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  1. 1The Editorial Board of the University Society Inc
  2. 2General Introduction
  3. 3Introduction to Volume I
  4. 4Father and Mother Plays
  5. 5Counting the Fingers
  6. 6An Old Norse Finger Play — Baby’s Toes
  7. 7This Is the Way My Fingers Stand
  8. 8Thumbkin, Pointer — Naming the Fingers
  9. 9Robert Barns
  10. 10“Shall I, Oh! Shall I?”
  11. 11Jack, Be Nimble
  12. 12Two Little Hands
  13. 13Pat a Cake
  14. 14The Bird’s Nest
  15. 15Two Little Blackbirds
  16. 16Master Smith — Little Robin Redbreast
  17. 17Greeting
  18. 18A Play for the Arms — The Little Window
  19. 19Sing a Song of Sixpence
  20. 20The Pigeon House
  21. 21Said This Little Fairy
  22. 22A Burrowing Game — Pat a Cake
  23. 23A Knee Game · A Foot Play — Putting the Fingers to Sleep
  24. 24Ten Little Squirrels
  25. 25My Little Garden
  26. 26The Family
  27. 27Johnny Shall Have a New Bonnet
  28. 28To Market Ride the Gentlemen
  29. 29Here Goes My Lord
  30. 30A Farmer Went Trotting
  31. 31Up to the Ceiling — The Messenger
  32. 32Catch Him, Crow — This Is the Way
  33. 33Ride Away, Ride Away
  34. 34To Market, to Market — Trot, Trot, the Baby Goes
  35. 35Ride a Cock-Horse
  36. 36Who Are These?
  37. 37I Saw a Ship a-Sailing
  38. 38Goosey, Goosey, Gander
  39. 39The Wind — Once I Saw a Little Bird
  40. 40Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses · Cross Patch — Happy Let Us Be
  41. 41The Old Woman in the Basket
  42. 42The Fox and the Old Gray Goose
  43. 43Jack and Jill
  44. 44Willy Boy
  45. 45Bonny Lass
  46. 46Oh, Where Are You Going?
  47. 47Bobby Shaftoe
  48. 48Ding-Dong-Bell
  49. 49London Bridge
  50. 50Green Gravel
  51. 51Old Mother Hubbard
  52. 52Little Bo-Peep
  53. 53Come Out to Play
  54. 54Little Robin Redbreast
  55. 55Little Boy Blue
  56. 56My Maid Mary · Beggars Are Come to Town — Blow, Wind, Blow!
  57. 57Bye, Baby Bunting — Three Little Kittens
  58. 58Tom Was a Piper’s Son
  59. 59Daffy-Down-Dilly — Billy Boy
  60. 60Three Wise Men of Gotham · Little Tommy Tucker — Pussy and the Mice
  61. 61When I Was a Little Boy
  62. 62Little Fat Boy
  63. 63A Finger Test
  64. 64Our Baby — The Little Golden Sister
  65. 65Ten Fingers · A Riddle — The Five Fingers
  66. 66The Spider — The Great Wall
  67. 67There Was an Old Woman
  68. 68Humpty Dumpty
  69. 69Jingles
  70. 70The Sleepy-Time Story
  71. 71The Go-Sleep Story
  72. 72The Gentle Dark
  73. 73The Ferry for Shadowtown
  74. 74Hush-a-Bye, Baby — The Kitten and the Falling Leaves
  75. 75A Blessing for the Blessed
  76. 76My Dolly
  77. 77The Child and the World
  78. 78Evening Song
  79. 79Rock-a-Bye, Baby — The Sandman
  80. 80The Fairy Folk
  81. 81Queen Mab
  82. 82Lullaby
  83. 83Kentucky Babe
  84. 84My Possessions
  85. 85The Wake-Up Story
  86. 86About Six Little Chickens
  87. 87Philip’s Horse
  88. 88The Kitten That Forgot How to Mew
  89. 89“Time to Get Up!”
