Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
An Edward Lear story concerning a man, referred to simply as E.L., taking the grave risk of going out for a walk on a windy day and living the consequences. These ten rare sketches are in a bound edition living in the Frederick R. Koch Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in Yale University.
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December 26. 1860
- B.H.H. remonstrates with E.L.on his determination to get out of doors on a windy day.
- L. goes out, but finds the wind inconveniently high.
- L. is carried off his legs into the hair [sic] all among the birds.
- L. continues to fly straight forward.
- L. continues to fly on, & is joined by some friendly geese.
- L. & the geese being tired, rest superficially on the branch of an oak tree.
- L. is gradually blown away farther & farther & farther & fluff.
- The last view but one of E. L. as he appeared on the windy day of June 2, 1860.
- Last view of E. L. before he was teetotallaciously blown away.
Dec 12, 2013
