THE ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Edited and with an introduction by Margaret £. !Martignoni formerly Superintendent of "Work with Children
Brooklyn Public Library, INew y 〇rk
COMPILED WITH THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF P. EDWARD ERNEST
STAFF EDITORS: DORIS DUENEWALD . EVELYN ANDREAS • ALICE THORNE The selections reprinted in this collection are used by permission of and special arrangement with the proprietors of their respective copyrights
© Copyright, 1955, by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. AU rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published simultaneously in Canada. Printed in the United States of Amenca. This book was printed and bound by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee. Mistress Mary • Lucy Locket • Little Miss Muffet 2 A Diller, a Dollar • Georgie Porgie • Little Jack Horner 3 Three Little Kittens 4 Diddle Diddle Dumpling • Old Mrs. McShuttle 5 Rock-a-Bye, Baby • Hey, Diddle, Diddle! 6 What Are Little Girls Made Of? • What Are Little Boys Made Of? 7 Twinkle, Twinkle 8 Peter， Peter • Hickory，Dickory，Dock! • Pease Porridge Hot 9 Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat • Donkey, Donkey 10 Pat-a-Cake • Jack Be Nimble 11 Three Young Rats 12 Mary Had a Little Lamb 13 I Saw a Ship a-Sailing 14 The Queen of Hearts 15 Doctor Foster • How Far Is It to Babylon? 16 Hot Cross Buns! • My Maid Mary Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark! 18 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 19 Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son 20 Three Wise Men of Gotham 21 Little Boy Blue 22 Ride a Cock-Horse 23 Little Bo-Peep 24 Hickety, Pickety 25 There Was a Crooked Man 26 Daffy-Down-Dilly 27 Jack Sprat • Bow-Wow, Says the Dog 28 Three Blind Mice • Humpty Dumpty 29 I Had a Little Nut Tree • Barber, Barber 30 Little Tommy Tucker • Jack and Jill 31 Old Mother Hubbard 32 Simple Simon • Little Robin Redbreast 33 Brownie Year Book Palmer Cox 34 Two Happy Little Bears Thornton W. Burgess 43
xii The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter 46 Pelle’s New Suit Elsa Beskow 49 The Poppy Seed Cakes Margery Clark 51 Little Dorothy Aldis 53 Grown Up Dorotluj Aldis 53 Naughty Soap Song Dorothy Aldis 54 Merry Phillis Kate Greenaivaij 55 Halfway Down A. A. Milne 56 The End A. A. Milne 56 The Engineer A. A. Milne 57 Hoppitv A. A. Milne 57 School Is Over Kate Greenaway 58 Five Little Sisters Kate Greenaway 58 In a Go-Cart Kate Greenaway 59 It Was Tommy Kate Greenaway 59 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Eugene tield 60 Mud Polly Chase Boyden 62 Animal Crackers Christopher Morley 63 The Sugarplum Tree Eugene Field 64 The Goops Gelett Burgess 65 Henny-Penny Flora Annie Steel 66 The Story of the Three Bears Flora Annie Steel 69 The Wolf and the Seven Kids The Brothers Grimm 74 Johnny-Cake Joseph Jacobs 77 The Story of the Three Little Pigs Joseph Jacobs 80 Drakestail Andrew Lang 83 Why the Bear Is Stumpy-tailed Peter Christian Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe 89 Slovenly Peter Dr. Heinrich Hoffman 91 Twelve Days of Christmas 92 The Lion and the Mouse Aesop 94 The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf Aesop 94 The Farmer’s Boy 96 Over in the Meadow 101 Alphabet Edward Lear 111 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Edward Lear 118 Limericks Edtvarcl Lear 119 The Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll 120 Tweedledum and Tweedledee Lewis Carroll 123 Humpty Dumpty Lewis Carroll 123 Father William Lewis Carroll 124 General Store Rachel Field 128 Woods Rachel Field 128 Taxis Rachel Field 129 Mother Rose Fyleman 129 The Fairies William Allingham 130 The Village Blacksmith Henry Wadsivorth Lon^fellotv 131 Boats Sail on the Rivers Christina Rossetti 132 Oh, Fair to See Christina Rossetti 132 Milking Time Christina Rossetti 132
xiii Be Like the Bird Victor Hugo 133 An Impetuous Resolve James Whitcomb Riley 133 The Duel Eugene Field 134 The Yak Hilaire Belloc 135 The Lion Hilaire Belloc 135 Singing Robert Louis Stevenson 136 Rain Robert Louis Stevenson 136 Time to Rise Robert Louis Stevenson 136 My Shadow Robert Louis Stevenson 137 A Kitten Eleanor Far jeon 138 Jill Came from the Fair Eleanor Farjeon 138 Prince Tatters Laura E. Richards 139 Extremes James Whitcomb Riley 139 The Flowers Robert Louis Stevenson 140 The Raggedy Man James Whitcomb Riley 141 The Force of Need Howard Pyle 143 The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore 144 At the Sea-Side Robert Louis Stevenson 146 The Land of Counterpane Robert Louis Stevenson 147 The Barefoot Boy John Greenleaf Whittier 148 The Hayloft Robert Louis Stevenson 149 Bed in Summer Robert Louis Stevenson 150 A Thought Robert Louis Stevenson 151 Happy Thought Robert Louis Stevenson 151 The Lioness Aescyp 152 The Wolf and the Goat Aesop 153 The Cat and the Mice Aesop 154 The Wolf and the Crane Aesop 155 The Fox and the Grapes Aesop 156 The Hen and the Fox Aescyp 156 The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop 157 