Facsimile edition of 1833 version contains all the favorites: Hickory, Dickory, Dock; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; Jack Sprat, and dozens more. Priceless woodcuts accompany rhymes. Complete unabridged reprint, including the cover. Over 100 illustrations.
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific Reprint of the original Mother Goose!,
This review is from: Mother Goose's Melodies (Paperback)
This is a terrific reprint of the original Mother Goose from 1833. It is a fabulously interesting time capsule of how children were taught both at school and at home in the early 19th Century. All at once, these rhymes teach reading, reading comprehension, inflection, principles of public speaking, and, of course, cautionary tales. And wonderful illustrations fill the tiny volume.
A word of caution to those who might not know: if you are looking for songs, keep looking. When the title declares "Mother Goose's Melodies," Munroe and Francis are using the early 19th Century usage of the word "melody": "An agreeable succession of sounds; a succession of sounds so regulated and modulated as to please the ear. To constitute melody, the sounds must be arranged according to the laws of rhythms, measure, or the due proportion of the movements to each other." Just try to say the following out loud in a monotone voice: This is the horse and the hound and the horn, That belonged to the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That tossed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat. That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. Enjoy!
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
No melodies in this melody book!,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Mother Goose's Melodies (Paperback)
I expected a book with this title would have the music to go with the poems.Nope.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
