Rhymes for the Young Folk
RHYMES FOR THE YOUNG FOLK.
BY WILLIAM ALLINGHAM WITH PICTURES BY HELEN ALLINGHAM, KATE GREENAWAY, CAROLINE PATERSON, AND HARRY FURNISS ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
To GERALD, EVA, and LITTLE HENRY, and Others like them, this booklet is lovingly inscribed.
Green Hills, Blue Mountains, Rocks and Streams, Birds, Woodland, Starry-Night, Sea-Foam, Flowers, Fairies, Children, Music, Dreams, A Book, a Garden-Chair—Sweet Home!
Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
William Allingham
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Introduction.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE FAIRIES.
THE FAIRY KING.
CHORUS OF FAIRIES.
ROBIN REDBREAST.
AMY MARGARET.
JINGLE, JANGLE!
DREAMING.
SEASONS.
THE CAT AND THE DOG.
HERE AND THERE.
THE BIRD.
WISHING.
I SAW A LITTLE BIRDIE FLY.
A MOUNTAIN ROUND.
I.
II.
III.
YES OR NO?
SLEEPING.
A SWING SONG.
BIRDS' NAMES.
DOWN ON THE SHORE.
I.
II.
THE BUBBLE.
NICK SPENCE.
AMBITION.
THE BALL.
RIDING.
TOM CRICKET.
THE YEAR OF HARDSHIPS.
A RIDDLE.
Illustrated, Fine Art, and other Volumes.
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Educational Works and Students' Manuals.
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