Thorough collection of nursery rhymes (800 according to the Preface). Woodcut illustrations scattered throughout. Index to first lines. ( )

Usefully organized and charmingly illustrated with vintage engravings. ( )

The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional street cries, riddle verses, nursery maxims, and humorous ballads.

The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations, many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings.

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stamp on inside corner of front cover hidden by dust jacket flap, faint marks on cover and small chip in dust jacket spine ( )