FACTS IN JINGLES

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

A GREAT SURPRISE

BRIDGET MAKES SPLIT PEA SOUP

THE CAREFUL MOTHER

GROWING THINGS

GRANDPA'S HEAD TUMS FREW HIS HAIR

SUSAN REWARDED FOR TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE

A WONDROUS GROWING BABY

A JOKE ON ONKLO KARLO

THE PEARL OF LAKES

THE MUSEUM'S FAT LADY

PATTI LOU AT THE ZOO

FURS LINED WITH KITTENS

MUCH LEARNING SAVES IGNATIUS

TWILIGHT

A FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF SUMMER BOOKS

THE CAT EXTINCTED THE CANARY

A BONY SONG

LET THE BUMBLE BE

GRANDMA TURKEY'S LAMENT

ANSWERS, NOT QUESTIONS, CAUSE TROUBLE

ROOSEVELT COMPLIMENTS MAMA LION

WEE WILLIE'S FIRST HAIR CUT

THE TIME OF HIS LIFE

THE WINKING STAR

TOO MANY DOLLS

LAST OF MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

WOES CAUSED BY WHOOPING BUGS

GOOD B'S AND BAD T'S

A BOY'S COMPLAINT

KING TEDDY, THE FEARLESS

THE GROUCH-BUG

KIND HEARTS

HENS

NISSEN, THE SANTA CLAUS OF NORWAY

A CHRISTMAS WISH FOR ALL MY FRIENDS

SANTA'S REINDEER IN THE SKY

ALL DENTISTS GO TO HEAVEN

MABEL AT THE BUTCHER SHOP

THANKSGIVING IN 20,000 A. D.

ON THANKSGIVING

THE PETS' CHRISTMAS CAROL

ONLY NAUGHTY CHILDREN SEE "SPOOKS" ON HALLOWE'EN

MY EASTER WISH

A WHINGWANG SONNET OF AN EASTER BONNET

MIDSUMMER JOYS

AFTER THE FOURTH WAS OVER

TO MY VALENTINE

THE WONDERLAND OF MATEMATIKO

EASTER GREETING

A SKILLET IN SOCIETY (ALIAS A CHAFING DISH)

THE GIANT ARITHMOS

THE PURE-BLOODED PUP

A KITTEN GONE TO WASTE

PRIDE

JOB SMARTER THAN MODERN BABIES

THE NEW YEAR BABE

NERVOUS JELLY

A BOY WHO WAS HERO AND VILLAIN

AUTOS CHANGE GOOD LUCK

MY CHRISTMAS WISH

A BOY'S DESCRIPTION OF A GOAT

AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR

THE TERSEST BATHING SUIT

EASTER GREETING TO MY FRIEND

TAKE THAT GUM FROM YOUR MOUTH AND PUT YOUR FEET RIGHT IN

GOOD WEATHER ASSURED

ALL THE WORLD CRIES

HOPE

THE YOUNG MAIL CARRIER

A RIDDLE

THE FIRST MATCH

THE NEW BABY

GOOD-BYE TO TEDDY BEARS

SLEEPERS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

LAZY WHITE MEN SIT WHILE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR

TOO TICKLISH TO COUNT HIS RIBS

IT TAKES A CIGAR A LONG TIME TO WEAR OUT

A PICKERINO—THE COOK'S FATE

THE FIRST METAL PLOW

LEGENDS OF THE CORONATION STONE

PLEASE, GRANDPA, CROAK

TO SAVE HIM FROM A WHIPPING

THE FIRST FORKS

THE KING'S QUESTIONS

ENGLAND'S KINGS IN RHYME

BRUNETTES ALL THE RAGE

CATS A KISSIN' (CATECHISM)

INFORMATION BY PHONE

OUR PRESIDENTS

SIX IN THE CEMETERY

COULD ONLY ASK QUESTIONS

SEEKING BARGAINS

CULTUS MITLITE

HER TURN COMING

WHEN WILL WE BE OLD ENOUGH?

JOHNNIE'S CONUNDRUM

TITANIC'S NOBLE BAND

HOW TO BE HAPPY

REVENGE ON AN ACHING TOOTH

AN OLD-TIME AND A MODERN SONG

LEGEND OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY

HOW MOTHER LEARNED NATURAL HISTORY

THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY

ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT

BEWARE OF THE WET

TO MODERN KNIGHTS

A SONG OF THE WOODS

BRICK VERSUS WATCH

KOPPA AFTER PI

THE PAST AND PRESENT EVE

MY IMPRESSIONS OF NEWSPAPER MEN

PETER VISITS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

A GHOST STORY

AN ESPERANTO POEM PLAIN TO ALL

THE WINDS OF MARCH

A BACHELOR'S OPINION OF A BABY

MY COUNTRY

GREEDY IMPS

TO FRIENDS WHO REMEMBERED ME WHEN I WAS ILL

GREETINGS TO NORFOLK

ORIENTAL METAPHOR

A TORPID LIVER 'SPLODED HIM

THE SOUL OF A MISER

LEARNING THE FRENCH ALPHABET

DANS MA MAISON

DANS MON JOLI JARDIN

DANS MA CUISINE

UN PETIT BARBARE POU

WISE REPLIES

I PREFER A LAZY BEE

WHEN WOMEN VOTE

AN OLD GARDEN

SPELLING WRONG "RONG"

