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Joyous Times Day 4 – Nora's Hymn and The Two Cakes

Here is a kind of children’s poem you don’t see nowadays. It’s a sweet prayer, and I think it should be used again! I’m glad to be able to share the things I love with the world so others may enjoy them, also. Nora’s Hymn Keep me, Lord, from harm secure; Keep me watchful, keep…

May 15, 2015
Joyous Times Day 3 – Bertha to Baby and Baby is Awake

Often, another theme in these books would be the songs to baby by the older, wiser, sibling, usually the sister. They are really cute, and I love the not-so-common (for today) names they use for the children, such as in our next poem. Bertha to Baby O little, little mother! I was once as small…

May 15, 2015
Joyous Times Day 2 – The Horse and the Lamb and Letter from an Injured Person

We are continuing with the book Joyous Times! Some stories in turn of the century children’s books were not really stories at all. Some were written as if you were gathered around a wise uncle who was telling stories of the old days. This next one is like that. The Horse and the Lamb The horse…

May 14, 2015
Antique Children's Books Part One – Joyous Times Day 1 – The Concert and How Little Johnny Lost His Supper

I have an antique book called Joyous Times. It is a children’s book full of poems and stories (and pictures! ) for Victorian era children to enjoy. It was printed and bound by M. A. Donohue at 407-429 Dearborn Street, Chicago. It was published very early 1900s (probably 1904) because the inscription says in pencil ‘Charles E. Roach from…

May 13, 2015
Cabbages and Peanuts

Today, we will talk about Bedtime Story Book. In it, there is a single charming story in verse called Cabbages and Peanuts. The book is unpaginated, but amounts to 44 pages. Published in 1930 by Saalfield Publishing Company in Akron, Ohio, it was written by Harriet Boyd in the USA. The front page has a name…

May 11, 2015

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