Banbury Chap Books and Nursery Toy Book Literature: [of the XVIII. and Early XIX. Centuries] — John Shaqi
Banbury Chap Books and Nursery Toy Book Literature: [of the XVIII. and Early XIX. Centuries]Pearson, Edwin
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Banbury Chap Books and Nursery Toy Book Literature: [of the XVIII. and Early XIX. Centuries]
Pearson, Edwin
Chapbooks, English -- Illustrations; Children's literature, English -- Illustrations
We give a Bibliographical List, as perfect as is possible to date,
of the "Halfpenny Series" of little History and Story Books issued at
Rusher's Banbury Press, some even with the same titles as the "Penny
Series," yet totally different in arrangement and woodcuts, used, as
comparison in the Bodleian Library will readily show: Mother Hubbard and
her Dog; Nursery Rymmes from the Royal Collections; Poetic Trifles for
young Gentlemen and Ladies; The Cries of Banbury, London, and Celebrated
Stories; Children in the Wood, Historical Ballad (Norfolk?); Children in
the Wood, Restored by Honestus; Hermit of the Forest (Cumberland); Jack
the Giant Killer, a Hero, celebrated by Ancient Historians (Cornwall);
Robinson Crusoe; Nursery Poems from the Ancient and Modern Poets; Jack
and Gill and Old Dame Gill; Read who will, They'll laugh their fill;
Dick Whittington and his Cat; The History of Tom Thumb (Middlesex);
Death and Burial of Cock Robin; Renowned History of Dame Trot and her
Cat; London Jingles and Country Tales for Young People; Tom, Tom, the
Piper' Son; Cinderella and her Glass Slipper; Jack Spratt and his Wife
Joan, etc. etc.
[Illustrations: 27_1, 27_2]
_Bewick School, used in Rusher's Banbury Toy Books._
[Illustrations: 28_1, 28_2]
_Used by Rusher in his Banbury Horn Books, Battledores, Galloping
Guide to A, B, C, Primers, Reading Made Easy, Spelling Books, etc._
[Illustration: 28_3]
[Illustration: 29_1
_From Evans's, Long Lane, West Smithfield, used afterwards at
Banbury._]
Rusher's Banbury _Battledore_ and _Reading Made Easy_ blocks, show the
next improvement on the old _Horn Books_. Then Rusher published a
_Galloping Guide to the A B C._, for which see next page.
[Illustrations: 29_2, 29_3]
[Transcriber's Note:
Beginning with D, each letter has its own illustration, printed in
sets of three. The alphabet is printed continuously down the left
and right margins. A page break separates the "Judge" illustration
from its line of text. The complete pages can be seen as
"pic_30_all.png" - "pic_32_all.png"]
[Illustration: 30_1]
A was an Acorn, that grew on the oak;
B is a Boy, who delights in his book.
C is a Canister, holds mamma's teas;
D is a Drum, you may sound if you please.
[Illustration {D, E, F}: 30_2]
E is an Eagle, that soars very high;
F is a Fox, that is crafty and sly.
[Illustration {G, H, J}: 30_3]
G is a Griffin, of him pray take heed;
H is a Hare, that can run with great speed.
[Illustration {K, L, M}: 31_1]
J is a Judge, that the law oft obeys;
K is a Key, that no secret betrays.
L is a Lamb, often freaks o'er the lea;
M is a Mermaid, that sings in the sea.
[Illustration {N, O, P}: 31_2]
N is a Nightingale, dwells in the wood;
O is an Ox, whose beef roasted is good.
P is a Peach, that did grow very high;
Q is a Quince, makes a savoury pie.
[Illustration {Q, R, S}: 31_3]
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