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.
![[picture: Book cover of The Mother Goose, with tape repair]](http://cdn-3.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/000-front-cover-q75-404x500.jpg "[picture: Book cover of The Mother Goose, with tape repair]")
Book cover of The Mother Goose, with tape repair
The front cover of this children’s book has been repaired with heavy binding tape at some point.
![[picture: Hot Codlins]](http://cdn-6.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/Hot-Codlins-q100-308x500.jpg "[picture: Hot Codlins]")
![[picture: Pease Porridge Hot]](http://cdn-7.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/Pease-Porridge-Hot-q75-381x500.jpg "[picture: 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...]
![[picture: Swan]](http://cdn-4.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/122-Swim-Swan-Swim-q85-427x500.jpg "[picture: Swan]")
![[picture: Christmas]](http://cdn-2.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/123-christmas-q75-352x500.jpg "[picture: Christmas]")
![[picture: Candle Saving]](http://cdn-7.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/candle-saving-q80-347x500.jpg "[picture: Candle Saving]")
A smiling good-natured bespectacled man wearing a light blue patterned nightgown fastened with a sash and a red and blue bobble-hat holds in his left hand a candlestick with a lighted candle. His right arm is raised with first finger extended as if to make a point. He wears red slippers and [...] [more...]
![[picture: The Balloon]](http://cdn-3.fromoldbooks.org/RandMcnally-RealMotherGoose/tn/The-Balloon-q75-386x500.jpg "[picture: The Balloon]")
Two women stand on a path; one holds a basket under one arm and leads a small child with her other hand. the other faces away from us and has hands on hips. They exchange gossip under a tree. [more...]
