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THE

BOOK F

OF

NURSERY RHYMES

COMPLETE.

FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

PHILADELPHIA:

THEODORE BLISS & CO.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

THEODORE BLISS & Co.,

in the office of the clerk of the district court of the United States, in and for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

E. B. MEARS, STEREOTYPER.

C. SHERMAN, PRINTER.

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THE editor of the following work has collected, as the intelligent reader will at once perceive, all that is really valuable in nursery literature, from the time of Adam to that of David Crockett. For this purpose it has been necessary of course to consult all the great libraries in the world, as for example, the Bodleian Library, the Library of the British Museum, the Royal Library at Paris, the Library of the Escurial, of Harvard College, of Meadville College, and the private Library of Tom Thumb, Esq.

The editor has, of course, been under the necessity of reading through a great many thousand volumes; and he now with a feeling of what he hopes may be considered pardonable pride presents the result of his labours, which he

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