,transcriber's ,note3 ,this book has over #hjj small black-and-white illustrations4 ,they can be found in the images directory associated with the html version of this file1 in two forms3 thumbnails1 named in the form thumb,,nn,,nn4png numbered sequentially within each page 7without leading #j's7 larger images1 named pic,,nn,,nn4png ,for this plain-text file1 each illustration or group of illustrations is identified by number1 omitting the pic or thumb component and the png extension4 ,misspellings have generally been left uncorrected4 ,they are listed at the end of the text4 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustrations3 frontis#a - frontis#e ,the ,white ,lion1 ,banbury1 early ,john ,bewick4 ,early cuts used to illustrate ,tommy ,two ,shoes4 ,york and ,hull editions4 ,early cut from ,a ,new ,year's ,gift4 ,jack and the ,giants1 early ,york edition4 ,,banbury ,,chap ,,books and ,,nursery ,,toy ,,book ,,literature of the ,,xviii4 and ,early ,,xix4 ,centuries with ,impressions from ,several ,hundred ,,original ,,wood-,,cut ,,blocks1 ,by ,t4 ,j4 ,bewick1 ,blake1 ,cruikshank1 ,craig1 ,lee1 ,austin1 and ,others4 ,illustrating ,favourite ,nursery ,classics1 with their ,antiquarian1 ,historical1 ,literary and ,artistic ,associations3 ,,faithfully ,,gleaned ,,from ,,the ,,original ,,works ,,in ,,the ,,bodleian ,,library1 ,,oxford1 ,,the ,,british ,,and ,,south ,,kensington ,,museums1 c4 ,with very much that is ,interesting and ,valuable appertaining to the early ,typography and ,topography of ,children's ,books relating to ,great ,britain and ,america4 ,,including ,jack the ,giant ,killer1 ,cock ,robin1 ,tom ,thumb1 ,whittington1 ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,philip ,quarll1 ,tommy ,trip1 ,york and ,banbury ,cries1 ,children in the ,wood1 ,dame ,trot1 ,horn ,books1 ,battledores1 ,primers1 etc4 ,by ,,edwin ,,pearson4 ,,london3 ,arthur ,reader1 #a1 ,orange ,street1 ,bloomsbury1 ,w4,c4 #ahij4 ,only #ej copies ,large ,paper1 #ejj ,small4 ,decoration ,,introduction4 ,banbury ,cakes1 and ,banbury ,cross1 with its favourite juvenile associations1 with the ,lady with bells on her toes1 having music wherever she goes1 are indissolubly connected with the early years not only of ourselves but many prior generations4 ,in fact1 the ,ancient ,cross has been rebuilt since the days1 when in ,drunken ,barnaby's ,journal1 we are made familiar with the puritan who hanged his cat on a ,monday for killing of a mouse on a ,sunday4 ,the quaint old town and its people are rapidly modernizing2 but they cling to the old traditions4 ,both in pictorial and legendary lore we have some ,banburies of another kind altogether1 viz41 ,banbury ,blocks1 or in plain ,english1 ,engraved ,woodcut ,blocks1 associated with the ,local ,chap ,books1 ,toy ,books1 and other ,histories1 for which this quaint old ,oxfordshire town is celebrated4 ,the faithful description of the ,blocks illustrating this volume has led to numerous descriptive digressions1 apparently irrelevant to the subject2 it was found however that in tracing out the former history and use of some of the ,bewick and other cuts contained in this volume1 that the ,literary1 ,artistic1 ,historical1 ,topographical1 ,typographical1 and ,antiquarian ,reminiscences connected with the early ,printing and ,engraving of ,banbury involved that of many other important towns and counties of ,great ,britain1 and also ,america4 ,a provincial publisher about the beginning of the present century would reflect more or less the modus operandi of each of his contemporaries in abridging or reproducing verbatim the immortal little chap books issued from the press of ,john ,newbury's ,toy ,book ,manufactory1 at the ,bible and ,sun 7a sign lately restored71 #fe1 ,saint ,paul's ,church ,yard1 near the ,bar4 ,this again leads to the subject as to who wrote these clever little tomes4 ,in my ,angler's ,garland1 printed at the ,dryden ,press1 #ahgj and #ahga1 ,i fully announced my intention of issuing a reprint of the first edition of ,goody ,two ,shoes1 but the intended volume was published by the firm at the corner1 ,griffith1 ,farren1 ,okenden1 and ,welsh1 now in the direct line of business descent from worthy and industrious ,john ,newbery3 ,carman1 ,harris1 ,grant and ,griffith4 ,mr4 ,charles ,welsh of the present firm has taken a warm interest in the ,antiquarian and ,historical ,associations of the ,newbery firm4 ,the premises have been lately rebuilt1 the ,sign and ,emblems adopted by ,newbery restored1 and ,c4 ,welsh has reprinted ,goody ,two ,shoes in facsimile1 since which there has been added to it a ,standard edition of ,goldsmith's ,works1 edited by ,mr4 ,gibbs4 ,i had the pleasure of making many researches respecting the old ,london publisher 7,goldsmith's friend71 ,john ,newbery1 respecting his ,lilliputian ,classics1 and ,i have been enabled to introduce several of the ,quarto early editions to the firm1 and have had great pleasure in writing and placing on record numerous facts and data1 since utilized in the very interesting ,life of ,john ,newbery1 a last century bookseller4 ,the connection of ,oliver ,goldsmith's name is indissolubly associated with the juvenile classics industriously issued by ,newbery4 ,dr4 ,johnson himself edited and prefaced several children's books which ,i have seen in the ,jupp and ,hugo ,collections4 ,the weary hours of adversity1 through which ,goldie passed at ,green ,arbour ,court1 top of ,break ,neck ,steps and ,turn ,again ,lane--,i remember them all well1 and the ,fleet prison walls too1 when ,i was a boy--and in refuge at ,canonbury ,tower1 near the village of ,islington1 these are the places where ,goldsmith wrote for children4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds tells how1 when he called on the poet at ,green ,arbour ,court1 he found the couplet3-- ,by sports like these are all their cares beguiled1 ,the sports of children satisfy the child4 see ,the ,traveller4 ,he was surrounded by children in this unsavoury neighbourhood1 where he had his humble domicile3 a woodcut in ,lumburd's ,mirror depicts it very correctly4 ,bishop ,percy1 author of the ,reliques1 called on him1 and during the interview the oft repeated incident occurred of a little child of an adjacent neighbour1 ,would ,mr4 ,goldsmith oblige her mother with a chamber pot full of coals6 ,truly these were hours of ill-at-ease4 ,the largest collection of the various relics of woodcuts used in the chap book literature1 printed for the ,company of ,flying ,stationers1 also ,walking ,stationers1--for such is a portion of the imprint to be found on several of the early ,chap ,books printed at ,banbury--is to be seen in the ,library of the ,british ,museum2 but the richest collection of these celebrated little rarities of ,toy ,books is in the venerable ,bodleian ,library4 ,among the very interesting block relics of the past are the pretty cuts to ,mrs4 ,trimmer's ,fabulous ,histories1 or ,the ,robins3 these were designed by ,thomas ,bewick1 and engraved by ,john ,thompson1 his pupil1 who enriched ,whittingham's celebrated ,chiswick ,press with his fine and tasteful work4 ,a numerous series of little fable cuts by the same artist are to be found in this volume4 ,one of the quaintest sets engraved at an early period by ,john ,bewick 7the ,hogarth of ,newcastle71 are to ,the ,hermit1 or ,adventures of ,edward ,dorrington1 or ,philip ,quarll1 as it was most popularly known by that title a century ago4 ,the earliest edition ,i have seen of ,philip ,quarll is as follows3 ,the ,hermit1 or the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of ,mr4 ,philip ,quarll1 an ,englishman who was lately discovered by ,mr4 ,dorrington1 a ,bristol merchant1 upon an uninhabited island in the ,south ,sea1 where he lived above fifty years without any human assistance1 still continues to reside1 and will not come away1 etc4 ,westminster3 ,printed by ,j4 ,cluer and ,a4 ,campbell1 for ,t4 ,warner in ,paternoster ,row1 and ,b4 ,creape at ,the ,bible in ,jermyn ,street1 ,st4 ,james's1 #agbg4 #hvo1 xii pp41 map and explanation1 #b pp41 and #a to #bf appendix1 with full page copper plate engravings4 ,he was born in ,st4 ,giles'1 left his master a locksmith1 went to sea1 married a famous w----e1 listed for a soldier1 married three wives1 condemned at the ,old ,bailey1 pardoned by ,king ,charles ,,ii41 turned merchant1 and was shipwrecked on a desolate island on the coast of ,mexico1 etc4 ,other editions in the ,british ,museum are #agej2 #agei 7third72 #aghj 7twelfth72 #aghf 7first ,american edition1 from the #fth ,english edition1 ,boston1 ,u4,s4,a472 #aghg 7in ,french72 #agie 7seventeenth72 #ahjg2 and also in a ,storehouse of ,stories1 edited by ,miss ,c4 ,m4 ,yonge1 #b vols1 #hvo 7,macmillan1 #ahgj-b71 ,philip ,quarll 7also ,perambulations of a ,mouse1 ,little ,jack1 ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,blossoms of ,morality1 ,puzzle for a curious ,girl71 and others are given4 ,the text is useful to refer to1 as the originals are rare3 the woodcuts of several of them are in this volume4 ,philip ,quarll1 ,miss ,yonge says1 comes to us with the reputation of being by ,daniel ,defoe2 but we have never found anything to warrant the supposition4 ,it must have been written during the period preceding the first ,french ,revolution4 ,there is also in the ,museum an edition printed in ,dutch in #ahje4 ,in #ahfi1 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,tegg reprinted the ,surprising ,adventures of ,philip ,quarll1 entirely re-edited and modernized1 with only a frontispiece and vignette on title as illustrations4 ,the quaint old cuts on next page probably illustrated an early ,newcastle1 then ,york1 and finally ,banbury1 edition of this oft published work4 ,the ,blocks designed and engraved by ,john ,bewick1 for ,the ,hermit2 or ,philip ,quarll1 7circa #aghe47 ,illustrations3 iv#a - iv#f ,tegg's edition of #cef pages1 #abmo1 is to be seen in the ,reading ,room of the ,british ,museum1 and gives the full text and history of these4 ,this curious book would well bear representing with the original ,bewick cuts1 after the manner of the present ,newbery firm1 who have revived ,butterfly's ,ball1 ,grasshopper's ,feast1 ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,looking ,glass for the ,mind1 and contemplate others in the immediate future4 ,tegg in his reprint of the ,book on ,philip ,quarll1 states that he was born in ,st4 ,giles' ,parish1 ,london1 #afdg1 voyaged to ,brazil1 ,mexico1 and other parts of ,america1 was left on an island1 nourished by a goat1 and other surprising adventures4 ,edward ,dorrington communicates an account 7see p4 #a to #id inclusive7 of how the hermit ,philip ,quarll was discovered1 with his 7,e4 ,d4's7 return to ,bristol from ,mexico1 ,jan4 #c1 #agbd-e2 but is about returning to ,peru and ,mexico again 7p4 #id74 ,this is of both ,american and ,bewick interest4 ,besides these representatives of this ,chap ,book1 we are enabled to give in this collection impressions from the blocks of other editions fortunately rescued from oblivion and destruction4 ,illustrations3 v#a1 v#b ,illustrations3 vi#a1 vi#b ,illustration3 #aa ,,banbury ,,chap ,,books4 ,old ,story ,books6 ,old ,story ,books6 we owe ye much old friends1 ,bright coloured threads in memory's wrap1 of which ,death holds the ends1 ,who can forget ye8 ,who can spurn the ministers of joy ,that waited on the lisping girl and petticoated boy8 ,talk of your vellum1 gold emboss'd morocco1 roan1 and calf1 ,the blue and yellow wraps of old were prettier by half4 --,eliza ,cook's ,poems4 ,in #agjh ,john ,white1 a ,citizen of ,york1 established himself as a printer in ,newcastle-on-,tyne1 bringing with him a stock of quaint old cuts1 formerly his father's1 at ,york1 where he was ,sole ,printer to ,king ,william1 for the five ,northern ,counties of ,england4 ,he entered into partnership with ,thomas ,saint1 who on the death of ,john ,white1 at their ,printing ,office in ,pilgrim ,street1 succeeded in #agif to his extensive business as ,printer1 ,bookseller1 and ,publisher4 ,in this stock of woodcuts were some of the veritable pieces of wood engraved1 or cut for ,caxton1 ,wynken de ,worde1 ,pynson1 and others down to ,tommy ,gent--the curious genius1 historian1 author1 poet1 woodcuter and engraver1 binder and printer1 of ,york4 ,we give some early examples out of this stock4 ,thomas ,saint1 about #aggj1 had the honour of introducing to the public1 the brothers ,thomas and ,john ,bewick's first efforts in wood-engravings1 early and crude as they undoubtedly were4 ,they are to be found in ,hutton ,on ,mensuration1 and also in various children's and juvenile works1 such as sop's and ,gay's ,fables4 ,we give some of the earliest known of their work in this very interesting collection of woodcuts4 ,some years ago a collection was formed of ,newbury and ,marshall's ,children's ,gift ,toy ,books1 and early educational works1 which were placed in the ,south ,kensington ,museum1 in several glass cases4 ,these attracted other collections of rare little volumes1 adorned with similar cuts1 many of which are from the identical blocks here impressed1 notably the ,cries of ,york1 ,goody ,two ,shoes1 etc4 ,they are still on view1 near the ,george ,cruikshank collection1 and during the twenty years they have been exhibited1 such literature has steadily gone up to fancy prices4 ,charles ,knight in his ,shadows of the ,old ,booksellers1 says of ,newbury1 7pp4 #bcc71 ,this old bookseller is a very old friend of mine4 ,he wound himself round my heart some seventy years ago1 when ,i became possessed of an immortal volume1 entitled the history of ',little ,goody ,shoes4' ,i felt myself personally honoured in the dedication4 ,he then refers to ,dr4 ,primrose1 ,thomas ,trip1 etc41 and adds further on1 my father had a drawer full of them ,newbury's little books very smartly bound in gilt paper4 ,priceless now would this collection be1 mixed up with horn-books--a single copy of which is one of the rarest relics of the olden time4 ,chalmer's in his preface to ,idler1 regards ,mr4 ,newbury as the reputed author of many little chap books for masters and misses4 ,mr4 ,john ,nichols brings forward other candidates for the honour of projecting and writing the ,lilliputian histories1 of ,goody ,two ,shoes1 etc42 and refers to ,griffith ,jones and ,giles ,jones1 in conjunction with ,mr4 ,john ,newbury1 as those to whom the public are indebted for the origin of those numerous and popular little books for the amusement and instruction of children1 which have ever since been received with universal approbation4 ,the following are two of the identical cuts engraved by ,john ,bewick1 and used in the ,newbury editions of ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,london1 #agfi to #agga4 ,illustrations3 #ba1 #bb ,it will be seen on contrasting these cuts with the other two1 on the following page1 from early ,york editions1 how wonderfully even in his early years ,bewick improved the illustrated juvenile literature of his day4 ,no wonder when ,goldsmith the poet had an interview with ,bewick1 that delighted with his cuts1 he confessed to writing ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,tommy ,trip1 etc4 ,bewick's daughter supplied this information4 ,illustrations3 #ca - #cc ,early cuts to ,goody ,two ,shoes4 ,bewick's frontispiece to ,goody ,two ,shoes4 ,here are two early examples of ,thomas ,bewick4 ,they were used in a ,york edition of ,a ,pretty ,book of ,pictures for little ,masters and ,misses1 or ,history of ,beasts and ,birds by ,tommy ,trip1 etc4 ,illustrations3 #da1 #db ,miss ,polly ,riding in a ,coach1 from ,tommy ,trip4 ,the ,student1 from ,tommy ,trip4 ,there was an ,american edition of ,goody ,two ,shoes1 and is very interesting indeed1 having a woodcut frontispiece engraved by ,thomas ,bewick1 and was printed at ,worcester1 ,mass41 ,u4,s4,a41 by ,isaiah ,thomas1 and sold wholesale and retail at his