JINGLES," which we entitle, for distinction, the CAMDEN EDITION, will be considered a volume, by its completeness, Illustrations, and general appearance, to be worthy of a place in all the Nursery Libraries of England.

Bedford Street, Strand.

Every fiddler he had a fine fiddle,

And a very fine fiddle had he;

Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.

Oh, there's none so rare

As can compare

With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

[The traditional Nursery Rhymes of England commence with a legendary satire on King Cole, who reigned in Britain in the third century after Christ. According to Robert of Gloucester, he was the father of St. Helena, and if so, Butler must be wrong in ascribing an obscure origin to the celebrated mother of Constantine. King Cole was a brave and popular man in his day.]

II.

WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land,

He was a goodly King;

He stole three pecks of barley-meal,

To make a bag-pudding.

A bag-pudding the King did make,
And stuffed it well with plums,
And in it put great lumps of fat
As big as my two thumbs.

The King and Queen did eat thereof,

And noblemen beside;

And what they could not eat that night,

The Queen next morning fried,