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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

FOREWORD

PART I

THE BABY'S BAEDEKER

I

ABROAD

II

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

III

GREAT BRITAIN

IV

SCOTLAND

V

IRELAND

VI

WALES

VII

CHINA

VIII

FRANCE

IX

GERMANY

X

HOLLAND

XI

ICELAND

XII

ITALY

XIII

JAPAN

XIV

PORTUGAL

XV

RUSSIA

XVI

SPAIN

XVII

SWITZERLAND

XVIII

TURKEY

XIX

DREAMLAND

XX

STAGELAND

XXI

LOVERLAND

XXII

HOMELAND

PART II

CHILDISH COMPLAINTS AND OTHER RUTHLESS RHYMES

CHILDISH COMPLAINTS

PRELUDE

CHILDISH COMPLAINTS

No. 1 (Appendicitis)

No. 2. (Whooping-cough)

No. 3. (Measles)

No. 4. (Adenoids)

No. 5. (Croup)

RUTHLESS RHYMES

I MOTHER-WIT

II UNCLE JOE

III AUNT ELIZA

IV ABSENT-MINDEDNESS

V JOHN

VI BABY

VII THE CAT

PART III PERVERTED PROVERBS

I 'VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD'

II 'ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST'

III 'DON'T BUY A PIG IN A POKE'

IV 'LEARN TO TAKE THINGS EASILY'

V 'A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS'

VI 'IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND'

VII 'A BAD WORKMAN COMPLAINS OF HIS TOOLS'

VIII 'DON'T LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH'

IX POTPOURRI

PART IV OTHER VERSES

BILL

THE LEGEND OF THE AUTHOR

THE MOTRIOT

THE BALLAD OF THE ARTIST

THE BALLAD OF PING-PONG

THE PESSIMIST

THE PLACE WHERE THE OLD CLEEK BROKE

THE HOMES OF LONDON

THE HAPPIEST LAND

A LONDON INVOLUNTARY

BLUEBEARD

'THE WOMAN WITH THE DEAD SOLES'

ROSEMARY

PORTKNOCKIE'S PORTER

THE BALLAD OF THE LITTLE JINGLANDER

AFTWORD

ENVOI

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Fiscal Ballads.

Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes.

Ballads of the Boer War.

Misrepresentative Men.

SELECTIONS FROM MR. EDWARD ARNOLD'S LIST OF NEW AND RECENT BOOKS.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HON. CECIL JOHN RHODES.

THE REMINISCENCES OF ADMIRAL MONTAGU.

NOVELS.

BOOKS ON COUNTRY LIFE.

BOOKS OF TRAVEL.

THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND.

A HISTORY OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL.

THE BOOK OF WINTER SPORTS.