A MIRROR OF FRIVOLITY NEITHER HERE NOR THERE By OLIVER HERFORD _Author of “The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten,” “This Giddy Globe,” etc._ ¶ As a humorous commentator upon morals and manners with special attention to cats, tutti frutti trees, Bolshevism for babies and trouser creases. Mr. Herford leaves nothing to be desired. His book is a mirror of engaging frivolity, an incisive but good-humored thrust at the follies of the day. Here and there a very rich and moving note is struck, as in THE BON DIEU’S BIRTHDAY PARTY where one finds in full flower that tender fantasy which is the greatest charm of Mr. Herford’s imagination. GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY _Publishers_ New York NEITHER HERE NOR THERE OLIVER HERFORD _Other Books of_ OLIVER HERFORD POEMS AND VERSES ARTFUL ANTICS THE BASHFUL EARTHQUAKE AND OTHER FABLES AND VERSES ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES OVERHEARD IN A GARDEN RUBAIYAT OF A PERSIAN KITTEN THE FAIRY GOD-MOTHER-IN-LAW KITTEN’S GARDEN OF VERSES THE LAUGHING WILLOW THE HERFORD ÆSOP ANIMAL BOOKS A CHILD’S PRIMER OF NATURAL HISTORY MORE ANIMALS JINGLE JUNGLES SATIRICAL THE ASTONISHING TALE OF A PEN AND INK PUPPET SIMPLE GEOGRAPHY THE MYTHOLOGICAL ZOO CONFESSIONS OF A CARICATURIST THIS GIDDY GLOBE IN COLLABORATION _With John Cecil Clay_ HEARTICULTURE CUPID’S FAIR WEATHER BOOK CUPID’S ENCYCLOPEDIA HAPPY DAYS _With Cleveland Moffett_ THE BISHOP’S PURSE _With Ethel Watts Mumford_ CYNIC’S CALENDAR NEITHER HERE NOR THERE BY OLIVER HERFORD [Illustration] NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY [Illustration] NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. I PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO M. H. On board S.S. _Carmania_ Lat. 50° N., Long. 30° W. “NEITHER HERE—NOR THERE” CONTENTS PAGE THE SECRET 9 OUR LEISURE CLASS 13 CONCERNING REVOLVING DOORS 17 BOLSHEVISM FOR BABIES 21 THE TUTTI-FRUTTI TREE 25 THOSE BILL BOARDS 28 THE LURE OF THE “AD” 33 LOOK BEFORE SHE LEAPS 37