The Complete Cynic

Being Bunches of Wisdom Culled from the Calendars of

Oliver Herford
Ethel Watts Mumford
Addison Mizner

Paul Elder & Company
Publishers - San Francisco

Copyright, 1902, by Elder and Shepard
Copyright, 1903, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1904, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1905, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1906, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1907, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1908, by Paul Elder and Company
Copyright, 1910, by Paul Elder and Company

Dedication, 1911

To the Merry

"Wisdom may not be confined
'Twixt covers of the dictionary,
Neither will it be defined;
Learning, you may quickly bury;
Wisdom - Soul and Life combined -
Lingers ever with the merry."

Dedication, 1905

To the World at Large

This Little Book of Wisdom Great
It pleases us to dedicate
To that Rampageous Reprobate -
The World at Large.
Yet as we mark his Stony Phiz
And see him whoop and whirl and whiz,
We can but cry - O Lord, why is
The World at Large!

Oliver Herford.

Dedication, 1907

To Foolish-wise and Wisely-gay
Of whate'er country they may be,
We dedicate this little gem
By Ollie, Addison and Me,
In hopes they'll buy in massive lots
And help us boil our little pots.

(T)

Dedication, 1908

Reader - would you a Cynic be?
Vindictive - Vitriolic?
Then be one in your Infancy -
Your Nurse will think it's Colic.

Like Measles take it while you're young,
'Twill drive your parents frantic,
But you'll grow up, (if still unhung)
An Optimist Romantic.

(H)

Dedication, 1909

Then here's to those who love the Stars
And diligently tea them,
And here's to all Ambitious Souls
Who strongly strive to be them;
But most to those Discerning Ones
Who know Stars when they see them.