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Title: Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

Author: Edward William Cole

Release Date: December 21, 2009 [EBook #30726]

Language: English

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Produced by Brian McPherson

Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

Written And Compiled By E.W. Cole (1832-1918)
First Published 1879 By Cole Publications, Melbourne, Australia.
73rd Edition Totalling 920,000 copies. [*]

[Illustration: Front Cover.]

Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

Or Family Amuser And Instructor;
To Delight The Children And Make Home Happier;
The Best Child's Picture Book In All The World.

It Contains Also Choice Riddles, Games
and pieces of reading for Adults.
Look through it yourself.

Long ago the Rainbow was a Sign it is said,
Now 'tis the Sign of Cole's Book Arcade.
So, when in the sky a bow is displayed,
Be sure that you think of the Book Arcade.
Cole's Book Arcade strange as it looks,
Contains more than a million books.
New and second-hand, common and rare,
Can get most any book you want there.

[*] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The reprintings of this book since Cole's
death in 1918 have involved very few changes, and in most cases it
has been bibliographically misleading to term them "editions".
Undoubtedly, somewhere in the past, the distinction between a
"printing" and an "edition" has not been understood. However, with
due cognisance of the irregularity, the practice of giving each
reprint a new edition number accompanied by a running sales total is
being maintained for statistical interest.

[Illustration: Portrait of E. W. Cole.]

Edward William Cole

Born Woodchurch, Kent, England
4th January, 1832

Died Essendon, Victoria, Australia
16th December, 1918

[Page 1--Australia]

Australia Is The Best Country On Earth

Australia a Grand Country

I think that Australia, for it's size, is, all-round, the best
country in the world. It's climate is pleasant and health-giving. It
has no desolating blizzards, no fros