  90. 90The Good Little Piggie and His Friends
  91. 91A Funny Family
  92. 92The House That Jack Built
  93. 93The House That Jill Built
  94. 94The Old Woman and Her Pig
  95. 95The Lambikin
  96. 96The Cat and the Mouse
  97. 97Henny-Penny
  98. 98Three Goats in the Ryefield
  99. 99Teeny Tiny
  100. 100Song of the Pear Tree
  101. 101Cock-Alu and Hen-Alie
  102. 102There Is the Key of the Kingdom
  103. 103Tommy and His Sister and Their New Pony-Cart
  104. 104The Adventures of Three Little Kittens
  105. 105The Little Kittens’ Surprise
  106. 106Mother Goose’s Last Trolley Ride — Ivan and the Wolf
  107. 107Homeward Bound
  108. 108Little Eski and the Polar Bear — Three Little Bears
  109. 109The Snowman
  110. 110Tiny Hare and the Wind Ball
  111. 111How Tiny Hare Met Cat
  112. 112The Wee Hare and the Red Fire
  113. 113Early and Late
  114. 114The Little Gray Kitten
  115. 115Pussy’s Wheels
  116. 116The Rabbit, the Turtle, and the Owl
  117. 117The Fine Good Show
  118. 118Gay and Spy
  119. 119The Three Bears
  120. 120The Little Bear’s Story
  121. 121The Hare and the Hedgehog
  122. 122The Wee Robin’s Christmas Song
  123. 123The Fox
  124. 124Three Companions
  125. 125“’Fraid Cat!”
  126. 126The Spider and the Fly
  127. 127A Little Gentleman
  128. 128Time for Everything
  129. 129Umbrellas and Rubbers
  130. 130Whispering in School
  131. 131At Dinner
  132. 132The Days of the Week
  133. 133Days of Birth
  134. 134The Washing
  135. 135Solomon Grundy
  136. 136Baby’s Play Days — Which Do You Choose?
  137. 137Seven Little Mice
  138. 138Visiting — Little Tommy’s Monday Morning
  139. 1391, 2, 3, 4, 5 — Over in the Meadow
  140. 140Counting Apple-Seeds
  141. 141Ten Little Cookies
  142. 142Our Baby
  143. 143Long Time Ago
  144. 144Buckle My Shoe
  145. 145A Pair of Gloves
  146. 146A Very Little Story of a Very Little Girl
  147. 147Edith’s Tea-Party
  148. 148Rebecca
  149. 149Dorothea’s School Gifts
  150. 150A Dutch Treat
  151. 151The Seventh Birthday of the Little — Cousin From Constantinople
  152. 152Little Red Riding-Hood
  153. 153Dolly’s Doctor
  154. 154Thumbelina
  155. 155The Fox and the Little Red Hen
  156. 156The Shoemaker and the Little Elves
  157. 157The Gingerbread Boy
  158. 158Mischief
  159. 159Willie and His Dog Diver
  160. 160Gordon’s Toy Castle on the Hill
  161. 161Hans the Innocent
  162. 162A Real Little Boy Blue
  163. 163Travels of a Fox
  164. 164Oeyvind and Marit
  165. 165What the Cat and Hen Did
  166. 166Dot’s Birthday Cake
  167. 167Ned and Rover and Jack
  168. 168How Polly Had Her Picture Taken
  169. 169Idle Ben
  170. 170The Hole in the Canna-Bed
  171. 171A Boy’s Mother
  172. 172Mother
  173. 173The Goodest Mother
  174. 174Who Is It?
  175. 175My Dearest Is a Lady
  176. 176How Many Lumps!
  177. 177When Mother Goes Away
  178. 178An Old Song — “There’s No Place Like Home!”
  179. 179Grandmother’s Memories
  180. 180Beautiful Grandmamma
  181. 181Thanksgiving Day
  182. 182Grandma’s Minuet
  183. 183Aunt Jan
  184. 184After Tea
  185. 185Tingle, Tangle Titmouse
  186. 186An English Alphabet
  187. 187Nonsense Alphabet
  188. 188Past History
  189. 189The Apple Pie
  190. 190Who’s Who in the Zoo?
  191. 191A Was an Archer
  192. 192A Little Folks’ Alphabet
  193. 193Child Health Alphabet
  194. 194Here’s A, B, C, D

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