LET MA VOTE

A SONG OF HOME

THEN AND NOW

THE FIVE BEST FAIRIES

AN EQUAL FRANCHISE VALENTINE

BEWARE OF STINGS

'NEATH NIAGARA FALLS

GRAMMAR IN A NUTSHELL

HOW SIMPLE SIMON BECAME WISE

THE B. O. K. FAIRY

PAPA'S SAINTED LEG

AN APPEAL TO THE FAIRIES

IN INDIA

THE BEST MONTH OF ALL

A PLEA TO KNIGHTS AND LADIES FAIR

SAYING HIS SPEECH

A PLEA TO EDITORS

TASMANIA

ESPERANTO GRAMMAR

THE ARMADILLO

FIVE GOOD GIANTS

A BOOK MARK

UNCLE SAM'S PITTSBURGH ARSENAL

DUX FEMINA VIA

A BIRTHDAY WISH

THE MILLER ON THE DEE

BAA! BAA! BLACK SHEEP

THE OLD WOMAN, MOTHER GOOSE

SIX LITTLE MICE SAT DOWN TO SPIN

THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM

BO-PEEP

THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE LITTLE GUN

PRETTY MAID, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

A FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO

GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER

LITTLE MISS MUFFET

KITTY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

ROCK-A-BYE, BABY

JACK SPRATT

SIMPLE SIMON

MOTHER HUBBARD

LITTLE BOY BLUE

MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION

PETER PUMPKIN EATER

DOCTOR FOSTER

JACK BE NIMBLE

SING JOYFULLY ON YOUR WAY

PUSSEY IN THE WELL

PEAS PUDDING HOT

TOM THE PIPER'S SON

LITTLE MARY WITH HER CANARY

MARY, QUITE CONTRARY

BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLE-STICK MAKER

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE

THE OLD WOMAN IN A SHOE

THE LITTLE BOY AND THE LITTLE SPARROW

SNAIL, SNAIL, COME OUT OF YOUR HOLE

PATTI CAKE

THREE BLIND MICE

OLD KING COLE

MY SON JOHN

DICKORY DOCK

BARBER, BARBER, SHAVE A PIG

JACK AND JILL

OLD MOTHER GOOSE

LITTLE TOM TUCKER

HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK

JACK SPRATT

TAFFY WAS A THIEF

CURLY LOCKS

HOT CROSS BUNS

FIVE LITTLE PIGS

HUMPTY DUMPTY

TO MARKET

OH, PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

THE MAN IN THE MOON

MARJORY DAW

WHO IS MOTHER GOOSE?

MARY HAD A LAMB SONG

MY BLACK HEN

GREAT A, LITTLE A

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

PRETTY LITTLE MAID WITH PRETTY LITTLE BONNET

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE

THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE LITTLE CURL

A GERMAN JINGLETTE

THE GLORIOUS O

ADAM'S FUNNY BONE

QUEEN OF FLOWERHOOD

NORTH POLE JINGLE

AN EATABLE ALPHABET

AT EASTER

THE GIRLS' ALPHABET

TO MY LEAP YEAR VALENTINE

I'M GLAD I'M NOT AN EXO

THREE CHEERS FOR TYPEWRITERS

THE WORLD'S A MIRROR

A MEMORY JOGGER FOR YOUR DESK

WILMINGTON'S SANTA CLAUS

WILMINGTON'S GOOD FAIRY

MOTHER WOTSAT, OF WANAMAKERLAND

TITANIA'S TOYLAND

THE FAIRY CENTAPHRASE

THE CHILDREN'S PRAYER

AN ODE TO A FAITHFUL DOG DUBBED PICKLES

PEACE FORERUNNER—"LOVE MANKIND."

MUSIC

ROBERT FRANZ

NATURE'S MUSIC

FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN

THE GREATEST KINGS OF MUSIC LAND

GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL

LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN

JOHANNES BRAHMS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT

ROBERT SCHUMANN

GIUSEPPE VERDI

FRANZ LISZT

ANTON RUBINSTEIN

CHRISTOPHER WILLIBALD GLÜCK

LOUIS HECTOR BERLIOZ

KARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNST VON WEBER

JAKOB LUDWIG FELIX MENDELSSOHN

LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK

JOHANN STRAUSS

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI

KARL CZERNY

ARE ALL ANGELS BLONDS?

GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE