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The following verses have been selected from “Lilliput Levee,” 1868,and from W. B. Rands’ numerous contributions to magazines.[A] He wrote{8}under many signatures, never enumerated; but—with the generousassistance of his son, Mr. Paul W. Rands, and his publisher, Mr.Alexander Strahan—I have been able to identify and examine all hiswork. Three poems are included, by permission, from the reprint of“Lilliput Lectures,” which I lately edited for Mr. James Bowden. Messrs.Dalziel have allowed me to use one from “Hood’s Comic Annual.” All otherrights belonged to Mr. Strahan, and have been transferred, with the fullconcurrence of Mr. P. W. Rands, to Mr. John Lane for this volume.Nothing has been included from “Innocent’s Island,” which we hope toreprint shortly with some of the “Lilliput Revels.”

These are poems for children, with whom Rands was always at his best,and have been chosen in remembrance of their tastes and understandings.As many of them are printed from magazines and never received theautho