oman and Her Pig 177
The Three Little Pigs 177
BUNNY LAND
Disobedient Bunny 178
The Wild Rabbits 178
The Pet Rabbit 178
The Little Hare 179
The Poor Hunted Hare 179
Epitaph on a Hare 179
RAT LAND
Pied Piper of Hamelin 180
Wicked Bishop Hatto 181
MOUSEY LAND
The Three Mice 182
The Foolish Mouse 182
Run, Mousey, Run! 182
The Gingerbread Cat 182
A Clever Mother Mouse 183
The Mouse's Call 183
The Foolish Mouse 183
FROGGY LAND
The Foolish Frogs 184
Marriage of Mr. Froggie 184
Frogs at School 184
Frog That Went a Wooing 185
Mixed Animal Land 186-187
The Squirrel 188
Wonderful Bird Nests 189
Cole's Poems on Books 190
COMIC ADVERTISER
Serious Sambo 191
Laughter as a Medicine 191
Man Made to Laugh 191
Josh Billings' Prayer 191
Fun Better Than Physic 192
Fun About Music 193
Going to Coles' Book
Arcade 194-195
Wonderful Sea Serpent 196
Funny, Foolish and
Useful Fashions 197-201
Boy Smoking 202-203
Narcotics and Intoxicants 204
Pipes of the World 205
READER--There are only 365 pieces mentioned in this index, but the
Book contains 2,000 pieces and pictures, large and small. It is a
complete cyclopoedia of child-lore, and first-class kindergarten
book--to amuse and teach at the same time. No child's book ever
published has been, nor is now, so great a favourite as this one.
[Page 4--Baby Rhymes]
[Illustration: Tired And Going To Bed.]
A Piece of Poetry for Mother and Father to Read
I suppose if all the children,
Who have lived through ages long,
Were collected and inspected
They would make a wondrous throng.
Oh the babble of the Babel!
Oh, the flutter and the fuss;
To begin with Cain and Abel,
And to finish up with us!
Some have never laughed nor spoken,
Never used their rosy feet;
Some have even flown to heaven,
Ere they knew that earth was sweet.
And indeed, I wonder whether,
If we reckon every
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