ABSTRACT

In the winter of 1862, Edward Lear wrote the following letter to his friend Evelyn Baring:

Thrippsy pillivinx, Inky tinky pobblebockle abblesquabs? - Flosky! beebul

trimble flosky! - Okul scratchabibblebongibo, viddle squibble tog-a-tog, ferrymoyassity amsky flamsky ramsky damsky crocklefether squiggs.