We two—the author and his illustrator—did not know what we had done until the newspapers told us. But the press has explained it in the following poised and consistent criticism:

"Too many suggestions of profanity."
⁠—Congregationalist, Boston, 8 Dec. '92.

"It ought to be the delight of the nursery."
⁠—National Tribune, Washington, 22 Dec. '92.