_From Evans's Cock Robin._ _Frontispiece to Farthing Cinderella._] [Illustrations: 13_1, 13_2 _Tobacco Paper Cut and Tavern Sign._ _Very Early Ballad, D----l cut, etc._] John Evans, 42, Long Lane, West Smithfield, circa 1791, brought out some singular little farthing children's books, printed on coarse sugar paper, also ballads, single-sheet songs, and "patters." One, "The tragical death of an Apple Pye, cut in pieces and eat, by twenty-five gentlemen, with whom all little people ought to be very well acquainted." J. Drewey, Irongate, Derby, brought out some entertaining fables, in which the following woodcuts were used again. _Blocks used in Red Riding Hood._ [Illustrations: 14_1 - 14_6] _Blocks used in "Jack and the Giants" and "Tom, Tom, the Piper's son," etc. From John White's stock, at York._ [Illustrations: 15_1 - 15_15] _Cuts used for "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son," etc._ [Illustrations: 16_1 - 16_6] _Cuts to "Whittington and his Cat."_ [Illustrations: 16_7 - 16_10] John Evans issued "Cock Robin, a pretty gilded toy for either girl or boy," in which the early cut on page 12 was used. This rare edition has the following comical variation from the orthodox version: "Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a pole, Wiggle-waggle went its tail, and p--p went its hole." _Very Early Cock Robin Set, from John White's York Stock._ [Illustrations: 17_1 - 17_10] That quaint divine Dean Swift of St. Patricks, Dublin, edited some curious poetry for "A Royal Primer," sqr. 32mo, published in the Seven Dials, of Dublin ("Rainbow Court"). "Ech, ech, my dear'y, and Ach, ach, my love. "There was a little man who had a little gun, and "There was a little maid who was very much afraid To get wed, wed, wed," etc. This is long and curious, and was greatly altered and abreviated in early 19th Century Editions. _"The Royal Primer," from John White's York and Newcastle Stock._ [Illustrations: 18_1 - 18_12] _From Dean Swift's Royal Primer, Dublin, circa 1770._ [Illustrations: 19_1 - 19_7] _From Evans's edition of Cinderella._ [Illustrations: 19_8 - 19_11] _Very Early "Cock Robin" Series, "Postboy" by Bewick for a Newcastle Newspaper, "Wife Joan," etc., from J. White's Stock._ [Illustrations: 20_1 - 20_15] _Early "Mother Hubbard:" J. Evans, Long Lane, circa 1770._ [Illustrations: 21_1 - 21_10] _Early "Goody Two Shoes," "Jack and Jill," "Cock Robin," The Fables, early Bewick School._ [Illustrations: 22_1 - 22_14] _All Evans's style of woodcut, Catnach, etc., all used at Rushers Banbury Press._ [Illustrations: 23_1 - 23_11 _Babes in the Wood._ _Blue Beard._] Providing ourselves with a variety of pens and ink, we select two of the best and proceed to describe the Banbury Printer's old stock of cuts.