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The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes- toe rhymes- catches- charms- traditional street cries- riddle verses- nursery maxims- and humorous ballads. The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations- many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings....