Crane, Walter (Illustrator).
The Fairy Ship. Lane. .25
One of Mr. Crane's best. The duck captain and mouse sailors are utterly captivating.
"There were fifty little sailors
Skipping o'er the decks;
They were fifty little white mice,
With rings around their necks."
Four Years of Age
He that neer learns his A B C,
For ever will a blockhead be;
But he that learns these letters fair,
Shall have a Coach to take the Air.
The Royal Battledore. Newbery. Circa 1744.
Picture-books
Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
. . . . . . . .
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.