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    R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)
    R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)
    R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)
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    R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)

    By Various Various and Randolph Caldecott

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1) - Various Various

      Project Gutenberg's R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1), by Various

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      Title: R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)

      Author: Various

      Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott

      Release Date: July 8, 2011 [EBook #36665]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK ***

      Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This

      file was produced from images generously made available

      by The Internet Archive)

      R. Caldecott's Picture Book

      John Gilpin

      The House that Jack built.

      The Mad Dog

      The Babes in the Wood

      Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.

      R. CALDECOTT'S

      PICTURE BOOK

      (No. 1)

      CONTAINING

      THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN

      THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

      AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG

      THE BABES IN THE WOOD

      LONDON

      FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., Ltd.

      AND NEW YORK

      Printed in Great Britain

      THE DIVERTING HISTORY

      OF

      JOHN GILPIN:

      Showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again.

      WRITTEN BY Wm. COWPER

      WITH DRAWINGS BY R. CALDECOTT

      JOHN GILPIN was a citizen

      Of credit and renown,

      A train-band captain eke was he,

      Of famous London town.

      John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear,

      "Though wedded we have been

      These twice ten tedious years, yet we

      No holiday have seen.

      "To-morrow is our wedding-day,

      And we will then repair

      Unto the 'Bell' at Edmonton,

      All in a chaise and pair.

      "My sister, and my sister's child,

      Myself, and children three,

      Will fill the chaise; so you must ride

      On horseback after we."

      The Linendraper bold

      He soon replied, "I do admire

      Of womankind but one,

      And you are she, my dearest dear,

      Therefore it shall be done.

      "I

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