BY PERCY B. GREEN
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A HISTORY OF NURSERY RHYMES
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER I. (2)
CHAPTER II. NURSERY GAMES. A GAME FOR A WET DAY. "C ows and
CHAPTER III. JEWISH RHYMES.
CHAPTER IV. AN ANCIENT ENGLISH RHYME
CHAPTER V. CAT RHYMES.
CHAPTER VI. A CRADLE SONG OF THE FIRST CENTURY.
CHAPTER VII. JACK RHYMES.
CHAPTER VIII. RIDDLE-MAKING.
CHAPTER IX. NURSERY CHARMS.
CHAPTER X. SCRAPS. "O h , slumber, my darling, thy sire is a
CHAPTER XI. SONGS. "WILL THE LOVE THAT YOU'RE SO RICH IN." "T
CHAPTER XII. SCOTCH RHYMES.
CHAPTER XIII. A FAVOURITE NURSERY HYMN.
CHAPTER XIV. "THERE WAS A MAID CAME OUT OF KENT." "T here was a
CHAPTER XV. BELL RHYMES.
CHAPTER XVI. POLITICAL SIGNIFICATIONS OF NURSERY RHYMES.
