Oliver Herford, a writer, artist, and illustrator, was born in Sheffield, England. He studied art at the Slade School in London and the Académie Julien in Paris. Afterward, he moved to New York, where he lived until his death. He has been called "The American Oscar Wilde".
Herford's cartoons and humorous verses appeared in several journals.
In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the Little Book of Bores. He also wrote short poems like "The Chimpanzee" and "The Hen", as well as writing and illustrating "The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten" (1904) and "Excuse It Please" (1930). Over 30 books illustrated by Herford, and frequently written by him as well, were published from the 1890s to the 1930s.
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