book-store1 #aghg4 ,a copy of this little book sold in ,london for #a #afs4 ,we also give two other specimens from the ,j4 ,newbery editions of ,tommy ,trip and ,goody ,two ,shoes1 both engraved by ,john ,bewick4 ,illustrations3 #dc1 #dd ,the ,student1 from ,tommy ,trip4 ,margery1 from ,goody ,two ,shoes4 ,the packmen of the past see frontispiece of a pack-horse in ,first ,edition only of ,bewick's ,quadrupeds1 #agij carried in their packs the ephemeral literature of the day1 ,calendars1 ,almanacks1 and ,chep-,books4 ,the ,leicestershire pronunciation to this day at markets is ,buy ,chep for ,cheap1 hence the ,chep-side1 or ,cheape-or ,cheapside2 otherwise derivation of ,chap ,men1 or ,running1 ,flying1 and other mercurial stationers1 peripatetic booksellers1 pedlers1 packmen1 and again chepmen1 these visited the villages and small towns from the large printers of the supply towns1 as ,london1 ,banbury1 ,newcastle1 ,edinburgh1 ,glasgow1 etc4 ,the ,history of ,john ,cheap1 the ,chapman1 ,parley the ,porter1 ,stephen of ,salisbury ,plain1 and other favourite tracts1 with ,john ,bewick's and ,lee's square woodcuts were written by the quaker lady1 ,hannah ,more1 about #aggg1 and were first published in broadsheet folio4 ,some were done by ,hazzard1 of ,bath1 others by ,marshall1 of ,bow ,lane1 ,aldermary ,church ,yard4 ,a most curious collection of chap books did they print1 reviving the quaint old ,blind ,beggar of ,bethnal ,green1 ,guy1 ,earl of ,warwick1 ,seven ,champions1 ,mother ,shipton's ,life and ,prophecies1 ,wise ,men of ,gothan1 ,adam ,bell1 ,robin ,hood's ,garland1 ,jane ,shore1 ,joaks upon ,joaks1 ,strapho1 or ,roger the ,clown1 ,whetstone for dull ,wits1 ,st4 ,george and the ,dragon1 ,jack ,horner3 and hundreds of ballads1 garlands1 carols1 broadsheets1 songs1 etc41 were in the collection4 ,the ,great ,a and bouncing ,b ,toy ,book ,factory1 was somewhere near ,little ,britain1 the proprietor being ,john ,marshall1 who published the famous ,life of a ,fly4 ,illustration3 #ea ,block by ,thomas ,bewick4 ,the ,memoirs of a ,peg ,top1 ,perambulations of a ,mouse1 #b volumes with cuts by ,john ,bewick1 and a number of other works1 some by ,mrs4 ,trimmer1 under various pseudonyms1 were published in ,bow ,lane1 also many quaint broadsheets1 the cuts of which are in this volume4 ,hazzard1 printer of ,bath1 who published many works for ,dr4 ,j4 ,trusler1 with woodcuts by ,john ,bewick1 ,lee1 and others1 also published the cheap repository tracts4 ,all the following little wood blocks were used in several toy books1 sometimes with ,bewick's name on the titles1 and done from #aghg to #ahad1 in ,dutch flowery and gingerbread gilt paper binding1 just like ,newbery series4 ,early ,john ,bewick ,cuts4 ,illustrations3 #fa - #ff ,tommy ,two ,shoes4 ,robin ,hood and ,little ,john1 pub4 ,wilson and ,spence1 ,york4 ,york ,story ,books1 by ,wilson and ,spence1 circa #agig4 ,used in the ,fables4 ,used in the ,fables ,illustrations3 #ga - #ge ,cut by ,lee1 on the covers of ,rusher's ,penny ,banbury's4 ,two ,blocks from ,valentine's ,gift4 #agig4 ,used by ,wilson and ,spence1 ,york4 ,patty ,primrose4 ,illustrations3 #ha - #hf ,from ,primrose ,prettyface and her ,scholars4 ,two ,ballad ,cuts1 by ,green1 of ,knaresborough4 ,mrs4 ,winlove's ,rise of ,learning4 ,the ,concert of ,birds1 from ,tommy ,tag4 ,illustrations3 #ia1 #ib ,frontispiece to ,tommy ,playlove and ,joseph ,lovebook4 ,whitfield's ,tabernacle1 ,moorfields1 or ,spa ,fields ,chapel4 787 ,in ,blade's ,life of ,caxton1 the reader will find interesting examples of the earliest woodcut blocks illustrating the quaint and rare tomes issued by the ,almonry1 ,westminster1 also at ,oxford4 ,the ,robin ,hood ,garland blocks 7circa #afhj or earlier71 is one of the earliest provincial blocks with a distinct history4 ,we can trace them in varied collections used by early ,london and ,provincial printers1 and in the ,london ,bridge printed ,chap ,book ,literature4 ,sutton1 printer of ,nottingham1 issued a curious quarto volume of old woodcuts4 ,he was descended from the celebrated ,t4 ,sutton1 who founded the ,charterhouse4 ,some twenty-five years ago ,i went over the very quaint collection with the proprietor1 and suggested a volume being issued1 but the idea had already been matured by him4 ,robert ,white1 the poet and local historian of ,newcastle upon ,tyne--by whose favour ,i reprinted ,tommy ,trip in #ahfg--;has one of the choicest1 most comprehensive1 and rarest libraries of local stories1 garlands1 ballads1 and chap books1 and ,north country folk-lore children's books1 almanacks1 primers1 ,a4 ,b4 ,c41 horn books1 battledores1 etc41 that were ever gathered together4 ,i am glad to place on record1 that by his will1 his collection will remain intact4 ,the special opportunities afforded him at the time for collecting them have entirely passed away4 ,i believe he was descended from ,john ,white1 printer for the five northern counties of ,england to ,king ,william4 ,this is referred to by ,mr4 ,dodd in his preface to a quarto volume of woodcut impressions4 ,william ,dodd fully appreciated the local interest1 by producing a limited impression of the quaint blocks in his possession4 ,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,hugo had a very large and important collection of blocks and books1 and at his death ,i arranged and catalogued them for ,messrs4 ,sotheby1 according to the wish of his widow4 ,the ,rev4 gentleman had wished his collection to be purchased by the trustees of the ,british ,museum1 but some little hitch occurred and this was not accomplished4 ,in his collection the ,robin ,hood block1 perforated with worm holes1 realized quite a fancy price4 ,among the relics of ancient woodcutting1 are some so early and crude in their execution--quaint as the period they illustrate--as to really entitle them to the literal name and meaning of woodcuts1 rather than wood-engravings1 which they really became in the hands of the two ,bewicks and their numerous school of pupils4 ,other provincial publishers were not so favoured as those at ,newcastle-on-,tyne1 as to have a ,bewick trying his prentice hand on similar series1 as used by ,j4 ,bell and others4 ,the ,cock ,robin blocks in this collection are certainly the earliest series ,i have seen among the thousands ,i have examined4 ,the ,york ,cries1 ,tom ,hickethrift1 ,jack the ,giant ,killer1 and many kindred cuts1 are evidently from the collection of ,john ,white1 the early printer1 and are as quaint1 as funny and droll in crudity of execution1 as any of ,thomas ,gent's1 the unique ,york engraver and bookseller4 ,the rarity and interest of a collection like the present1 with their varied associations1 may be fairly estimated when we consider that the country printers in those days were not particular in making the same woodcut do duty in most incongrous and inapplicable positions and subjects4 ,we have met with a block in a child's book1 then the identical woodcut on a ballad1 catchpenny1 or last dying speech and confession1 setting at defiance any suitability of illustration1 or adaptability to the text matter4 ,of course now1 some of these examples are exceedingly ludicrous1 and do not fail to excite merriment1 and often add to the intrinsic value of the article1 as may be judged by numerous examples that have occurred in our literary auction marts during the last half century4 ,besides it must be taken fair notice of that a genuine wood-engraving1 or woodcut block may soon become a curiosity of the past1 owing to the improved methods of illustrating children's books4 ,many of ,bewick's blocks are veritable paintings on boxwood1 and are as much classical works of art as work by ,josiah ,wedgwood1 and his able coadjutor1 ,j4 ,flaxman are in ,fine ,art4 ,these early crude1 quaint1 droll little pioneer wood blocks will ever remain of great and even historical interest as showing the progress and influence on the illustrated literature of the civilized world4 ,many of our