Books with title A Child`s Garden of Verses

A Children's Poetry Book - Note Stevenson's introduction To Alison Cunningham From Her Boy For the long nights you lay awake And watched for my unworthy sake: For your most comfortable hand That led me through the uneven land: For all the story-books you read: For all the pains you comforted: For all you pitied, all you bore, In sad and happy days of yore:-- My second Mother, my first Wife, The angel of my infant life-- From the sick child, now well and old, Take, nurse, the little book you hold! And grant it, Heaven, that all who read May find as dear a nurse at need, And every child who lists my rhyme, In the bright, fireside, nursery clime, May hear it in as kind a voice As made my childish days rejoice! R. L. S. To Alison Cunningham

Generations of children have gone "up in a swing, up in the air so blue" and to "The Land of Counterpane" with these timeless verses by a beloved author. Master storyteller and poet Robert Louis Stevenson evokes the delights, fears, and wonders of childhood in a memorable series of images and rhymes.In simple, expressive language, the poet ponders the mysteries of home and the wider world — the nightly dreams of "The Land of Nod," the curious rustle of "Auntie's Skirts," and encounters with the changing tide "At the Sea-side."This keepsake edition features 100 enchanting pen-and-ink drawings by noted artist Charles Robinson. The playful exuberance of Robinson's Art Nouveau-style images provides a perfect complement to this enduring classic.

Paper covered illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Spine starting to split at the front edge. No markings. A piece of tape on the title page over the words "Illustrated by", which has yellowed. Pieces of tape have also been put on the page numbers of pages 9, 25, 70, 80. No reason for the tape, but it has discolored the paper. Beautiful alternating black and white and color illustration by Fern Bisel Peat.

This volume contains a compilation of delightful children's poems written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This timeless treasury is ideal for introducing children to poetry, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The poems of this anthology include: "Bed in Summer", "A Thought", "At the Sea-Side", "Young Night-Thought", "Whole Duty of Children", "Rain", "Pirate Story", "Foreign Lands", "Windy Nights", "Travel", "Singing", "Looking Forward", "A Good Play", and more. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a famous Scottish essayist, novelist, poet, and travel writer whose famous works include "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.