generation, ranks among English Classics. Mr Welsh deserves
hearty thanks for the trouble he has taken in producing this neat
little volume."--_Athenaeum._

"We are sure that many who are no longer in their youth will be
pleased to see it."--_Queen._

"A very quaint little book."--_Punch._

"Notwithstanding the difficulties of type, the cramped pages
that will not keep open, and the hideous woodcuts so faithfully
reproduced, we have seen more than one child reject the latest
picture book of Mr Caldecott or Kate Greenaway, with its purple
and gold, for the hodden grey of 'Goody Two-Shoes.'"--_Pall
Mall Gazette._

GRIFFITH & FARRAN,

_Successors to Newbery & Harris_,
WEST CORNER OF ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON.

==> _A few copies are done up in an exact reproduction, by hand, of
the original flowery and gilt Dutch pattern, price Five Shillings._

THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL

AND THE

GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST

BY MR ROSCOE

A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION
OF THE
EDITION OF 1808

_WITH AN INTRODUCTION_
BY CHARLES WELSH

GRIFFITH & FARRAN
_Successors to Newbery & Harris_
WEST CORNER OF ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON
FIELD & TUER, YE LEADENHALLE PRESSE, E.C.

MDCCCLXXXIII

INTRODUCTION.

Early in the present century John Harris--one of the successors to the
business of "Honest John Newbery," now carried on by Messrs Griffith &
Farran at the old corner of St. Paul's Churchyard--began the publication
of a series of little books, which for many years were probably among
the most famous of the productions of the House. Now, however, according
to the fate which usually overtakes books for children, nearly all of
them are forgotten or unknown.

The first book in this series which was known as _Harris's Cabinet_
was "The Butterfly's Ball," and was published in January 1807. This was
followed in the same year by "The Peacock at Home" (a sequel to "The
Butterfly's Ball"), "The El