Mother Goose in Prose
Book Description
I ntroduction. NONE of us, whether children or adults, needs an I ntrointroduction to Mother Goose. Those things faction which are earliest impressed upon our minds cling to them the most tenaciously. The snatches sung in the nursery are never forgotten, nor are they ever recalled without bringing back with them myriads of slumbering feelings and half-forgotten images. We hear the sweet, low voice...
MoreI ntroduction. NONE of us, whether children or adults, needs an I ntrointroduction to Mother Goose. Those things faction which are earliest impressed upon our minds cling to them the most tenaciously. The snatches sung in the nursery are never forgotten, nor are they ever recalled without bringing back with them myriads of slumbering feelings and half-forgotten images. We hear the sweet, low voice of the mother, singing soft lullabies to her darling, and see the kindly, wrinkled face of the grandmother as she croons the old ditties to quiet our restless spirits. One generation is linked to another by the everlasting spirit of song; the ballads of the nursery follow us from childhood to old age, and they are readily brought from memorys recesses at any time to amuse our children or our grandchildren. The collection of jingles we know and love as the Melodies of Mother Goose are evidently drawn from a variety of sources. While they are, taken altogether, a happy union of rhyme, wit, pathos, satire and sentiment, the research after the author of each individual verse would indeed be hopeless.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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