The Dog and the Shadow Aesop 158 The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse Aesop 159 The Fox and the Crow Aesop 160 The Husband Who Was to Mind the House Peter Christian Asbjornsen 161 Lazy Jack Flora Annie Steel 163 Jack and the Beanstalk Flora Annie Steel 164 The Little Match Girl Hans Christian Andersen 172 Red Riding Hood The Brothers Grimm 175 Hansel and Gretel The Brothers Grimm 178 The History of Tom Thumb Joseph Jacobs 184 The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen 188 The Tinder Box Hans Christian Andersen 194 The Steadfast Tin Soldier Hans Christian Andersen 199 The Elves and the Shoemaker The Brothers Grimm 203 Rumpelstiltskin The Brothers Grimm 204 The Fir Tree Hans Christian Andersen 206 The Princess and the Pea Arthur Rackham 212 The Brave Little Tailor The Brothers Grimm 213
XIV 2222222222 12223344455566888900001112333334445566667770 913927368 The Bremen Town Musicians The Brothers Grimm The Story of Peter Pan J. M. Barrie Dick Whittington M. C. Carey The Emperors New Clothes Hans Christian Andersen Cinderella Arthur Rackham The Fisherman and His Wife The Brothers Grimm The Three Aunts Ingri and Edgar Parin cTAulaire The Half-Chick Andrew Lang
The Sleeping Beauty M. C. Carey 2
The Golden Basket Ludwig Bemelmans 2 5758259413792692013683573703581460
The Angel Hans Christian Andersen 2
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 2222223333333333333333333333333333333 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Brothers Grimm The Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp Arthur Rackham Little Lisa Einar Nerman Puss in Boots Arthur Rackham The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll The Shy Little Horse Margaret Wise Brown The Golden Goose The Brothers Grimm The Adventures of Peter Cottontail Thornton W. Burgess The Adventures of Pinocchio C. Collodi Copper-toed Boots Marguerite de Angeli The Story of Babar Jean de Brunhoff New World for Nellie Rowland Emett The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Manners Can Be Fun Munro Leaf Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings Joel Chandler Harris Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Rudyard Kipling Augustus Goes South Le Grand Peter and the Wolf Serge Prokofieff The Horse Who Lived Upstairs Phyllis McGinley Bambi Felix Salt en The Good Master Kate Seredy Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Dr. Seuss Black Beauty Anna Sewell Raggedy Andy Stories Johnny Gruelle The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams Bianco The Lion-Hearted Kitten Peggy Bacon Rapunzel The Brothers Grimm Heidi Johanna Spyri ^ ^ Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian-Carlo Menotti 8800066 God Is So Good Jane Taylor We Thank Thee Ralph Waldo Emerson ^^ God Bless This Food ^ 7 7 God’s Blessing 8 The Chambered Nautilus Oliver Wendell Holmes
XV Where the Bee Sucks William Shakespeare 387 Fairy Song John Keats 388 The Daisy’s Song John Keats 388 The Mountain and the Squirrel Ralph Waldo Emerson 389 A Garden Percy Bysshe Shelley 389 The Open Road Walt Whitman 389 Loveliest of Trees A. E. Hotisman 390 Sea-Fever John Masefield 390 The Daffodils William Wordsworth 390 Lochinvar Walter Scott 391 The Piper William Blake 392 Casabianca Felicia Dorothea Hemans 392 Paul Revere s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 393 Song of the Brook Alfred, Lord Tennyson 395 Dream-Song Walter de la Mare 396 Some One Walter de la Mare 396 The Horse and the Lion Aesop 397 The Goose with the Golden Eggs Aeso^p 398 The Leopard and the Fox Aesop 399 The Kid and the Wolf Aesop 400 The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning 401 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 409 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 414 Lassie Come-Home Eric Knight 426 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 429 David Copperfield Charles Dickens 437 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 441 The Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss 446 Justin Morgan Had a Horse Marguerite Henry 449 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 453 My Friend Flicka Mary O ^ ara 456 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle 463 Penrod Booth Tarkington 470 Lad: A Dog Albert Paijson Terhune 474 Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox Wallace Wadsworth 483 Little Women Louisa M. Alcott 484 Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift 491 The Story of King Arthur and His Knights Howard Pyle 497 Pandora, the First Woman Sally Benson 502 How Thor Found His Hammer Hamilton Wright Mabie 505 Baucis and Philemon 508 Index 510
XVI Mistress Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, And cockleshells, And pretty maids all in a row.
Lucy Locket, lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; There was not a penny in it, But a ribbon round it.
Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Eating of curds and whey; There came a big spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Illustrations by Kate Greenaway