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