Lays of Ancient Babyland

Lately Published, price 5s., or with Plates on

India, 7s. 6d.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS BY

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

THE

EE AND THE ASP

A FABLE IN VERSE

BASIL MONTAGU PICKERING

196 PICCADILLY LONDON W.

Lays of Ancient Babyland

to which are added

divers small Histories

not known to the Ancients.

Lays of Ancient Babyland

to which are added DIVERS SMALL HISTORIES not known to the ANCIENTS Dedicated, with much respect, but without permission, to the BABIES OF ENGLAND

LONDON BASIL M. PICKERING, 196, PICCADILLY 1857

TO AUGUSTA MARY, for whose amusement the following stories were from time to time written, THIS LITTLE VOLUME, in which they are now collected, is inscribed for a memorial of the happy days of her earliest childhood.