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The Milkmaid
R. Caldecott's
PICTURE
BOOKS
"Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?"
Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.
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The MILKMAID.
An Old Song exhibited & explained in many designs
by R. Caldecott.
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A LADY said to her Son--a poor young SQUIRE:
"You must seek a Wife with a Fortune!"
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"Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?"
"I'm going a-milking, Sir," she said.
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"Shall I go with you, my Pretty Maid?"
"Oh yes, if you please, kind Sir," she said.
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"What is your Father, my Pretty Maid?"
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"My Father's a Farmer, Sir," she said.
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"Shall I marry you, my Pretty Maid?"
"Oh thank you, kindly, Sir," she said.
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"But what is your fortune, my pretty Maid?"
"My face is my fortune, Sir," she said.
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"Then I can't marry you, my Pretty Maid!"
"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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"Sir!" she said.
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"Nobody asked you, Sir!" she said.
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Randolph Caldecott's
Picture Books
"The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply
irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could
look at them without laughing."
_In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates._
1 John Gilpin
2 The House that Jack Built
3 The Babes in the Wood
4 The Mad Dog
5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
7 The Queen of Hearts
8 The Farmer's Boy
9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate
13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself
_The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown
4to, attractive binding. Each containing four different books, with
their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches._
1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1
2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book
4 The Panjandrum Picture Book
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S
Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books
listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches.
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S
Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books
listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches.
.LONDON. Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. .&NEW YORK.
_The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of
all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers._