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Title: The Jingle Book

Author: Carolyn Wells

Illustrator: Oliver Herford

Release Date: February 9, 2008 [EBook #24560]

Language: English

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THE JINGLE BOOK

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The Tutor

A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"

[Illustration]

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THE JINGLE BOOK

BY
CAROLYN WELLS

Pictured by
OLIVER HERFORD

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1901

_All rights reserved_

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COPYRIGHT, 1899,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped October, 1899.
Reprinted November, 1899; June, 1901.

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To Hilda's Child

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CONTENTS

THE TUTOR _Frontispiece_
PAGE
A SERIOUS QUESTION 1
TWO OLD KINGS 2
A DAY DREAM 5
OUR CLUB 7
PUZZLED 9
AN INTERCEPTED VALENTINE 11
A LONG-FELT WANT 13
THE MUSICAL CARP 14
THE INTELLIGENT HEN 15
THE HAPPY HYENA 17
A GREAT LADY 18
OPULENT OLLIE 20
THE TWO BEARS 21
THE MACAR