The Bicycle Davie Did Not Get.
Poor Davie! He cried himself to sleep thinking of the loss his fault had caused him. But the disappointment did him good.
Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
McLoughlin Brothers: New York. Ca 1904.
A Restful Adventure!
The Magic Hammock.
Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
McLoughlin Brothers: New York. Ca 1904.
Sleeping With The Poppies!
A Nursery Rhyme
Mary’s Little Lamb.
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1906.
A Sloven!
A SAD CASE.
Matilda Belinda Lucinda MacGovern
Was very untidy – you might say, a sloven!
She always objected to dusting and cleaning;
Towards brushes and brooms she had no sort of leaning.
In fact it was said that the sight of a duster,
Upstairs or downstairs, would simply disgust her;
And a broom to the room of this sad Miss. MacGovern
Was as strange as a spider’s web in a hot oven.
Matilda Belinda Lucinda MacGovern,
Oh! what could have taught her to be such a sloven?
The birds or the bees? – show us anything neater!
The daisies? – Ah! What could be nicer and sweeter?
Little Bo-Peep And Other Good Stories.
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1905.
Friend or Foe?
STRANGE FRIENDS.
What do you think of that?
A bird in love with a cat.
This picture you see,
Is as true as can be;
Puss comes every day
At the risk of a fall,
To visit her friend
On the top of the wall;
For hours together
They’ll romp in this way,
Then the cat will go home,
And the bird fly away.
Funny Stories About Funny People.
Illustrations by J. G. Francis, J. C. Shepherd, F. J. Merrill, Palmer Cox, George F. Barnes and Others.
National Publishing Company: Philadelphia. Ca 1905.
When Her Dream Is Over!
“Your daughter will prick her hand with the spindle and fall to the floor, but instead of dying she will sink into a deep sleep which will last a hundred years. From that sleep, when her dream is over, a king’s son shall waken her.”
From the story “BRIAR ROSE OR THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.”
Once Upon a Time.
Edited by Katharine Lee Bates.
Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price.
Rand McNally & Company: Chicago & New York. 1921.
My Funny Little House!
“Yes, this is my funny little house, funny little man!” said the funny little lady. “Will you come into my funny little house and have a funny little cup of tea, funny little man?”
The Funny Little Book.
Story and Illustrations by Johnny Gruelle.
P. F. Volland Company: New York, Chicago and Toronto. 1918.
Beautiful Pig!
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety, jig.
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.
Mother Goose
Volland Popular Edition.
Edited by Eulalie Osgood Grover.
Illustrated by Frederick Richardson.
Published by P. F. Volland Company: New York, Chicago & Toronto. 1921.
Independence Day On The Way!
I love thee, dear sweet home and I will stick to thee! And when I die my fellowmen with heart and blood may take my place – I knew they would!
Postcard printed in Germany. Circa 1910.
Away With A Butterfly!
Prattles For Our Boys and Girls.
Hurst & Co.: New York. 1912.
What Are You Doing?
What Are You Doing?
MOTHER FAIRY-TALES
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.
A Real Princess!
The Princess and the Pea.
‘ I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night through. ‘
From the story “The Real Princess”
Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
Written by William Woodburn.
Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh. Ca 1917.
Pat-a-Cake Mother!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man!
So I do, master, as fast as I can:
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T
Put it in the oven for Tommy and me.
A Book of Nursery Rhymes.
Arranged by Charles Welsh.
Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood.
D. C. Heath & Co., Publishers: Boston, New York, Chicago. Ca 1901.
The Dog Smoking & Drinking Beer!
She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe,
But when she came back,
He was smoking a pipe.
She went to the ale-house
To get him some beer,
But when she came back,
The Dog sat in a chair.
MOTHER HUBBARD.
Walter Crane’s Picture Books Re-Issue.
John Lane.
The Bodley Head: London & New York. 1897.
Arbor Day!
Prattles For Our Boys and Girls
Hurst & Co.: New York. 1912
Three Bears – Three Chairs!
“Who’s broken my small chair?”
They turned to draw their chairs a little nearer;
“Who’s sat in my chair?” growled the Father Bear;
“Who’s sat in my chair?” said the Mother, clearer;
And squeaked the little Cub, “Who’s broken my small chair?”
The Three Bears’ Picture Book.
Illustrated by Walter Crane.
George Routledge and Sons: London & New York.
Funny Tea!
Funny Tea.
. . . Then the funny little lady went to the funny little cupboard and brought out some funny little cups and funny little saucers and a funny little tea-pot. Then she set to work and made funny tea.
The Funny Little Book.
Story and Illustrations by Johnny Gruelle.
P. F. Volland Company: New York, Chicago and Toronto. 1918.
To the cat we are large uneatable prey!
. . . I do not speak of the cat, to whom we are nothing more than a too large and uneatable prey: the ferocious cat, whose sidelong contempt tolerates us only as encumbering parasites in our own homes.
Elephant's Picture Book 