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The Wallypug in London
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1895
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November 1, 2021
It was cute but
It was cute but the middle of book did mention the fact of the lettering LSD? Was a question of past looking into the future?
It was cute but the middle of book did mention the fact of the lettering LSD? Was a question of past looking into the future?
July 5, 2013
This is the third book in the Wallypug series, written in the 1890's and early 1900's, and it follows Wallypug, the King of a place called Why, on a trip to visit the author in London. These books follow in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's nonsense works, and like Carroll's books, are written for the purpose of entertaining children. The author was known to encourage his readers to write to him so that he could incorporate their ideas into his stories. Most likely this story contains many suggestions from his young readers.
The story is a delightfully silly tale of the trouble the King's arrival causes around town. The small king's entourage includes a cast of funny characters including a wooden soldier, a gentleman fish, and a wannabe poet. As with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, much of the humor stems from the misunderstandings that take place when encountering unfamiliar surroundings. In this case though, it is the visitor who is the stranger in a world that readers would know.
Popular in its day, these books are important in the tradition and evolution of children's literature as a means to entertain children rather than teach them. They don't hold up as well as some others, but still very enjoyable reads, and definitely worth checking out if you're a scholar of children's literature.
The story is a delightfully silly tale of the trouble the King's arrival causes around town. The small king's entourage includes a cast of funny characters including a wooden soldier, a gentleman fish, and a wannabe poet. As with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, much of the humor stems from the misunderstandings that take place when encountering unfamiliar surroundings. In this case though, it is the visitor who is the stranger in a world that readers would know.
Popular in its day, these books are important in the tradition and evolution of children's literature as a means to entertain children rather than teach them. They don't hold up as well as some others, but still very enjoyable reads, and definitely worth checking out if you're a scholar of children's literature.
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