readers have heard of ,banbury ,cross and ,banbury cakes1 and other famous juvenile associations1 as the lady with bells on her toes1 but it was also connected with the production of books for juvenile readers4 ,a great portion of the blocks in this volume are ,banbury blocks used for illustrating the toy books1 children's histories1 etc41 for which this quaint old ,oxfordshire town was famous4 ,many of them are connected with the early printing and engraving carried on in this and other towns of ,england4 ,a quantity of the blocks were used in the books printed by ,john ,white of ,york1 who established himself1 as before mentioned1 as a printer in ,newcastle-on-,tyne1 bringing with him a stock of quaint old blocks formerly his father's at ,york1 where he was sole printer to ,king ,william1 for the five northern counties of ,england4 ,boswell has recorded several conversations of ,oliver ,goldsmith with ,dr4 ,johnson1 in which the warm-hearted poet expressed a wish1 to make fishes1 animals1 birds1 etc41 talk1 or appear so to do1 for the amusement and instruction of children4 ,in the ,national ,collection is ,the ,valentine's ,gift1 or a ,plan to enable children of all sizes and denomination to behave with honour1 integrity1 and humanity1 very necessary to a trading nation3 to which is added some account of ,old ,zigzag1 and of the ,horn with which he used to understand the language of birds1 beasts1 fishes and insects1 etc41 ,printed for ,francis ,power1 7grandson to the late ,mr4 ,j4 ,newbery7 and ,co41 ,no4 #fe1 ,st4 ,paul's ,churchyard1 #agij1 price sixpence1 bound in gilt dutch paper binding1 #aje and iii pages4 ,numerous books were sold by ,francis ,power1 ,no4 #fe1 near the ,bar1 in ,st4 ,paul's ,churchyard1 ,london2 his list comprises ,giles ,gingerbread1 ,tom ,thumb's ,folio1 ,the ,london ,cries1 taken from the ,life1 ,the ,lilliputian ,auction1 by ,charley ,chatter1 ,nurse ,truelove's ,christmas ,box1 ,new ,year's ,gift1 ,the ,history of ,little ,goody ,two ,shoes1 new edition1 ,adventures of a ,bee1 ,the ,little ,lottery ,book1 ,a ,pretty ,plaything for ,children1 ,the ,lilliputian ,magazine1 ,the ,picture ,exhibition1 ,lilliputian ,masquerade1 ,juvenile ,trials for ,robbing ,orchards and ,telling ,fibs1 ,pretty ,poems by ,tommy ,tagg1 for children three feet high1 ,a ,pretty ,book of ,pictures1 or ,tommy ,tripp's ,history1 ,the ,drawing ,school by ,master ,angelo1 ,poetical ,flower ,garden1 ,tommy ,trapwit's ,be ,merry and ,wise1 ,lecture upon ,toys1 #b vols2 ,pretty ,poems for children six feet high1 ,the ,museum1 ,polite ,academy1 ,poetical ,flower ,basket1 ,mother ,goose's ,fairy ,tales1 ,a ,spelling ,dictionary1 ,rhetoric2 ,logic2 ,arithmetic2 ,history2 ,chronology2 ,geography2 ,vicar of ,wakefield4 ,most of the latter except ,vicar formed a circle of the sciences licensed by approval of the ,king1 each dedicated to a youthful nobleman1 by ,john ,newbery4 ,the size was snuffbox1 or waistcoat pocket 7capacious in #agij1 see ,school for ,scandal1 etc41 ,costume1 etc47 ,documentary evidence and receipts in ,goldsmith's handwriting1 acknowledging various sums for writing the ,rhetorick1 and others of the above exist4 ,goldsmith also did numerous ,abridgements of the ,old and ,new ,testaments1 ,robinson ,crusoe1 ,pamela1 ,clarissa ,harlow1 ,sir ,chas4 ,grandison1 all in this juvenile series for ,j4 ,newbery4 ,illustration3 #aba ,the ,spider1 from ,bunyan's ,divine ,emblems4 ,this was a most popular juvenile brochure1 at end of eighteenth century4 ,the early editions of ,j4 ,bunyan's ,works1 #b vols1 folio1 had the ,divine ,emblems at end of vol #b1 with quaint old woodcuts4 ,these were industriously copied in reduced sizes1 and published from #a;d4 to #f;d41 by various ,london and ,provincial toy book manufacturers4 ,the above is a solitary representative of the illustrations of one of these rare editions of ,bunyan4 ,illustrations3 #abb1 #abc ,from ,evans's ,cock ,robin4 ,frontispiece to ,farthing ,cinderella4 ,illustrations3 #aca1 #acb ,tobacco ,paper ,cut and ,tavern ,sign4 ,very ,early ,ballad1 ,d----l cut1 etc4 ,john ,evans1 #db1 ,long ,lane1 ,west ,smithfield1 circa #agia1 brought out some singular little farthing children's books1 printed on coarse sugar paper1 also ballads1 single-sheet songs1 and patters4 ,one1 ,the tragical death of an ,apple ,pye1 cut in pieces and eat1 by twenty-five gentlemen1 with whom all little people ought to be very well acquainted4 ,j4 ,drewey1 ,irongate1 ,derby1 brought out some entertaining fables1 in which the following woodcuts were used again4 ,blocks used in ,red ,riding ,hood4 ,illustrations3 #ada - #adf ,blocks used in ,jack and the ,giants and ,tom1 ,tom1 the ,piper's son1 etc4 ,from ,john ,white's stock1 at ,york4 ,illustrations3 #aea - #aeae ,cuts used for ,tom1 ,tom1 the ,piper's ,son1 etc4 ,illustrations3 #afa - #aff ,cuts to ,whittington and his ,cat4 ,illustrations3 #afg - #afaj ,john ,evans issued ,cock ,robin1 a pretty gilded toy for either girl or boy1 in which the early cut on page #ab was used4 ,this rare edition has the following comical variation from the orthodox version3 ,little ,robin ,redbreast sat upon a pole1 ,wiggle-waggle went its tail1 and p--p went its hole4 ,very ,early ,cock ,robin ,set1 from ,john ,white's ,york ,stock4 ,illustrations3 #aga - #agaj ,that quaint divine ,dean ,swift of ,st4 ,patricks1 ,dublin1 edited some curious poetry for ,a ,royal ,primer1 sqr4 #cbmo1 published in the ,seven ,dials1 of ,dublin 7,rainbow ,court74 ,ech1 ech1 my dear'y1 and ,ach1 ach1 my love4 ,there was a little man who had a little gun1 and ,there was a little maid who was very much afraid ,to get wed1 wed1 wed1 etc4 ,this is long and curious1 and was greatly altered and abreviated in early #aith ,century ,editions4 ,the ,royal ,primer1 from ,john ,white's ,york and ,newcastle ,stock4 ,illustrations3 #aha - #ahab ,from ,dean ,swift's ,royal ,primer1 ,dublin1 circa #aggj4 ,illustrations3 #aia - #aig ,from ,evans's edition of ,cinderella4 ,illustrations3 #aih - #aiaa ,very ,early ,cock ,robin ,series1 ,postboy by ,bewick for a ,newcastle ,newspaper1 ,wife ,joan1 etc41 from ,j4 ,white's ,stock4 ,illustrations3 #bja - #bjae ,early ,mother ,hubbard3 ,j4 ,evans1 ,long ,lane1 circa #aggj4 ,illustrations3 #baa - #baaj ,early ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,jack and ,jill1 ,cock ,robin1 ,the ,fables1 early ,bewick ,school4 ,illustrations3 #bba - #bbad ,all ,evans's style of woodcut1 ,catnach1 etc41 all used at ,rushers ,banbury ,press4 ,illustrations3 #bca - #bcaa ,babes in the ,wood4 ,blue ,beard4 ,providing ourselves with a variety of pens and ink1 we select two of the best and proceed to describe the ,banbury ,printer's old stock of cuts4 ,banbury1 ,oxfordshire1 was one of the chief provincial towns noted for its ,children's ,books1 ,chap ,books1 ,battledoes1 ,reading ,easies1 etc41 also for locally printed works1 notably for two1 viz41 ,dr4 ,johnson's ,rasselas1 and ,white and ,beesley's workon ,bees1 thin #abmo volumes1 boards1 printed in a curious phonetic character1 called ,rusher's ,types4 ,rusher1 printer of this town1 had some ingenuity and originality of his own1 and was not such a plagiarist and imitator as some of his contemporaries4 ,many of the tales he cleverly adapted to the locality1 which have become very valuable4 ,his edition of the ,rasselas realized #e #es4 ,this book was written by ,johnson in a week to defray his mother's funeral expenses4 ,we give several extracts from some of ,rusher's ,penny ,books which will show how well he adapted them to his town4 ,illustrations3 #bda - #bdd ,early ,john ,bewick1 ,rusher's ,lilliputian ,library1 ,banbury1 circa4 #ahaj4 ,at ,rusher's fam'd ,warehouse1 ,books1 ,pictures and ,toys ,are selling to please all ,the good girls and boys4 ,for youth of all ages ,there's plenty in store1 ,amusement1 instruction1 ,for rich and the poor4 ,from the ,new ,house that ,jack ,built4 ,see ,jack in his study1 ,is writting a book1 ,as pretty as this is ,in which you may look2 ,the price is one penny1 ,for girls or for boys1 ,there's more too at ,rusher's1 ,and ,pictures and ,toys4 ,poetic ,trifles4 ,sing see-saw1 ,jack thatching the ridge1 ,which is the way to ,banbury-bridge8 ,one foot up and t'other foot down1 ,and that's the way to ,banbury town4 ,as ,i was going to ,banbury ,upon a summer's day1 ,my dame had butter1 eggs and fruit1 ,and ,i had corn and hay1 ,joe drove the ox and ,tom the swine1 ,dick took the foal and mare3 ,i sold them all--then home to dine ,from famous ,banbury ,fair4 ,here's something new ,dear child for you1 ,i will please you in a trice ,a halfp'ny chuse1 ,now don't refuse1 ,a penny is the price4 ,tho' basely born ,pray do not scorn ,a ,tale no worse than many ,for ,i'm afraid ,more say in trade1 ,a halfp'ny's made a penny4 ,good things to engross1 ,near ,banbury cross ,where ,tommy shall go on the nag1 ,he makes no mistake1 ,buy a ,banbury ,cake1 ,books1 ,pictures1 and ,banbury ,shag4 ,little ,robin ,redbreast ,sat upon a tree ,he sang merrily ,as merrily could be4 ,he nodded with his head ,and his tail waggled he ,as little ,robin ,redbreast ,sat upon a tree4 ,now each lad and each lass ,both sister and brother ,may have books for each class ,for ,father or ,mother4 ,and when with much pleasure ,you've read them all o'er1 ,then hasten to ,rusher's1 ,he's printing some more4 ,where each daughter and son ,and each nephew and niece1 ,each good child may have one1 ,for a penny a piece4 ,,black ,,your ,,shoes1 ,,your ,,honour8 ,here's ,finiky ,hawkes1 ,as busy as any1 ,will well black your shoes1 ,and charge but a penny4 ,the following little ,banbury ,cake ,book is so excessively rare1 we give the text verbatim4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,history of a ,,banbury ,,cake4 ,an ,entertaining ,book ,for ,children4 ,,banbury3 ,printed and ,sold by ,j4 ,g4 ,,rusher1 ,bridge ,street4 ,price ,one ,penny4 ,,preface4 ,it will be thought very odd1 ,i doubt not1 by each little boy and girl into whose hands this book shall fall1 that a ,banbury ,cake should be able to write 7as it were7 its own life2 but as they advance in years1 they will find that many strange things happen every day--,i shall therefore without more words to the bargain proceed with my story4 ,,history ,,of ,a ,,banbury ,,cake4 ,i was born or made 7whichever you please1 my little reader7 at ,banbury in the county of ,oxford1 as you can plainly conceive by my title1 where great numbers of ,cakes are brought into being daily2 and from whence they travel by coach1 chaise1 waggon1 cart horse and foot into all parts of this ,kingdom3 nay and beyond the seas1 as ,i heard my maker declare that he had1 more then once sent some of them into ,france4 ,soon after ,i was made1 and while ,i was yet warm from the oven1 ,i was sold by my maker's fair daughter to a person on horseback for twopence4 ,with this person ,i took my first journey to ,oxford2 he rode a very fine ,black ,horse4 ,as soon as he came home1 he gave me to his son a lovely little boy1 about seven years of age1 and one as ,i found to my comfort not only lovely in person but in temper also4 ,his name was ,tommy1 and he was praised and loved by all that knew him1 and had often presents of cakes1 toys and little books1 and other things that are proper for children of his age2 the books he kept with great care as things of value and worthy of his notice1 but other trinkets he seemed to despise4 ,tommy and his cousin were taken to see ,mr4 ,polito's collection of wild beasts and birds1 which were then exhibiting at ,oxford1 among which were a large lion1 an eagle1 and many other natural curiosities1 which sight was very entertaining1 as ,tommy and his cousin had never seen such before4 ,they afterwards walked into the ,colleges1 round ,christ ,church ,college ,meadow1 and indeed saw all the curiosities about ,oxford4 7,the ,banbury ,cake74 99 99 99 99 99 ,we give a ,bibliographical ,list1 as perfect as is possible to date1 of the ,halfpenny ,series of little ,history and ,story ,books issued at ,rusher's ,banbury ,press1 some even with the same titles as the ,penny ,series1 yet totally different in arrangement and woodcuts1 used1 as comparison in the ,bodleian ,library will readily show3 ,mother ,hubbard and her ,dog2 ,nursery ,rymmes from the ,royal ,collections2 ,poetic ,trifles for young ,gentlemen and ,ladies2 ,the ,cries of ,banbury1 ,london1 and ,celebrated ,stories2 ,children in the ,wood1 ,historical ,ballad 7,norfolk872 ,children in the ,wood1 ,restored by ,honestus2 ,hermit of the ,forest 7,cumberland72 ,jack the ,giant ,killer1 a ,hero1 celebrated by ,ancient ,historians 7,cornwall72 ,robinson ,crusoe2 ,nursery ,poems from the ,ancient and ,modern ,poets2 ,jack and ,gill and ,old ,dame ,gill2 ,read who will1 ,they'll laugh their fill2 ,dick ,whittington and his ,cat2 ,the ,history of ,tom ,thumb 7,middlesex72 ,death and ,burial of ,cock ,robin2 ,renowned ,history of ,dame ,trot and her ,cat2 ,london ,jingles and ,country ,tales for ,young ,people2 ,tom1 ,tom1 the ,piper' ,son2 ,cinderella and her ,glass ,slipper2 ,jack ,spratt and his ,wife ,joan1 etc4 etc4 ,illustrations3 #bga1 #bgb ,bewick ,school1 used in ,rusher's ,banbury ,toy ,books4 ,illustrations3 #bha1 #bhb ,used by ,rusher in his ,banbury ,horn ,books1 ,battledores1 ,galloping ,guide to ,a1 ,b1 ,c1 ,primers1 ,reading ,made ,easy1 ,spelling ,books1 etc4 ,illustration3 #bhc ,illustration3 #bia ,from ,evans's1 ,long ,lane1 ,west ,smithfield1 used afterwards at ,banbury4 ,rusher's ,banbury ,battledore and ,reading ,made ,easy blocks1 show the next improvement on the old ,horn ,books4 ,then ,rusher published a ,galloping ,guide to the ,a ,b ,c41 for which see next page4 ,illustrations3 #bib1 #bic ,transcriber's ,note3 ,beginning with ,d1 each letter has its own illustration1 printed in sets of three4 ,the alphabet is printed continuously down the left and right margins4 ,a page break separates the ,judge illustration from its line of text4 ,the complete pages can be seen as pic#cj;all4png - pic#cb;all4png ,illustration3 #cja ,a was an ,acorn1 that grew on the oak2 ,b is a ,boy1 who delights in his book4 ,c is a ,canister1 holds mamma's teas2 ,d is a ,drum1 you may sound if you please4 ,illustration ,d1 ,e1 ,f3 #cjb ,e is an ,eagle1 that soars very high2 ,f is a ,fox1 that is crafty and sly4 ,illustration ,g1 ,h1 ,j3 #cjc ,g is a ,griffin1 of him pray take heed2 ,h is a ,hare1 that can run with great speed4 ,illustration ,k1 ,l1 ,m3 #caa ,j is a ,judge1 that the law oft obeys2 ,k is a ,key1 that no secret betrays4 ,l is a ,lamb1 often freaks o'er the lea2 ,m is a ,mermaid1 that sings in the sea4 ,illustration ,n1 ,o1 ,p3 #cab ,n is a ,nightingale1 dwells in the wood2 ,o is an ,ox1 whose beef roasted is good4 ,p is a ,peach1 that did grow very high2 ,q is a ,quince1 makes a savoury pie4 ,illustration ,q1 ,r1 ,s3 #cac ,r is a ,raven1 rapacity charms2 ,s shining ,sun1 is the ,banbury ,arms4 ,illustration ,t1 ,v1 ,w3 #cad ,t is a ,trumpet1 your merit to raise2 ,v is a ,vulture1 on other birds preys4 ,w a ,wren1 that was perch'd on a spray2 ,illustration ,x1 ,y1 ,z3 #cba ,x was ,king ,xerxes1 well known in his day4 ,y is a ,yew ,tree1 both slender and tall2 ,z ,zacaariah1 the last of them all4 ,illustration3 #cbb ,reading made ,easie1 copy of ,bewick4 ,illustration3 #cbc ,you are ,old ,father ,william1 by ,green4 ,illustration3 #cca ,the ,history of ,jack the ,giant-killer4 ,the above woodcut of a ,fugitive ,soldier 7designed by ,craig1 and engraved by ,lee7 was used on the back of the cover of this little book1 as issued by ,j4 ,g4 ,rusher at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #ccb - #ccg ,jack's ,artfulness4 ,jack shows the ,giant a trick4 ,the ,giant and his ,prisoners4 ,jack slices off the ,giant's nose4 ,jack kills ,blunderbore4 ,jack strangles the ,giants4 ,,death ,,and ,,burial ,,of ,,cock ,,robin4 ,illustrations3 #cda - #cdh1 #cea - #ceg ,who killed ,cock ,robin8 ,i1 said the sparrow1 ,with my bow and arrow1 ,i killed ,cock ,robin6 ,this is the pie ,that saw him die4 ,who caught his blood8 ,i said the fish1 ,with my little dish1 ,i caught his blood6 ,who made his shroud8 ,i1 said the ,eagle1 ,with my thread and needle6 ,this is the ,owl so brave ,that dug ,cock ,robin's grave4 ,who'll be the parson8 ,i1 said the ,rook4 ,who'll be the clerk8 ,i1 said the lark4 ,who'll carry him to his grave8 ,i1 said the kite4 ,who'll be the chief mourner8 ,i1 said the swan4 ,who'll bear his ,pall8 ,we1 said the wrens4 ,who'll toll the bell8 ,i1 said the ,bull4 ,who'll lead the way8 ,i1 said the martin4 ,the birds of the air fell a sighing and sobbing1 ,when they heard the bell toll for poor ,cock ,robin4 ,illustrations3 #cfa - #cfg ,the ,history of ,tom ,thumb4 ,the cow took ,tom ,thumb ,with a mouthful of grass4 ,his butterfly mounted1 ,and rode o'er the stream4 ,he climbed up the edge1 ,and fell in the bowl4 ,tom soused in the firmity1 ,and had a great fall4 ,the breath of the spider ,in the midst of the strife ,was too much for ,sir ,thomas1 ,and cost him his life4 ,alas6 ,sir ,thomas ,illustrations3 #cga - #cgg ,children in the ,wood4 ,with clay-cold lips the babes they kissed4 ,he bargained with two ruffians strong4 ,away the little babes were sent4 ,to fight they go right suddenly4 ,then hand in hand they took their way4 ,till death did end their grief4 ,mother ,hubbard and her ,dog4 ,designed by ,george ,cruikshank 7early work71 and engraved by ,branston4 ,illustrations3 #cha - #chh ,dame ,trot and her ,cat4 ,early ,cruikshank ,school4 ,illustrations3 #cia - #cih ,dame ,trot4 ,dame ,trot's ,cat4 ,dame teaches the ,cat4 ,dame takes her to market4 ,riding4 ,the ,cat smells a ,rat4 ,dressing4 ,the ,cat fights ,dog ,ball4 ,the ,history of ,robinson ,crusoe4 ,illustrations3 #dja - #djg ,robinson ,crusoe1 he ,was determined to go to sea ,the ,raft4 ,at ,home4 ,the ,tame ,goat4 ,the ,footprints4 ,shooting ,savages4 ,traversing the ,island4 ,designed by ,cruikshank1 engraved by ,dranston4 ,the ,life of ,jack ,sprat and his ,wife ,joan4 ,cruikshank ,school4 ,illustrations3 #daa - #daab ,jack and his ,wife4 ,jack ,sprat goes courting4 ,joan goes for a walk4 ,jack's ,marriage4 ,jack wheeling his ,wife4 ,joan sits in her chair4 ,jack takes his gun4 ,but the birds don't care4 ,jack buys a cow4 ,jack buys a mare4 ,jack rests4 ,and grows fat4 ,cinderella and her ,glass ,slipper4 ,published by ,rusher1 circa #ahad4 ,designed by ,cruikshank1 and engraved by ,branstone4 ,a copy is in the ,bodleian ,library4 ,illustrations3 #dba - #dbg ,cinderella4 ,cinderella dressing for the ,ball4 ,cinderella going to the ,ball in a fine coach4 ,cinderella dancing with the ,king's ,son4 ,cinderella drops one of her glass slippers4 ,cinderella marries the ,prince4 ,jack and ,jill4 ,illustrations3 #dca - #dcac ,jack and ,jill ,went up the hill4 ,then up ,jack got1 ,and home did trot4 ,then ,jill came in1 ,and she did grin4 ,they rode dog ,ball1 ,and ,jill did fall4 ,says ,jill1 ,i'll tell ,you how ,jack fell4 ,i'll try1 says ,jack1 ,upon his back4 ,now ,jill did laugh1 ,and ,jack did cry4 ,they first rode high1 ,and then rode low4 ,the very next thing ,they made a swing4 ,camel came by4 ,says ,jack1 ,i'll try4 ,the pig he squalled1 ,while ,jack he bawled4 ,hearing the rout1 ,the dame came out4 ,read it who will1 ,they'll laugh they fill4 ,dick ,whittington and his ,cat4 ,designed by ,cruikshank1 and engraved by ,branstone2 published by ,rusher about #ahad4 ,an original copy is in the ,bodleian ,library4 ,illustrations3 #dda - #ddf ,dick goes on his travels4 ,and meets with a kind ,merchant4 ,a penny for your cat1 ,dame6 ,bow ,bells ringing ,turn again ,whittington6 ,pussy clears the ,king's table1 ,and makes ,whittington's fortune4 ,illustration3 #dea ,the ,cries of ,york4 ,the ,cries of ,york1 for the amusement of ,young ,children1 decorated with cuts printed by ,t4 ,kendrew1 ,collier ,gate1 ,york4 ,these ,york ,cries have not been mentioned by any writer on juvenile literature and the same may be said of the ,banbury ,cries4 ,t4 ,kendrew of ,york1 brought out many interesting penny and other children's books4 ,he published ,giles ,gingerbread1 a little boy who lived upon learning1 by ,tom ,trip1 this was an abbreviation of ,newberry's ,edition of the ,silver ,penny4 ,the series was illustrated with the early and prentice work of the ,bewick ,school4 ,one of the rarest is ,the ,cries of ,york1 the cuts of which afterwards travelled to ,banbury and appeared in ,banbury ,cries4 ,the series we are enabled to give complete4 ,illustrations3 #deb - #ded ,cuts belonging to ,york ,cries4 ,illustrations3 #dfa - #dfi ,illustrations3 #dga - #dgi ,illustrations3 #dha - #dhc ,appended are the words to many of the foregoing ,cries4 ,,the ,,italian ,,basket ,,seller4 ,ventured across the main behold1 ,buy ,baskets1 solemn ,face1 ,he sells for ,lust of ,naughty ,gold1 ,which is a ,common ,case4 ,,mend ,,old ,,pans ,,and ,,kettles1 ,o6 7,peaseholme ,green ,postern7 ,hark6 who is this1 the ,tinker ,bold1 ,to mend or spoil you ,kettle1 ,whose wife1 ,i'm certain is a ,scold1 ,made up of base metal4 ,buy my ,clocks and ,weather ,glasses6 ,buy ,shirt ,hand ,buttons6 7,walmgate ,bar7 ,if ,i'd as much money as ,i could tell2 ,i never would cry young lambs to sell4 7,thursday ,market7 ,buy my ,anchovies4 ,buy my nice ,anchovies4 ,,sweep ,,your ,,chimney ,,clean1 ,o6 ,with drawling tone1 ,brush under arm1 ,and ,bag slung o'er his shoulder1 ,behold the ,sweep1 the ,streets alarm1 ,with ,stentor's voice and louder4 ,,come ,,buy ,,my ,,nice ,,muffins4 ,hot ,muffins and ,crumpets too1 ,for ,breakfast and for ,tea2 ,i've only a very few left1 ,in ,basket as you may see4 ,buy ,banbury ,cakes6 ,by fortune's frown1 ,you see this needy man1 ,along the street and up and down ,is selling all he can4 ,,cockles ,,alive1 ,,alive1 ,o6 ,behold ,poor ,james at ,york again1 ,his ,cockles all alive1 ,o6 ,alive1 ,alive1 he cries amain1 ,come buy that he may thrive1 ,o6 ,buy my fine ,larks4 7,catching ,larks7 ,sixpence a ,score ,oysters4 7,ouse ,bridge7 ,come ,buy my ,roasting ,spits4 ,rabbits6 ,rabbits6 ,buy my fine ,writing ,ink4 ,the ,city ,bellman4 7,hay ,weigh7 ,buy my ,cranberries1 fine ,cranberries4 ,sweet ,china ,oranges4 7,pavement7 ,buy my ,capers4 ,buy my nice ,capers1 ,capers4 ,buy my nice ,banbury ,cakes4 ,buy my ,windmills1 a halfpenny-a-piece4 7,monk ,bar7 ,fine ,kidney ,potatoes4 ,threepence a ,mart ,ripe ,gooseberries4 ,come buy a true ,calendar4 7,castle ,gates7 ,razors1 ,knives1 and ,scissors to grind4 ,acomb ,sand4 ,race ,lists4 ,the ,cries of ,york is distinctly different from ,the ,cries of ,london issued by ,kendrew though the same set of ,cuts are utilized4 ,london ,street ,cries have always had a fascination peculiarly their own4 ,madame ,vestris used to bring down the house with ,cherry ,ripe1 and where are happier efforts of the favourite home ,artists than ,london ,cries by ,a4 ,morland1 ,wheatley1 ,stodhard1 and others1 which are so eagerly sought after by connoiseurs8 ,the pretty plaintive ,cries too1 would we had the 'music' to them1 so familiar in the streets in those charming old ,english days4 ,illustration3 #dia ,nothing like leather4 ,a most interesting and quaint old relic is the one from which annexed impression is given1 from ,dyche's ,spelling ,book3 an exceedingly clean1 choice and crisp copy of this book1 in the original sheep covers1--a veritable old shopkeeper1 which for nearly a century had escaped its intended destiny in ,rusher's varied stores1 at length found a resting place in ,sir ,thomas ,bodley's venerable receptacle for bibliographical treasures in the ,bodelian1 ,oxford4 ,the present example--a portion of which was broken away many years ago1--is probably the sole surviving one of the quaint series of cuts1 doubtless admired by our great-grand-parents over #ajj years ago4 ,the following are curious examples of ,fable ,cuts1 which were used in ,dilworth1 ,cocker1 ,fisher1 and others4 ,illustrations3 #eja - #ejd ,early ,fable ,cuts1 used at ,banbury in ,spelling ,books4 ,illustrations3 #eaa - #eae ,history of ,joseph1 designed by ,isaac ,cruikshank4 ,illustrations3 #eba - #ebg ,clever little vignettes1 by ,thomas and ,john ,bewick and ,pupils1 used first at ,nicholson's1 ,ludlow1 circa #aghg1 and afterwards1 circa #ahad1 used in ,rusher's ,banbury ,books4 ,illustrations3 #eca - #ecaj ,woodcuts of the ,bewick and ,cruikshank ,schools1 from ,ludlow and ,ploughwill1 afterwards used at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #eda - #edad ,used in various ,rusher's ,penny ,banbury ,children's ,books4 ,illustrations3 #eea - #eeaj ,by ,bewick's ,pupils1 used in ,children's ,books at ,banbury by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #efa - #efac ,by ,bewick and ,pupils1 from ,ludlow1 all used at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #ega - #egaj ,illustration3 #eha ,close copy of ,bewick1 by a pupil4 ,,drunken ,,barnaby4 ,to ,banbury came ,i1 ,prophane one1 ,where ,i saw a ,puritan ,hanging of his cat on ,monday ,for killing of a mouse on ,sunday4 ,illustrations3 #ehb - #ehf ,bewick playing the ,northumbrian ,pipes1 a very early ,j4 ,bewick4 ,jack and the ,giants1 from the early ,york edition4 ,raree1 or ,peep ,show1 ,r4 ,cruikshank's design1 engraved by ,sears4 ,chapman1 or ,running ,stationer1 designed by ,cruikshank and engraved by ,branston4 7,used in ,york ,cries74 ,illustrations3 #eia1 #eib ,banbury ,old ,church4 ,a ,gentleman wrote to one of the newspapers some time ago1 detailing a curious incident that happened to himself1 showing how these very interesting prints and blocks are being scattered and destroyed4 ,he says ,in the old days when ,catnach was ,king of the ballad world1 boys used to steal the woodblocks of ,mr4 ,bewick the wood-cutter1 and sell them to the great song singer4 ,yesterday1 for a halfpenny1 ,i picked up in a bye street in ,london one of the prints of a very beautiful block of this kind heading a song called ',the ,wealthy ,farmer's ,son4' ,i wonder whether anybody has ever thought it worth while to collect these pictures4 ,this interesting pursuit of collecting and illustrating with extra cuts1 pages of child book literature of the #agth1 #ahth1 and early #aith century1 would indeed be a charming recreation4 ,on this subject there appeared a long article in the ,graphic1 where the writer says1 under the initials ',c4 ,h41' ,there are few more agreeable occupations for anyone who has sufficient leisure at his disposal1 than that of embellishing a favourite book with illustrations appropriate to the subject1 and thereby endowing it with additional interest and value4 ,to those who cultivate this fascinating pursuit with taste and intelligence1 there are two indispensible conditions of success4 ,the task of collecting the materials is a labour of love1 and every fresh discovery in some out-of-the-way corner1 of a long-sought desideratum1 a delight which the patience and industrious enthusiast alone can appreciate4 ,then follows much genial advice on tasteful and judicious collecting1 and how to illustrate4 ,in the present case the interest and value could only be realized or conceived on the completion of a choice collection of extra cuts1 and cuttings of articles1 portraits1 views1 autograph letters1 etc41 carefully mounted on cartridge paper1 paged to correspond with the text1 and then handed to a judicious binder--this is a very important item--who would carefully encase it1 and make it form a select and an exceptionibly valuable addition to the library4 ,illustration3 #fja ,the ,banbury ,bellman4 ,illustrations3 #fjb1 #fjc ,tradesmen' ,shops in ,banbury1 used on their bill-heads4 ,illustrations3 #faa - #fae ,used in various tradesmen's ,billheads1 etc41 printed at ,rusher's ,press1 ,banbury4 ,that this interesting idea may not be considered unworthy of adoption--which by the way the few large paper copies of this book are admirably adopted--we give a short list of those who have collected and treasured with care these little brochures4 ,in the ,south ,kensington ,museum on exhibition1 is a collection of ,horn ,books and ,battledores1 exhibited by ,kenneth1 ,r4 ,h4 ,mackenzie1 ,esq41 ,f4,s4,a41 who read a paper on this subject before the ,society of ,antiquaries4 ,there is another collection which includes many curious ,horn ,books or ,battledores1 from circa #agej1 #aghd1 #ahjj to #ahaj1 including photo and facsimiles of one of the ,middleton ,horn ,books now in the ,bateman ,museum4 ,there is also a curious poem on the ,horn ,book by a ,gent4 suffering from the gout1 printed at ,dublin by ,t4 ,cowan1 #agbh1 small #dto1 only a few leaves4 ,another very neat ,horn ,book with the ,horn in front1 hence its name1 is also on view4 ,the scarcity of these quaint early educational books may be understood from the fact that ,mr4 ,hone1 author of the ,every ,day ,book1 etc41 sought for an original ,horn ,book for years without success4 ,mr4 ,coleridge had one or two cases on exhibition1 with numerous examples of ,newbury and ,marshall's little books1 but we believe these are withdrawn4 ,there is also a selection of early educational books2 but the largest collection formed is still on exhibition4 ,in conclusion1 it may be said that the present volume contains many precious relics of the ,bewick1 ,newbury1 ,goldsmith1 ,newcastle ,york1 ,banbury1 ,coventry1 and ,catnach presses1 and a representative collection of the stock of workable woodcuts of a provincial printer in the latter part of the #ahth century1 and to those who would like to inspect the rentable copies of those valuable and interesting little books1 and some of the original ,horn ,books1 etc41 let them see the ,coleridge1 ,kenneth ,mackenzie1 and ,pearson collections in the ,south ,kensington ,museum4 ,illustrations3 #fba1 #fbb ,rustic ,cottages near ,banbury4 ,since writing the above1 there appeared in the catalogue of books belonging to ,william ,bell ,scott1 ,esq41 recently sold at ,messrs4 ,sotheby1 a small #dto ,album containing a collection of wood engravings by ,bewick1 ,clennell1 and others1 which with some newspaper cuttings made quite a dainty extra illustrated volume4 ,if so eminent an artist could find pleasure and recreation in this pursuit1 others may certainly rely upon finding it equally attractive1 but he would have found his task much easier if he had had a large paper copy of this work interleaved4 ,this is recommended to any person desiring to take up this charming recreation4 ,illustrations3 #fbc1 #fbd ,illustrations of ,children's ,books1 used by ,rusher at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #fca - #fcae ,all used by ,rusher in his ,children's ,books1 ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #fda - #fdaa ,all used in ,rusher's ,banbury ,books4 ,illustrations3 #fea - #feaj ,used by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #ffa - #ffab ,all used in ,rusher's ,books4 ,illustrations3 #fga - #fgac ,bewick ,school1 all used in ,rusher's ,banbury ,toy ,books4 ,illustrations3 #fha - #fhaa ,used on ,local ,tracts and afterwards1 issued at ,rusher's ,press1 ,bridge ,st41 ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #fia - #fiaa ,used by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #gja - #gjac ,all used in the ,banbury ,juvenile ,series4 ,illustrations3 #gaa - #gaaa ,engraved by ,bewick ,school1 used in the ,children's ,books4 ,illustrations3 #gba - #gbab ,all used in ,rusher's ,banbury ,toy ,books4 ,illustrations3 #gca - #gcab ,on ,early ,tract ,society ,publications4 ,illustrations3 #gda - #gdaj ,used for illustrating early ,tracts4 ,illustrations3 #gea - #gei ,all used in ,educational ,tracts1 ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #gfa - #gfi ,used in ,early ,tracts1 ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #gga - #ggh ,illustration3 #gha ,,banbury ,,fair4 ,about #ahbj1 many curious ,tracts were issued by