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Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.
Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.
Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.
(American, 1872 - 1938)

Plate #33 | Unhappy Tompkins! Once again | He almost faints away, poor fellow! | Enough it is to turn his brain | When he perceives the fierce Mon'grello.

Watercolor and ink on illustration board
ca. 1915
11 1/8 × 14 1/8 in. (28.3 × 35.9 cm)
2005.15.33
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 #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.
Plate #21 | Here Tompkins hastens to implore | A moment's mercy and compassion | Since he beholds the Checkery Bore | Advance, roped up in corkscrew fashion.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #1 | While nodding in his hard old chair | Tom Tompkins had a dream most shocking. | The Wizard Tumblebug came there | And frightened him with laughter mocking.
Plate #1 | While nodding in his hard old chair | Tom Tompkins had a dream most shocking. | The Wizard Tumblebug came there | And frightened him with laughter mocking.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #38 | Here ends our tale; here ends the Snake, | There is no sequel climax-capping | Except that Tompkins wide-awake | Vows nevermore to be caught napping.
Plate #38 | Here ends our tale; here ends the Snake, | There is no sequel climax-capping | Except that Tompkins wide-awake | Vows nevermore to be caught napping.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #17 | Next all tied up and fierce to view | (Observe the way his head he tosses) | We have the Chinese Spot-a-roo, | Which feeds on mandarins and josses.
Plate #17 | Next all tied up and fierce to view | (Observe the way his head he tosses) | We have the Chinese Spot-a-roo, | Which feeds on mandarins and josses.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Plate #2 | Poor Tom began to whine and shake | When with his spells the Wizard bound him | And set on him a monstrous snake | Which coiled its ugly self around him.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #14 | This one, who with his hat takes off | His head (Could foolishness be greater?) | Is called for reasons plain enough | The Sword-tailed Self-De-cap-i-ta-tor.
Plate #14 | This one, who with his hat takes off | His head (Could foolishness be greater?) | Is called for reasons plain enough | The Sword-tailed Self-De-cap-i-ta-tor.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.
Plate #34 | And even those whose nerves are strong | Must heave a groan when, darkly scowling, | The Quad-ri-wheeleon rolls along | And splits the welkin with his howling.
Royal Lacey Scoville
ca. 1915
The Social Zoo (2)
The Social Zoo (2)
Rockwell Kent
1918
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 #22 | But all in vain. It is no use | Still more to suffer he is fated. | On comes the cheerful Giggleoose, | Which laughs at every thing created.
Plate #22 | But all in vain. It is no use | Still more to suffer he is fated. | On comes the cheerful Giggleoose, | Which laughs at every thing created.
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
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
We Saw Poor Harriet Also Turn to Him, and We Judged That She, as Well as Her Mother, Was Begging Him to Go
Alice Barber Stephens
1898