A collection of rhymes, verses, songs, lullabies, and jingles from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This beautiful book interprets the Victorian and Edwardian golden age of childhood through selections of poetry for children and paintings with child subjects from that period. The poems include anonymous verse as well as selections from such well-known children's poets as Rosetti and Stevenson.
While all of the selections can be found in other collections of poetry for children, the organization and presentation of the poems in this collection gives them new life. The book is arranged in seven sections beginning with "Daybreak" and ending with "Sweet Dreams." The poems are displayed with reproductions of 50 full-color paintings and numerous small engravings. Vivid half-page paintings set off each of the seven sections.
A Favorite Book
England