Oliver Herford (1863 - 1935) was a British born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of As a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford". Loyd Blankenship (aka The Mentor) (born 1965 has been a well-known American Computer hacker and Life is a state that distinguishes Organisms from non-living objects such as non-life and dead organisms being manifested by growth through Metabolism Ladies' Home Journal is a Magazine which first appeared February 16, 1883 and eventually became one of the leading magazines of the 20th Century In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the "Little Book of Bores". He also wrote short poems like "The Chimpanzee" and "The Hen", as well as writing and illustrating "The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" (1904), "Cynic's Calendar" (1917) and "Excuse It Please" (1930). His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist. Beatrice Herford (1868&ndash1952 was an American Actress and Vaudeville performer born in England.
Quotes
- A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often.
- If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one; go ahead, get married.
- Many are called but few get up.
- Only the young die good.
- Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
- What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan.
BOOKS BY OLIVER HERFORD
(from list at the end of http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23433, 1911 copyright / PD in US)
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
External links
- Biography and selected works, Americanartarchives.com
- Archive of poems
- Collected quotations
- Herford, Worldofquotes.com
- "The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" - The whole book, with art.
- Works by Oliver Herford at Project Gutenberg
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