. Mother Goose's melodies : or Songs for the nursery . connectionbet^Aeen the name of the imaginary relater of Perraults fairy talesand that of the old lady whose verses ravished our infancy. Indeedit may well be doubted whether our Mother Goose or her publisherever heard of their French contemporary. In sending out this little anthology of tmconsidered trifles,the editor is aware that Mr. Gradgrind will censure him for his indifference to the realities and facts and calculations which are theproper pabulum of the infant mind, and will accuse him of aspiring To suckle fools and chronicle small
. Mother Goose's melodies : or Songs for the nursery . connectionbet^Aeen the name of the imaginary relater of Perraults fairy talesand that of the old lady whose verses ravished our infancy. Indeedit may well be doubted whether our Mother Goose or her publisherever heard of their French contemporary. In sending out this little anthology of tmconsidered trifles,the editor is aware that Mr. Gradgrind will censure him for his indifference to the realities and facts and calculations which are theproper pabulum of the infant mind, and will accuse him of aspiring To suckle fools and chronicle small beer; but he is content to submit the book to the verdict of the nurseryand of those children of a larger growth for whom the associa-tions connected with the nursery have not lost all their charm. Preface. IX The Publishers have taken advantage of a new issue of thiswork to present to the public some admirable designs in color byMr. Alfred Kappes, which they think need no commendation. Inother respects the edition has been improved and The nobility of the goose is not so obvious as that of the swan. Yet [the word]was in ancient and honorable use as a mans name. Genseric, the name of thegreat Vandal chief, is referred by Grimm to gdnserich, a gander. But it was nodoubt the wild goose which gave the name, and, if we consider, we shall see thatthis bird has some qualities calculated to command the respect of these earlyroving tribes. A powerful bird, strong on the wing, taking long flights to distantlands, marshalled with the most beautiful discipline of instinct, it formed no inaptemblem of those migratory plunderers who renewed their unwelcome visitationswith each succeeding Spring. Ferguson. THE GOOSE OR VERGOOSE FAMILY. Mother Goose — clarum et venerabile nomen — is not an imaginary personage,as is commonly supposed. She was born, lived, and died at a good old age in Bos-ton, Massachusetts. Although no blue blood ran in her veins, the family towhich she bel
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