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WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH.
CONTENTS
General Introduction to Young Folks' Treasury vii
Introduction xi
NURSERY RHYMES
Hush-a-bye, Baby, on the Tree-top; Rock-a-bye, Baby
thy Cradle is Green; Bye, Baby Bunting; Hush
Thee, my Babby; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; This Little
Pig Went to Market; etc., etc. 1-31
NURSERY TALES
The Three Bears 32
Cinderella 35
The Three Brothers 41
The Wren and the Bear 42
Chicken-Licken 45
The Fox and the Cat 47
The Rats and their Son-in-Law 48
The Mouse and the Sausage 50
Johnny and the Golden Goose 51
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse 56
Teeny Tiny 58
The Spider and the Flea 60
The Little Shepherd Boy 61
The Three Spinners 62
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership 65
The Sweet Soup 68
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 68
Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail 70
The Three Little Pigs 71
CHILDREN'S FAVORITE POEMS
The Three Children 75
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat--_Edward Lear_ 75
Kindness to Animals 77
How Doth the Little Busy Bee--_Isaac Watts_ 77
Suppose--_Phoebe Cary_ 78
Twinkle, Twinkle 79
Pretty Cow--_Jane Taylor_ 80
The Three Little Kittens--_Eliza Lee Follen_ 80
The Land of Counterpane--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 82
There was a Little Girl--_Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 82
The Boy who never Told a Lie 83
Foreign Children--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 84
The Unseen Playmate--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 84
I saw Three Ships 85
A Was an Ant--_Edward Lear_ 86
The Table and the Chair--_Edward Lear_ 91
Precocious Piggy--_Thomas Hood_ 93
A Boy's Song--_James Hogg_ 94
Buttercups and Daisies--_Mary Howitt_ 95
The Violet--_Jane Taylor_ 96
If ever I See--_Lydia Maria Child_ 97
The Little Land--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 97
A Lobster Quadrille--_Lewis Carroll_ 99
Where Go the Boats--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 100
The Wind and the Moon--_George Macdonald_ 101
Where are you Going my Pretty Maid 103
The Lost Doll--_Charles Kingsley_ 104
Foreign Lands--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 104
Bed in Summer--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 105
Try Again 106
A Good Play--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 106
Good Night and Good Morning--_Richard Monckton Milnes_ 107
The Wind--_Robert Louis Stevenson_ 108
The Spider and the Fly--_Mary Howitt_ 109
Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite--_Isaac Watts_ 110
Child's Evening Hymn--_Sabine Baring-Gould_ 111
CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES
Hansel and Gretel 113
The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie 120
The Wolf and the Fox 122
Descreet Hans 123
Puss in Boots 126
The Elves and the Shoemaker 131
Hans in Luck 133
Master of All Masters 138
Belling the Cat 139
Little Red Riding-Hood 140
The Nail 144
Jack and the Beanstalk 145
How to Tell a True Princess 149
The Sleeping Beauty 150
OLD FASHIONED POEMS
The Man in the Moon--_James Whitcombe Riley_ 158
Sage Counsel--_Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch_ 160
Limericks--_Edward Lear_ 161
More Limericks--_Rudyard Kipling_ and _Anonymous_ 162
The Dead Doll--_Margaret Vandergrift_ 163
Little Things--_Ascribed to Julia A.
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