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Oliver Herford (1863–1935) was an American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". As a frequent contributor to ''The Mentor'', ''Life'', and ''Ladies' Home Journal'', he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford". 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). His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist. Ethel Mumford and Addison Mizner wrote a small book ''The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903'' as a Christmas present and added Herford's name as an author as a joke. The printer made up more copies to sell and to everyone's surprise it was an astounding success. When Herford found out about it he wanted 90% of the royalties. He was awarded an equal third.〔Mizner, Addison. ''The Many Mizners''. Chicago: Sears, 1932. p. 186.〕〔The New York Times. January 10, 1903〕 ==Quotes== *"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often." *"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one; go ahead, get married." *"Many are called but few get up." *"Only the young die good." *"Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you." *"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan." *"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet."〔http://www.sampleireland.com/famous-irish-sayings.html〕 *"A man is known by the silence he keeps."〔http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/silence.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver Herford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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