_In colour_
MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_
LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10
MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18
LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26
JACK AND JILL " 34
LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40
_In black-and-white_
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9
I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15
LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22
CROSS PATCH " 31
PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38
LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43
[Illustration]
Rain, rain, go away;
Come again another day;
Little Susy wants to play.
=Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
He's under the haycock fast asleep.=
[Illustration: LITTLE BOY BLUE