The Dog said "Bow-wow."

This wonderful Dog
Was Dame Hubbard's delight;
He could sing, he could dance,
He could read, he could write.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him a book,
And when she came back
He at once took a look.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book two,
And when she came back
He was tying his shoe.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book three,
And when she came back
He getting his tea.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book four,
And when she came back
He sat at the door.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book five,
And when she came back
He was out for a drive.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book six
And when she came back
He was picking up sticks.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book seven,
And when she came back
He was brewing some leaven.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book eight,
And when she came back
He was baking a cake.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book nine,
And when she came back
He said it was fine.

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book ten,
And when she came back
He took it an then

She went to Cole's Book Arcade
To buy him book eleven,
And when she came back
He had gone up to heaven.

To Parents And Schoolmasters

I have been blamed for printing and distributing "Mother Hubbard." My
answer is:--"Old Mother Hubbard" has done more towards the education
of young children than perhaps any piece of reading in existence.
Amongst the hundreds of millions of English speaking people in all
parts of the earth, there are very few but can repeat a part or the
whole of "Mother Hubbard," and I have seen it somewhat asserted that
it is to be found in almost every home in the civilised world. Its
rude style of poetry tells nothing against it. The child knows
nothing of correct metre: as long as there is a jingling rhyme it is
satisfied. The dog is the domestic animal in millions of families,
and in numberless cases is actually a more loved companion then
brothers and sisters. A simple rhyme, therefore, about this attached,
playful, and constant companion is sure to fascinate the young, and
it has fascinated more than a thousand millions of the little dears.
I firmly believe that it would produce grand results if a pr