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In My Nursery

by Laura E. Richards

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Epigraph
  4. 4The Baby’s Future
  5. 5Baby’s Hand
  6. 6The First Tooth
  7. 7Johnny’s By-low Song
  8. 8Baby’s Valentine
  9. 9The Rain
  10. 10The Ballad of the Fairy Spoon
  11. 11Song of the Little Winds
  12. 12Good-night Song
  13. 13Another “Good-night”
  14. 14“A Bee Came Tumbling”
  15. 15Jingle
  16. 16Little Old Baby
  17. 17Baby’s Journey
  18. 18The Bumblebee
  19. 19The Owl and the Eel and the Warming-pan
  20. 20Young (One)’s Night Thoughts
  21. 21Little Sunbeam
  22. 22Baby’s Belongings
  23. 23Infantry Tactics
  24. 24Baby Bo
  25. 25The Difference
  26. 26Little John Bottlejohn
  27. 27Jemima Brown
  28. 28Alice’s Supper
  29. 29Toddlekins
  30. 30Bobbily Boo and Wollypotump
  31. 31Sleepyland
  32. 32Little Brown Bobby
  33. 33Phil’s Secret
  34. 34A Song for Hal
  35. 35The Fairies
  36. 36The Queen of the Orkney Islands
  37. 37Baby’s Ways
  38. 38Pot and Kettle
  39. 39Punkydoodle and Jollapin
  40. 40Mrs. Snipkin and Mrs. Wobblechin
  41. 41My Sunbeams
  42. 42In the Closet
  43. 43Bed-Time
  44. 44Bird-Song
  45. 45Geographi
  46. 46Higgledy-Piggledy
  47. 47Belinda Blonde
  48. 48Tommy’s Dream; or, the Geography Demon
  49. 49Polly’s Year
  50. 50What the Robins Sing in the Morning
  51. 51The Eve of the Glorious Fourth
  52. 52The Dandy Cat
  53. 53A Party
  54. 54Jumbo Jee
  55. 55An Indian Ballad
  56. 56The Egg
  57. 57Wouldn’t
  58. 58Will-o’-the-Wisp
  59. 59Nonsense Verses
  60. 60An Old Rat’s Tale
  61. 61To the Little Girl Who Wriggles
  62. 62The Forty Little Ducklings
  63. 63The Mouse
  64. 64A Valentine
  65. 65Jamie in the Garden
  66. 66Somebody’s Boy (Not Mine)
  67. 67Bogy
  68. 68The Mermaidens
  69. 69The Phrisky Phrog
  70. 70The Ambitious Chicken
  71. 71The Boy and the Brook
  72. 72The Shark
  73. 73The Easter Hen
  74. 74Pump and Planet
  75. 75The Postman
  76. 76Hopsy Upsy
  77. 77Little Black Monkey
  78. 78Jippy and Jimmy
  79. 79Master Jack’s Song
  80. 80Mother Rosebush
  81. 81The Five Little Princesses
  82. 82The Hornet and the Bee
  83. 83The Three Little Chickens Who Went Out to Tea, and the Elephant
  84. 84A Legend of Lake Okeefinokee
  85. 85Grandpapa’s Valentine
  86. 86Alibazan
  87. 87The Three Fishers
  88. 88Peepsy
  89. 89May Song
  90. 90Two Little Valentines
  91. 91A Howl About an Owl
  92. 92Our Celebration
  93. 93The Song of the Corn-popper
  94. 94What Bobby Said
  95. 95Master Jack’s Views
  96. 96Emily Jane
  97. 97Song of the Mother Whose Children Are Fond of Drawing
  98. 98The Seven Little Tigers and the Aged Cook
  99. 99Agamemnon
  100. 100The Wedding
  101. 101Swing Song
  102. 102The Little Cossack
  103. 103What A Very Rude Little Bird Said to Johnny This Morning
  104. 104The Monkeys and the Crocodile
  105. 105Painted Ladies
  106. 106Some Fishy Nonsense
  107. 107Lady’s Slipper
  108. 108A Little Song to Sing to a Little Maid in a Swing
  109. 109Betty in Blossom-time
  110. 110Betty’s Song
  111. 111A Nonsense Tragedy
  112. 112From New York to Boston
  113. 113Sandy Godolphin
  114. 114My Clock
  115. 115My Uncle Jehoshaphat
  116. 116Rosy Posy
  117. 117Sick-room Fancies
  118. 118Ii — My Japanese Fan
  119. 119Marjorie’s Knitting
  120. 120He and His Family
  121. 121Easter-Time
  122. 122Easter
  123. 123Jacky Frost
  124. 124Subtraction
  125. 125Grandfather Dear
  126. 126Gathering Apples
  127. 127The Ballad of the Beach
  128. 128The Boots of a Household
  129. 129The Palace
  130. 130Bunker Hill Monument
  131. 131May
  132. 132Gregory Griggs
  133. 133A Nursery Tragedy
  134. 134The Umbrella Brigade
  135. 135The Princess in Saturn and the Red Man in Mars
  136. 136Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak
  137. 137Gret Gran’f’ther
  138. 138Day — Dreams
  139. 139The Battle
  140. 140The Strange Beast
  141. 141A Garden Jingle
  142. 142The Baby Goes to Boston
  143. 143The Flag in the Schoolroom
  144. 144Johnny Jump-up
  145. 145The Outlandishman
  146. 146A Sleigh-ride
  147. 147The Little Gnome
  148. 148The Little Dutchess

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