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Publisher's Foreword
PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD
It is almost one hundred years since Peter Newell's enduringly popular Topsys and Turvys 2— the sequel to his bestselling Topsys and Turvys — was first published in the United States. Using the same ingenious style and imagination, he invents worlds of confusion and fun as he transforms hunters into bears, has a buffalo converse with a tree frog, or creates, and illustrates, pure nonsense.
These beautiful facsimile editions — both of which are newly republished by Charles E. Tuttle — reproduce all of the brilliant color and charm of the originals, and will ensure that Topsys and Turvys can be shared and enjoyed anew by future generations.
Peter Newell (1862-1924) began his career as an artist drawing portraits, using crayons as his medium. In his fantastic humor, many believe, is the first appearance of the gentle humor of the absurd which The New Yorker has subsequently developed to such a high level.
In addition to the two Topsys and Turvys, Peter Newell wrote and illustrated many other books for children, including The Hole Book (1908), The Slant Book (1910), and The Rocket Book (1912) (all also published by Charles E. Tuttle), which are equally inventive and remain popular bestsellers. He also illustrated many classic works, including Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad, and an edition of Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland which caused a great controversy at the time. All are characterized by his brilliant imagination and originality which, it might be said, comes straight from the minds of the children for whom he drew so well.
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A wicked robber horseman charged upon a woodland elf, But found the little manikin could well defend himself.
Beneath their big and shady hats the bathers had a scare—
They heard a flock of booby-birds come whirring through the air.
Here is a German farmer dressed in a curious rig, And looking rather sad because he's lost his fattened dog.
The Malay pirate eyed his foes in hopeless fierce despair
Till--bang!--his magazine blew up and hurled the crew in air.
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