Erics Book of Beasts by David Starr Jordan

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Title: Eric's Book of Beasts

Author: David Starr Jordan

Illustrator: Shimada Sekko

Release Date: December 24, 2018 [EBook #58527]

Language: English

Character set encoding: UTF-8

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Aux Animaux

In Holland, at the Hague, you know,
Well-regulated people go
To the Hotel Ozanimo.
(The spelling I've carnegified;
I often do this on the side).
Here all Creation lives in peace,
And therefore Wonders never Cease!

Aux Animaux

ERIC'S

BOOK OF BEASTS

DONE IN WATER-COLORS

AND ACCOMPANIED WITH APPROPRIATE

JINGLES BY

DAVID STARR JORDAN

INTERPRETED IN BLACK AND

WHITE BY

SHIMADA SEKKO

Logo

PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS·SAN FRANCISCO

Copyright, 1912

By Paul Elder & Company

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Prefatory Note

hese cartoons were made one by one in moments of leisure to please a small boy. They are now reprinted in
the hope of pleasing other small boys and girls. They were originally in color, but for the present purpose they
have been made over in black and white by a Japanese artist, who has given them life by occasional quaint
touches of his own.

David Starr Jordan
Stanford University, California
January 19, 1912

L'Envoi

I
write and paint in doggerel
Though all the Muses shriek and yell!
I go serenely on my way
Not caring what such folks may say!

Contents

Page

Aux Animaux
Frontispiece

Prefatory Note
iii

L'Envoi
v

Eric's Planet
2

The Caravan
4

Jack the Rabbit
6

An Elephant
8

The 'Potamus
10

My Crocodile
12

The Giraffe
14

A Goat
16

The 'Possum
18

Old Sea Catch
20

Quail
22

The Ptarmigan
24

The Pelican
26

The Man
28

The Fish
30

The Lion
32

Horned Toad
34

A Hospitable Reptile
36

A Social Lobster
38

Cats and Kings
40

Little Children
42

Six Kings
44

An Aspiring Monkey
46

Old Time Folks
48

The Wunx
50

Totem Poles
52

Organ and Organ Man
54

In Moonlight
56

Hunter and Deer
58

The Gazelle
60

A Bulldog by the River
62

ivv

The Squidgecumsquees
64

Road to Mandalay
66

Mitgard Serpent
68

Saint Georgeing the Dragon
70

Flotsam and Jetsam
72

The Atoll
74

Storm Wind
76

Eric in the Dark
78

Mars' Stars and Pa's
80

The Porcupine
82

The Purple Cow
84

I and Gnu
86

Bobo
88

The Lone Salmon
90

Bean Soup
92

A Lost Shadow
94

The Gazibou
96

In Junglest Africa
98

Eric Fishing
100

Eric's Bulldog
102

The Steering Gear
104

Brother Knight
106

My Daddy's Family
108

Christmas Past
110

The Last Act
112

Inca
Tail-piece

ERIC'S BOOK OF BEASTS

Monkey

E
ric's Planet

Eric said to Jupiter:
"Here I am. Good

morning, Sir,

What are your small

planets worth?

Give me one. I'll

take the Earth."

2

Eric's Planet
3

T
he Caravan

Van! Van! Caravan!
Who is the camel and

which is the man?

The Caravan

4

5

J
ack the Rabbit

Jack the Rabbit
Has the habit
When you look him

in the face

He is in some other

place.

Jack the Rabbit

6

7

A
n Elephant

I never saw an Elephant
But that's no symptom

that I sha'n't.

An Elephant

8

9

T
he 'Potamus

My little 'Potamus and I
Walk hand in hand when

roads are dry,

But when the clouds

begin to rain,

I creep into his mouth

again.

The 'Potamus

10

11

M
y Crocodile

My Crocodile is good to me—
He is as nice as he can be;
But when I go out for a ride,
I'd rather not come back

inside.

My Crocodile

12

13

T
he Giraffe

If the Giraffe were not so tall
He'd be an Awful Cannibal,
But just before he goes to bed
He sits awhile upon his head.

The Giraffe

14

15

A
Goat

This little beast is called

a Goat,

He isn't anything of note,
But give him a tomato can
And he's a match for any

Man.

A Goat

16

17

T
he 'Possum

The 'Possum sees the

little boy;

It does not seem to

give him joy.

The 'Possum

18

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