink drawings.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Dugald Stewart Walker
A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories (1923)
A collection of new and old stories and poems for very young children. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Eleanor L. Skinner
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith