Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS)

Walter Jerrold

ISBN 10: 1857159217 / ISBN 13: 9781857159219

Published by Everyman's Library, 1993

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Synopsis:

Every child's bookshelf should start with a collection of nursery rhymes so that these fantastic and nonsensical verses (some so old their meaning is long forgotten) are among the first magical words to sound in a child's ear. This collection of over two hundred rhymes was assembled in 1903 with the family in mind ('Tradition in the nursery has acted as a severe editor'). and each page is illustrated each verse decorated, with the imcomparable drawing of Charles Robinson.

About the Author: Walter Jerrold (1865-1929) was born in Liverpool but spent most of his life in London, where he followed a literary career. Starting work as a clerk in a newspaper counting-house, he went on to become deputy editor of The Observer. He edited many classic texts for the newly founded Everyman's Library, he wrote biographies, he produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland. In 1895 he married Clara Armstrong and his five daughters were obviously a ready audience and true inspiration for his bumper collection of nursery rhymes. While explaining that this was based on earlier collections made by John Newbery, Joseph Ritson, and James Orchard Halliwell, he admitted that 'Tradition in the nursery has acted as a severe editor . . .'

Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was apprenticed to a lithographer in London while also attending art school. In 1892 he was commissioned to illustrate R. L. Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses for The Bodley Head. The book's success established him as a successful artist and he went on to illustrate more than a hundred books.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (Everyman's ...
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good