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William G. Baker
Language
English
Pages
280

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A treasury of pleasure books for young children
1850, Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, St. Paul's Churchyard; and Joseph Cundall, Old Bond Street
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Table of Contents

The history of little Bo-Peep
The simple story of Simple Simon
The history of Mother Goose and her son Jack
The house that Jack built
Maja's alphabet
The courtship and wedding of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren : with an account of the doleful death of Cock Robin
The death and burial of Cock Robin
The cat and the mouse who play'd in the farm-house
The wonderful story of Henny-Penny
The old dame and her silver sixpence
The robin's Yule song
The life and death of Jenny Wren
The frog who would a-wooing go
Old Mother Hubbard and her dog
The bear and the children : from Andersen's "Picture book without pictures" / translated by Meta Taylor
The courtship and wedding of the little man and the little maid
The story of the three bears
The fox and the geese : an antient nursery tale
The story of Tom the piper's son, who play'd his pipe and made great fun
The history of little Goody Two-shoes.

Edition Notes

"To the children of America these old stories of old England are dedicated, with a hearty wish that they may tend to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the children of America and the children of England."--dedication, page [ii].

Illustrations engraved on wood by W. Russell Sedgfield, Horace Harrall, Walter G. Mason, W.T. Green and "Greenaway & Wright."

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

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Lowell [Massachusetts]
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

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1 online resource (iv pages, 280 unnumbered pages)
Number of pages
280

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OL43827114M

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