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Poetry - Ballads Genre

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Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:

The Merrie Heart (1871)

An extensive collection of nursery rhymes supplemented by limericks. The color plates are by Crane. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): M. E. G.
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
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Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871)

The author’s second book of nonsense includes The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)

This is the author’s third collection of nonsense, which includes one hundred new limericks. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872)

Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

My Children (1873)

A poem in praise of the joys of parenthood. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

My Mother (1873)

A poetical paean to mothers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Ann Taylor
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Three Bears (1873)

The story of the three bears and Silverlocks, told in verse. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)

Omnibus containing One, Two Buckle My Shoe, The Adventures of Puffy, This Little Pig Went to Market, Noah’s Ark Alphabet, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cinderella, My Mother, and The Three Bears. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Lib... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Old Mother Hubbard (1874)

The traditional rhyme about an old woman and her dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Puss in Boots (1874)

The miller’s son sends his cat into the world to make him a fortune. The cover (above) is from a later reprinting. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Walter Crane’s Picture Book (1874)

Eight stories including: King Luckieboy’s Party, The Old Courtier, How Jessie Was Lost, The Fairy Ship, Chattering Jack, Annie and Jack in London, Grammar in Rhyme, and The Multiplication Table in Verse.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Mrs. Mundi at Home: The Terrestrial Ball, R.S.V.P. (1875)

A series of allegorical engravings of the planets and nations of the earth.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Hans von Pelter's Trip to Gotham in Pen and Pencil (1876)

An innocent visits New York and barely escapes with his life, thanks to his Limburger cheese. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

The Quiver of Love (1876)

A collection of poems with four pictures each by Crane and Greenaway. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Kate Greenaway

The Song of Sixpence Toy Book (1876)

An omnibus containing A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog, Sing a Song of Sixpence, and The Old Courtier. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Baby’s Opera (1877)

A collection of nursery rhymes with music and pictures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Laughable Lyrics (1877)

This fourth and final collection includes The Dong with a Luminous Nose among other delights. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg and at DigiNole.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

The Baby’s Bouquet (1878)

A collection of popular nursery songs with music and illustrations. READ NOW.

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)

This comic masterpiece by Jane Austen’s favorite poet describes what started out as a quiet expedition to the country. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The House that Jack Built (1878)

The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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