Gelett Burgess

“ Paul Globe.—“The Lark partakes of the prevalent temper of life on the Pacific Coast, where the don’t-care mood of the West takes an especially sunny and cheerful turn, and life looks a bigger joke than elsewhere in the Union.” ”

“ New York Critic.—“The faddists have produced some extraordinary things in the way of literature, but nothing more freakish has made its appearance in the last half-century than The Lark.”
New York Tribune.—“It is perhaps one-fourth a monthly periodical and three-fourths an escapade. The Lark ought really to be called ‘The Goose.’”
New York Herald.—“The current number of The Lark is, if possible, more curious, more quaint, more preposterously humorous, and more original than its predecessors. It is entirely unlike any other publication.” ”

“ Philadelphia Times.—“The young men who publish The Lark have ideas of their own. The Lark is smart and funny in a way quite its own, and it is also capable of serious flights and of musical notes clear enough to be heard across the continent.” ”

“ I never saw a PURPLE COW, I never HOPE to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather SEE than BE one! ”

“ New York Times.—“Regret moderately deep and thoroughly sincere will be felt all over the country, at the announcement that The Lark has ceased publication. A considerable number of people could see no humor and less meaning in its songs, but thousands of others had keener eyes and ears, and looked and listened with delight.” ”

“ The bound volumes for the two years it has been running deserve a place in the libraries of all lovers of the odd and advanced in literature.”
Paragraphs.—“No more shall its cool notes delight the tree-tops, and no longer may we follow in the footsteps of Vivette. It is a pity, of course; but what can you expect? Larks must be fed, and—no one thinks of feeding them.”
Trenton Tribune.—“Its clever foolery shows how big a void was created when The Lark decided to sing no more. The Lark was the one new thing in junior magazinedom that did not outlive its welcome.” ”

“ St. Louis Mirror.—“The Lark continues to be odd and ridiculous. Its humor is quite unlike any other humor ever seen in this country. There are good men with good pens working on The Lark.”
Kansas City Star.—“The Lark seems to have attained a distinction hitherto considered impossible in the unconventional. It seems really original. It succeeds in holding in captivity the unexpected.”
Los Angeles: The Land of Sunshine.—“It is unlike anything nearer to hand than ‘Alice in Wonderland.’”
Lark Posters.—The full set of Eight Posters for The Lark will be sent post-paid for $2.00. ”

“ In spite of all my precautions, Mr. Silk’s shoes would often be left pointing toward the bed. [E] How I suffered! At last Mr. Silk died. The day after the funeral, I made a procession of all the shoes—
ORDER:
Sixty-two right-foot shoes, toe to heel, they reached from my bedroom [F] to the stairs.
I was in despair when a small-footed man named Box proposed to me. I looked at his feet and accepted him. (I was sure the shoes would fit.) ”

“ By the time the head was ready to do.
Well, Willie he chewed it for days ’n’ days;
They brung it to him in gret big drays;
An’ fast as he got it good an’ soft,
Then Wallie he come and carried it oft. ”

“ An’ Huldy was workin’ with might an’ main,
A-shuttin’ the doors, an’ the windows too,
An’ stoppin’ up cracks where the leaks come through.
An’ when it was tight, she slipped inside
An’ turned the gas on good an’ wide!
An’ she screamed, “Look out that you don’t get smothered:
Climb up on the roof where I won’t be bothered!” ”