Note 24 — II. THE RISE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Reading edition
Lang says the term Mother Goose appears in Loret’s “La Muse Historique” (Lettre v., 11 Juin, 1650). Vide also Deulin, Charles—Les Contes de Ma Mère L’Oye, avant Perrault. Paris, 1878; and Halliwell, J. O.—Percy Society.