The text for the book, well known during Caldecott's time, was written and published in 1775 by Samuel Foote.
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Foote wrote the nonsense poem to test the memory of the actor Charles Macklin, who had claimed he could read any paragraph once through and then recite it verbatim.
Great Britain | Great Depression | Alexander the Great | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Kingdom of Great Britain | Great Western Railway | Great Yarmouth | Peter the Great | Great Lakes | Frederick the Great | The Great Gatsby | Great Fire of London | George II of Great Britain | Catherine the Great | Great Central Railway | Great Plains | Great Barrier Reef | Parliament of Great Britain | Alfred the Great | Great Falls, Montana | Great Eastern Railway | Great Expectations | Anne, Queen of Great Britain | Great Wall of China | Great Britain national rugby league team | Order of St. Gregory the Great | Great Purge | Great Basin | Constantine the Great | The Great Gildersleeve |