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The color plates are not listed in the Table of Contents. Each plate is a single free-standing poem. The inconsistent sequence of “Dick Whittington” and “Puss in Boots” (before or after), and the spelling of “Jack and Gill” (or Jill), are unchanged.

Down sank she in despair,
Her tears falling like rain;
She could not spin a single thread,
She could not reel a skein.