232 NURSERY RHYMES AND STORIES, 



NURSERY RHYMES AND STORIES. 



These are as plentiful as blackberries, and are far too 

 numerous to be treated of here. Some are very old, such 

 as " Puss in Boots," " Whittington and his Cat," " Hey, 

 diddle, diddle ! " etc. Some have a political meaning, 

 others satirical, others amusing, funny, or instructive, while 

 a few are unmeaning jangles. " Dame Trot and her 

 Wonderful Cat," "The Cat and the IMouse," and, later, 

 "The White Cat," "The Adventures of Miss Numble 

 Cattine," are familiar to many of the present time. Of the 

 older stories and rhymes there are enough to fill a book ; not 

 of or about the cat in particular, possibly ; but even that — 

 the old combined with those of modern date — might be 

 done ; and for such information and perusal the " Popular 

 Rhymes," by J. O. Halliwell, will be found very interesting, 

 space preventing the subject being amplified here. Nor do 

 they come within the scope and intention for which I have 

 written respecting the cat. 



