Mr. Walter Crane's
Baby's Opera,
Baby's Bouquet,
and various toy books.
Four favorite books of comic verse are Edward Lear's
Book of Nonsense.
More Nonsense.
Nonsense, Songs and Stories.
Four books, more recent, which come nearer to poetry than anything already mentioned, are—
| Verses for Children | By | Mrs. Ewing. |
| Sing Song | " | Christina G. Rossetti. |
| Lilliput Lyrics | " | W. B. Rands. |
| A Child's Garden of Verses | " | R. L. Stevenson. |
A large collection of verse of the kind already described, with the addition of ballads, open-air rhymes, animal verses and other matter—intended to pave the way to real poetry—exists in
A Book of Verses for Children.
Another Book of Verses for Children,
compiled by E. V. Lucas. After these, we come to collections containing real poetry, two excellent ones being