various ,societies with the illustrations which follow4 ,some of these ,tracts relating to ,social and ,religious questions of that day had been edited by ,hannah ,more and her sister--at ,barley ,wood1 near ,bath--also by ,rowland ,hill1 the eccentric divine of old ,surrey ,chapel1 and others2 these are now quite ephemeral literary productions1 notably some on the ,sunday ,question4 ,several of the following cuts were used contemporary with ,timothy ,spagg's 7,charles ,dickens's7 ,sunday ,under ,three ,heads4 ,one of these1 an #hvo pamphlet1 has on the title1 a large woodcut by ,thomas ,bewick1 commencing2--,here we have ,bewick1 ,i declare1 etc4 ,many of the original cuts to the ,bristol series of ,tracts issued from #ahje to #ahbj are in this volume4 ,illustrations3 #ghb1 #ghc ,cuts used in ,educational ,tracts written by ,hannah ,more and ,mrs4 ,trimmer1 circa #ahaj4 ,engraved by ,anderson1 ,thompson1 ,williams1 and others4 ,illustrations3 #gia - #gie ,used on ,local ,tracts and ,juvenile ,literature1 by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #hja - #hjh ,used on ,tracts by ,hannah ,more and ,rev4 ,rowland ,hill1 circa #ahad1 and afterwards in ,rusher's ,books4 ,illustrations3 #haa - #hae ,vignettes by ,sears1 engraved after ,williams and others1 and used on cheap ,repository ,tracts1 etc41 and books issued from ,rusher's press4 ,illustrations3 #hba - #hbf ,these cuts were used in a series of ,tracts published by ,chilcott of ,bristol4 ,afterwards by ,rusher at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #hca - #hcf ,cuts by ,sears after ,williams1 used on ,cheap ,repository ,tracts1 and on ,local ,banbury ,ephemeral ,literature4 ,illustrations3 #hda - #hdf ,used on ,rusher's ,educational and other ,local ,pamphlets4 ,illustrations3 #hea - #hee ,distaff4 ,engraved by ,lee--used by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #hfa - #hfe ,,the ,,lilliputian ,,magazine4 ,illustrations3 #hga - #hgf ,from ,catnach4 ,norwood ,gipsy4 ,catnach ,spelling ,book ,cuts4 ,illustrations3 #hha - #hhi ,engravings used by ,evans in his ,ballad ,singers4 ,early ,newbery block by ,j4 ,bell4 ,very early ',cock ,robin' cut4 ,a ,tradesman's ,shop at ,banbury4 ,the ,marriage ,ceremony4 ,billy ,buttons ride to ,brentford1 and other ,catnach ',catches1' used by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #hia - #hif ,used by ,rusher at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #ija - #ijb ,bible ,cut4 ,frontispiece to ,banbury ,local ,biography4 ,used by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #iaa - #iah ,illustrations3 #iba - #ibe ,used on ,banbury ',catch-pennies4' ,mr4 ,doubleface1 a man not to be trusted4 ,illustrations3 #ica1 #icb ,battle of the ,nile4 ,battle of ,trafalgar4 ,illustrations3 #ida - #idf ,lamenting the ,great ,fire1 engraved by ,austin4 ,christian and ,hopeful escaping from ,doubting ,castle4 ,illustrations3 #iea - #iec ,vignette by ,green1 of ,knaresborough4 ,knaresborough ,tragedy1 engraved by ,lee4 ,cuts used by ,rusher at ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #ifa - #ifd ,newspaper and ,heraldic cuts1 #ahth ,century4 ,illustrations3 #iga - #ige ,,early ,,tavern ,,signs ,,at ,,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #iha - #ihf ,the ,boar's ,head4 ,the ,white ,hart4 ,the ,sportsman's ,arms4 ,the ,bull's ,head4 ,vignettes to ',vicar of ,wakefield1' by ,craig and ,sears4 ,children's ,games1 and other ,toy ,books published by ,darton and ,harvey1 ,gracechurch ,street1 and afterwards by ,rusher1 ,banbury4 ,illustrations3 #iia - #iih ,published by ,darton and ,harvey1 afterwards by ,rusher4 ,illustrations3 #ajja - #ajjh ,illustrations3 #ajaa - #ajah ,illustrations3 #ajba - #ajbaj ,illustrations3 #ajca - #ajcd ,cyclops1 from ',thorton's ,virgil1' circa #ahaj4 ,in the ,preface it is stated1 ,wm4 ,blake designed1 and ,branstone engraved the above4 ,bewick ,tailpieces4 ,illustrations3 #ajda - #ajde ,banbury ,horse to travel cuts1 used by ,rusher4 ,children's ,book ,cuts1 used by ,rusher4 ,cuts used on ,mrs4 ,trimmer's ,educational ,works2 engraved by ,thomson and ,branston4 ,illustrations3 #ajea - #ajeg ,choice ,vignette wood-engravings to ,goldsmith's ',vicar1' ',poems1' etc41 published by ,nicholson in his ,literary ,miscellany1 at ,ludlow and ,ploughmill1 circa #agih4 ,engraved by ,craig1 ,bewick's ,pupil4 ,illustrations3 #ajfa - #ajfe ,illustrations3 #ajga - #ajgc ,the ,newcastle ,collier on his homeway way4 ,portrait of a ,shrew4 ,engraving by ,thomson4 ,,drolleries ,,of ,,the ,,steam ,,engine4 ,when ,steam was first introduced it naturally called forth much 'text' and illustration4 ,the above we believe to be designed by ',cromek4' ,miss ,bewick spoke highly of him2 he was one of the ',boys' or pupils in ,bewick's ,school4 ,he executed some choice vignettes for ',burns's ,poems1' much in ,luke ,clennell's style1 ,bewick's favourite pupil4 ,illustrations3 #ajha - #ajhi ,illustrations3 #ajia - #ajic ,illustrations3 #ajid - #ajig ,,vignettes ,,and ,,tailpieces ,,to ,,gay',s ,,fables4 ,engraved by ,john ,thomson1 ,branstone1 and ,williams2 used at ,chiswick ,press4 ,illustrations3 #aaja - #aajab ,illustrations3 #aaaa - #aaaab ,illustrations3 #aaba - #aabab ,illustrations3 #aaca - #aacab ,illustrations3 #aada - #aadab ,illustrations3 #aaea - #aaef ,illustrations3 #aafa - #aafc ,this woodcut did duty for ,arabian ,nights1 ,bluebeard1 etc42 probably designed by ,cruikshank1 engraved by ,branstone4 ,,finis4 99 99 99 99 99 ,errors and ,anomalies ,noted by ,transcriber3 ,branston 3 ,branstone variant spelling as in the original these celebrated little rarities of ,toy ,books text reads of _/_/ of at page break the curious genius1 historian1 author1 poet1 woodcuter and engraver spelling as in original ,calendars1 ,almanacks1 and ,chep-,books spelling as in original ,wise ,men of ,gothan1 spelling as in original ,whitfield's ,tabernacle1 ,moorfields1 or ,spa ,fields ,chapel4 787 787 in original most incongrous and inapplicable positions and subjects spelling as in original ,this is long and curious1 and was greatly altered and abreviated spelling as in original ,children's ,books1 ,chap ,books1 ,battledoes1 ,reading ,easies1 etc4 spelling as in original ,white and ,beesley's work on ,bees text reads workon ,see ,jack in his study1 _/ ,is writting a book1 spelling as in original as comparison in the ,bodleian ,library will readily show text reads ,bodilean an abbreviation of ,newberry's ,edition spelling as in original adoption--which by the way the few large paper copies of this book are admirably adopted-- so in original3 possible corrected reading3 adoption--to which by the way the few large paper copies of this book are admirably adapted-- ,the above we believe to be designed by ',cromek4' so in original3 the illustrations were actually printed below the text ,punctuation 7unchanged except as noted73 444 ,philip ,quarll 7also ,perambulations of a ,mouse1 _/ ,little ,jack1 ,goody ,two ,shoes1 ,blossoms of ,morality1 ,puzzle for a curious _/ ,girl71 and others are given4 close parenthesis missing3 may belong at end of sentence ,chalmer's in his preface to ,idler1 circa4 #ahaj4 ,tom1 ,tom1 the ,piper' ,son ,i1 said the ,eagle1 _/ ,with my thread and needle6 text has 8 for 6 ,who'll be the parson8 8 missing ,razors1 ,knives1 and ,scissors to grind4 text has 1 for final 4 ,tradesmen' ,shops in ,banbury1 used on their bill-heads4 ,quotation ,marks 7corrected by transcriber73 missing open quote3 ,children's ,games1 and other ,toy ,books missing close quote3 444 bound in gilt dutch paper binding1 #aje and iii pages4 ,a ,spelling ,dictionary1 ,rhetoric2 ,logic2 ,arithmetic2 ,history2 ,chronology2 ,geography2 ,buy my nice ,banbury ,cakes4 extra open quote3 ,buy my nice ,anchovies4 7second line of two7 ,buy my nice ,capers1 ,capers4 7second line of two7 single for double open quote3 ,wife ,joan1 etc41 from ,j4 ,white's ,stock4 the ,silver ,penny4 single for double close quote3 ,buy ,chep ,adam ,bell1