FOR LITTLE PETER

IN NEW ZEALAND

Though flattered by imitators galore Miss Potter's work stands supreme. Her many picture stories should be among the first books owned by children.

 
Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale for gentlemen;
 

 
Gentlemen came every day,
Till Cecily Parsley ran away.
 

 
Goosey, goosey, gander,
Whither will you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs,
 

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