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and A Farmer Went Trotting upon His Grey Mare. Warne. .25
Wouldn't we all like to ride these sturdy nags through the lovely English country, even if
we weren't to have the extra attraction of seeing a fine lady on a white horse?
Children will love to read of the stout farmer and his pretty daughter, who went trotting
to market,
"Bumpety, bumpety, bump!"
CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH (Illustrator). Sing a Song for Sixpence. Warne. .25
The little boy and girl king and queen are fascinating to real little boys and girls, and it is
pleasant to be sure from the pictures that they liked the same things that children like
to-day.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator). The Baby's Opera. Warne. 1.50
A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses by Walter Crane. The Music by the Earliest
Masters.--Title-page.
This collection of English rhymes contains The Mulberry Bush, King Arthur, Jack and
Jill, and many others equally familiar, with the accompanying music for each.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator). (p. 27) The Fairy Ship. Lane. .25
One of Mr. Crane's best. The duck captain and mouse sailors are utterly captivating.
"There were fifty little sailors Skipping o'er the decks; They were fifty little white mice,
With rings around their necks."

FOUR YEARS OF AGE (p. 28)
He that neer learns his A B C, For ever will a blockhead be; But he that learns these
letters fair, Shall have a Coach to take the Air. THE ROYAL BATTLEDORE. Newbery.
Circa 1744.

PICTURE-BOOKS
Summer fading, winter comes-- Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs, Window robins,
winter rooks, And the picture story-books. . . . . . . . . All the pretty things put by, Wait
upon the children's eye, Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks, In the picture story-books.

STEVENSON.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator). The Baby's Own Alphabet. Lane. .25
The A B C, accompanied by old English rhymes. There are three or four illustrations to a
page.
FRANCIS, J.G. *A Book of Cheerful Cats and Other Animated Animals. Century. 1.00
Funny verses and even funnier animal pictures. A delightful book for old and young,
because of the ability shown in the illustrations.

POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED
FROM GREAT AUTHORS (p. 29)
The mother sits and sings her baby to sleep; here is one of the very best opportunities for
the right literature at the right time. Mrs. H.L. ELMENDORF.
LANG, ANDREW (Editor). The Nursery Rhyme Book. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Warne. 1.50
An exceptional collection of the ancient rhymes, songs, charms, and lullabies,
accompanied by interesting pictures.
"In Mr. Halliwell's Collection, from which this volume is abridged, no manuscript
authority goes further back than the reign of Henry VIII, though King Arthur and Robin
Hood are mentioned.... Thus our old nursery rhymes are smooth stones from the book of
time, worn round by constant friction of tongues long silent."
STEVENSON, R.L. A Child's Garden of Verses. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Scribner. 2.50
It is generally admitted that no one has comprehended and written from the child's point
of view as did Stevenson. This volume should be among the first to be put into the hands
of our little ones. (p. 30) Besides the black and white text illustrations there are twelve
full-page pictures in color, all by Jessie Willcox Smith.
STEVENSON, R.L. A Child's Garden of Verses. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Scribner. 1.50
There are some who will prefer this small edition, beautifully illustrated in black and
white.
WELSH, CHARLES (Editor). A Book of Nursery Rhymes. Heath. .30
Mr. Welsh has arranged this excellent collection of Mother Goose in accordance with the
child's development, placing the rhymes in four divisions: Mother Play, Mother Stories,

Child Play, and Child Stories.

STORIES
To Master John the English maid A hornbook gives, of gingerbread; And that the child
may learn the better, As he can name, he eats each letter. Proceeding thus with vast
delight, He spells and gnaws from left to right. PRIOR. 1718.
POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Illustrated by the Author. Warne. .50
The diverting history of four little rabbits: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and naughty Peter
who would go into Mr. McGregor's (p. 31) garden, where he had many exciting
adventures. The tiny volumes of this series, with their fascinating colored illustrations,
are very delightful.
SMITH, GERTRUDE. The Arabella and Araminta Stories. Illustrated by Ethel Reed.
Small. 1.00
Simple every-day happenings in the lives of little twin sisters, related with much of the
repetition so pleasing to very young children. There are plenty of pictures.
SMITH, GERTRUDE. The Roggie and Reggie Stories. Illustrated by M.H. Squire and E.
Mars. Harper. 1.50
This companion to The Arabella and Araminta Stories tells in the same pleasant
reiterative style of the doings of the little girls' little twin brothers.