CONTENTS.
IN MY NURSERY.
THE BABY'S FUTURE.
BABY'S HAND.
THE FIRST TOOTH.
JOHNNY'S BY-LOW SONG.
BABY'S VALENTINE.
THE RAIN.
The Ballad Of The Fairy Spoon.
SONG OF THE LITTLE WINDS.
GOOD-NIGHT SONG.
ANOTHER "GOOD-NIGHT."
"A Bee Came Tumbling"
JINGLE.
LITTLE OLD BABY.
BABY'S JOURNEY.
THE BUMBLEBEE.
THE OWL AND THE EEL AND THE WARMING-PAN.
YOUNG (ONE)'S NIGHT THOUGHTS.
LITTLE SUNBEAM.
BABY'S BELONGINGS.
INFANTRY TACTICS.
BABY BO.
THE DIFFERENCE.
LITTLE JOHN BOTTLEJOHN.
JEMIMA BROWN.
ALICE'S SUPPER.
TODDLEKINS.
BOBBILY BOO AND WOLLYPOTUMP.
SLEEPYLAND.
Little Brown Bobby.
PHIL'S SECRET.
A SONG FOR HAL.
THE FAIRIES.
THE QUEEN OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS.
BABY'S WAYS.
POT AND KETTLE.
PUNKYDOODLE AND JOLLAPIN.
MRS. SNIPKIN AND MRS. WOBBLECHIN.
MY SUNBEAMS.
IN THE CLOSET.
BED-TIME.
BIRD-SONG.
GEOGRAPHI.
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY.
BELINDA BLONDE.
TOMMY'S DREAM; OR, THE GEOGRAPHY DEMON.
POLLY'S YEAR.
WHAT THE ROBINS SING IN THE MORNING.
THE EVE OF THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
THE DANDY CAT.
A PARTY.
JUMBO JEE.
AN INDIAN BALLAD.
THE EGG.
WOULDN'T.
WILL-O'-THE-WISP.
NONSENSE VERSES.
AN OLD RAT'S TALE.
TO THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WRIGGLES.
The Forty Little Ducklings.
THE MOUSE.
A VALENTINE.
JAMIE IN THE GARDEN.
SOMEBODY'S BOY (NOT MINE).
BOGY.
THE MERMAIDENS.
The Phrisky Phrog
THE AMBITIOUS CHICKEN.
THE BOY AND THE BROOK.
THE SHARK.
THE EASTER HEN.
PUMP AND PLANET.
THE POSTMAN.
HOPSY UPSY.
LITTLE BLACK MONKEY.
JIPPY AND JIMMY.
MASTER JACK'S SONG.
MOTHER ROSEBUSH.
THE FIVE LITTLE PRINCESSES.
THE HORNET AND THE BEE.
THE THREE LITTLE CHICKENS WHO WENT OUT TO TEA, AND THE ELEPHANT.
A LEGEND OF LAKE OKEEFINOKEE.
GRANDPAPA'S VALENTINE.
ALIBAZAN.
THE THREE FISHERS.
PEEPSY.
MAY SONG.
TWO LITTLE VALENTINES.
A HOWL ABOUT AN OWL.
OUR CELEBRATION.
THE SONG OF THE CORN-POPPER.
WHAT BOBBY SAID.
MASTER JACK'S VIEWS.
EMILY JANE.
SONG OF THE MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN ARE FOND OF DRAWING.
THE SEVEN LITTLE TIGERS AND THE AGED COOK.
AGAMEMNON.
THE WEDDING.
SWING SONG.
THE LITTLE COSSACK.
WHAT A VERY RUDE LITTLE BIRD SAID TO JOHNNY THIS MORNING.
THE MONKEYS AND THE CROCODILE.
Painted Ladies
SOME FISHY NONSENSE.
LADY'S SLIPPER.
A LITTLE SONG TO SING TO A LITTLE MAID IN A SWING.
BETTY IN BLOSSOM-TIME.
BETTY'S SONG.
A NONSENSE TRAGEDY.
FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON.
SANDY GODOLPHIN.
MY CLOCK.
MY UNCLE JEHOSHAPHAT.
ROSY POSY.
SICK-ROOM FANCIES.
MARJORIE'S KNITTING.
HE AND HIS FAMILY.
EASTER-TIME.
EASTER.
JACKY FROST.
SUBTRACTION.
GRANDFATHER DEAR.
GATHERING APPLES.
THE BALLAD OF THE BEACH.
THE BOOTS OF A HOUSEHOLD.
THE PALACE
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
MAY.
GREGORY GRIGGS.
A NURSERY TRAGEDY.
THE UMBRELLA BRIGADE
THE PRINCESS IN SATURN AND THE RED MAN IN MARS.
WIGGLE AND WAGGLE AND BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.
Gret Gran'f'ther.
DAY DREAMS.
THE BATTLE.
THE STRANGE BEAST.
A GARDEN JINGLE.
THE BABY GOES TO BOSTON.
THE FLAG IN THE SCHOOLROOM.
JOHNNY JUMP-UP.
THE OUTLANDISHMAN.
A SLEIGH-RIDE.
The Little Gnome
The Little Dutchess
BOOKS BY LAURA E. RICHARDS
In My Nursery
A Book of Verse
By
Laura E. Richards
IN MY NURSERY.
BY
LAURA E. RICHARDS,
AUTHOR OF
"THE JOYOUS STORY OF TOTO," "TOTO'S MERRY WINTER," ETC.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
Copyright, 1890,
By Roberts Brothers
All rights reserved.
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.