Uncle Solomon (1 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. No date found. Previous owner's name and date (1903) on first page. Pages have occasional smudges, small edge tears and discoloration. A few pages have moisture stain at lower edge. Binding is slighlty loose but intact. Blue cloth covered boards with oval picture of a lady on front. Cover is badly speckled and boards slightly bowed. Corners are worn with boards showing through. Stories and poems included are: The Story of the Death and Burial of Cock Robin, The Story of the Elves of the Fairy Forest, The Story of Puss in Boots, The Old Woman and Her Eggs, Old Mother Goose, Little Bo-Peep and Other Tales, The Story of the Jew in the Bramble Bush, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, The Story of Little Red Riding Hood, The Story of Old Mother Hubbard, Mother Goose's Melodies (several pages of poems and ditties). And here is the last poem in the book: "Farewell, my little readers all; - But not a last adieu, - For I am ready at your call, - To bring you something new. - I'll tell you of the birds that fly, - The fishes in the sea, - The stars that sparkle in the sky, - I'll speak of them to thee. - The little flowers that bloom around, - The rabbit and the mole; - I'll tell you how beneath the ground - They dig their lonely hole. - And now, good-by, my little ones, - My book, you see, is filled; - The cat has sought a resting-place, - The rats and mice are killed.".