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Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.
Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.
Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

Plate #20 | And look at these hot sports, All three | Are hummers - we might call them Whoopers. | 'Tis evident that they must be | The swift Se-wick-leyian - Loop-the-loopers.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.20
Dedicated to the memory of Eleanore Shannon Scoville Wells, daughter of Royal Lacy Scoville, gift of Jonathan Godfrey Wells III and Peter Scoville Wells Sr., 2005
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Plate #19 | Here tangled in another loop | Are Wampuses of both Sexes; | And right behind the Chick-a-hoop | With circus stunts the mind perplexes.
Plate #19 | Here tangled in another loop | Are Wampuses of both Sexes; | And right behind the Chick-a-hoop | With circus stunts the mind perplexes.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #32 | Note, as these soldiers onward trot, | The Tortopoise keeps backward facing | While Nantipus and Mrs. Lot | Both follow suit in style debasing.
Plate #32 | Note, as these soldiers onward trot, | The Tortopoise keeps backward facing | While Nantipus and Mrs. Lot | Both follow suit in style debasing.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #23 | And further still, to dash his hopes, | He saw audaciously advancing | Three Plantain Mountain Kick-e-lopes, | Whose specialty is tight-rope dancing.
Plate #23 | And further still, to dash his hopes, | He saw audaciously advancing | Three Plantain Mountain Kick-e-lopes, | Whose specialty is tight-rope dancing.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #24 | Worse yet, he heard the Chug-chug toot | A jungle tune. The Goozie listened | And upside down, the Tel-o-scoot | Took in the noise with eyes that glistened.
Plate #24 | Worse yet, he heard the Chug-chug toot | A jungle tune. The Goozie listened | And upside down, the Tel-o-scoot | Took in the noise with eyes that glistened.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #11 | And this uncanny object which | Strives awkwardly along to potter | Is Russian. 'Tis the Dot-sko-vich, | Which in plain English means the Dotter.
Plate #11 | And this uncanny object which | Strives awkwardly along to potter | Is Russian. 'Tis the Dot-sko-vich, | Which in plain English means the Dotter.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #36 | Here Cary-at-ides obese, uphold, | (This way they earn their boodle) | A beast of most ungainly mold, | The gentle, twisted Por-cun-oodle.
Plate #36 | Here Cary-at-ides obese, uphold, | (This way they earn their boodle) | A beast of most ungainly mold, | The gentle, twisted Por-cun-oodle.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #8 | Behind him, skipping on its toes, | (Please do not ask me where its face is) | The Polynesian Wig-wag shows | A ballet dancer's airs and graces.
Plate #8 | Behind him, skipping on its toes, | (Please do not ask me where its face is) | The Polynesian Wig-wag shows | A ballet dancer's airs and graces.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #9 | And here like proud aristocrats | Whose names are always in the papers, | A pair of snoopy Dingle-bats | Indulge in their vain-glorious capers.
Plate #9 | And here like proud aristocrats | Whose names are always in the papers, | A pair of snoopy Dingle-bats | Indulge in their vain-glorious capers.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #18 | This animal which has no feet | (A stroke of genius, not an error), | The wild, voracious Jam-bo-reet, | Always inspires the utmost terror.
Plate #18 | This animal which has no feet | (A stroke of genius, not an error), | The wild, voracious Jam-bo-reet, | Always inspires the utmost terror.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Plate #26 | Here laboring to wheel across | His bright young Hopeful in a barrow | We see the stern Sham-poot-er-os, | To tell whose deeds would freeze your marrow.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #3 | Along with It came creatures fit | To banish sleep from any pillow; | Such horrid monsters as to wit; | This one, the Arma-daffy-dillo.
Plate #3 | Along with It came creatures fit | To banish sleep from any pillow; | Such horrid monsters as to wit; | This one, the Arma-daffy-dillo.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #4 | Next, twisted in a snaky coil, | Prepared some jolly trick to trump up, | As ugly as an old gargoyle, | Appeared the Duck-billed Johnny-jump up.
Plate #4 | Next, twisted in a snaky coil, | Prepared some jolly trick to trump up, | As ugly as an old gargoyle, | Appeared the Duck-billed Johnny-jump up.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915