Poetry, Verse and Rhymes; Games. 0806: Anon., London Jingles
| Author: |
Anon. |
| Title: |
London jingles and country tales, for young people |
| Cat. Number: |
0806 |
| Date: |
No date but c.1840 |
| 1st Edition: |
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| Pub. Place: |
Banbury |
| Publisher: |
J. G. Rusher |
| Price: |
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| Pages: |
1 vol., 16pp.(uncut) |
| Size: |
9 x 6.5 cm. |
| Illustrations: |
Title-page vignette plus 16 further wood-cuts |
| Note: |
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Images of all pages of this book
Introductory essay
London Jingles is essentially a collection of short rhymes accompanied by a miscellaneous collection of small wood-cuts. There is no obvious pretext for the wood-cut of a steam train which appears on p.5 for instance, and some of the cuts have been re-used from other publications (the image of the two horsemen on p.3 also appears in Rusher's Children in the Wood Restored: 0083, p.4). The verses are rather miscellaneous too. Some are familiar nursery rhymes, like 'Bah bah black sheep' (p.11) or 'Boys and girls come out to play' (p.8). Others are more obscure. The pice de résistance is perhaps the nonsense poem, 'Three children sliding on the ice' to be found on the outside back cover. It might almost be taken as a satire on cautionary tales.
