Oh to be an Edwardian baby and find Walter Crane’s “The Baby’s Opera” under your Christmas tree. Published in 1900. In the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Front cover of A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Loving the little mice. Image 3. A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render

Table of Contents. Image 6. A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Girls and Boys. Image 6 (right side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Saint Paul’s Steeple. Page 13, Image 8 (upper right side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
My Lady’s Garden. Page 14, Image 9 (upper right side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
I Saw Three Ships. Page 18, Image 11 (upper left side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Ye Frog and Ye Crow. Page 26, Image 15 (upper left side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Jack and Jill. Page 25, Image 28 (upper left side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render
Dance a Baby. Image 29 (upper left side). A Baby’s Opera, a book of old rhymes with new dresses; the music by the earliest masters. Published in 1900. Walter Crane, author. Engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. Fredericke Warne and Company of London and New York, publishers. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi. Artwork in the public domain due to age. https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_23f8d6c6-265b-497d-aa5b-e6633ae9d514?view=render

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