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Please note: this 1843 text is a reproduction of a much earlier text, as explained in the introduction.
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies
An exact reproduction of the text and illustrations
of the original edition.
With introduction by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D.
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after the introduction by Rev. Hale, the text proceeds as follows....
The Only True Mother Goose
MELODIES,
Without addition or abridgement.
Embracing, also, a reliable
LIFE OF THE GOOSE FAMILY,
Never before published.
Numerous illustrations.
