19073 "Eric s Book of Beasts" 



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If I were born a Pelican 

 I'd try my best to be a man; 

 If I were born a man, I'd wish 

 I might associate with Fish! 

 If I were born a Fish but then, 

 No good to wish 

 Men must be men! 

 or 



The Lobster's home is in the sea, 



It is as humble as may be, 

 But he has wandered far afield 



And now his presence is revealed 

 Within our Best Society! 



This lesson to us all is sent 

 To give us Due Encouragement! 



Sometimes, however, I invaded the family circle, 

 as in the following: 



Brother Knight is fond of curls; 

 Half his ancestors were girls. 



At the request of Mr. Paul Elder, a publisher of Gains 

 San Francisco, my color sketches were done over in ?*^ 

 black and white by a clever Japanese artist, Sekko 

 Shimada, and then printed with their elucidating 

 jingles as "Eric's Book of Beasts," already noticed. 

 What they gained in finish they lost through abated 

 ferocity of coloring ! 



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