Lina Eckenstein 
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The second half of the eighteenth century witnessed a great development in toy-book litera ture. The leader of the movement was John Newbery, a man of considerable attainments.