The Real Mother Goose

Images and some text extracts from The Real Mother Goose published by Rand McNally & Co. in Chicago, 1919.

It turns out that there is also a Project Gutenberg edition of this book, although the images are rather small and seem too dark. Let me know if you would like me to scan any of the images.

Pease Porridge Hot

a woman wearing a white apron is carrying a steaming hot pot of porridge; two children each have an empty bowl and a spoon. [more...]

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Hot Codlins

HOT CODLINS. [more...]

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Christmas

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat,
Please to put a penny in an old man’s hat;
If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do;
If you haven’t got a ha’penny, God bless you! [more...]

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