...readers by the recently-published biography of a namesake of the hero, who found life, as it were, a Christmas pie. " He put in his thumb, And he pulled out a plum, And said, Wliat a good boy am I ?" Our opinion of the greater fitness of Greek to give the true spirit of nursery...

...of Jink I hi in r. Little Jack Homer Sat in a comer Eating a Christmas pie« He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum— • And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will he at once evident that the complacency of Little Jack arises, not from...

...or, as he is familiarly denominated by his historian, " little Jack Horner," the wise child, who— " Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said — ' what a brave boy am I !'" Touched by the intelligence and amiable...

...heen here, — "Whether his mother would let him or no, Heigho, says Rowley." " Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb and pull'd out a plumb, And cried, what a good boy am 1 !" ' Good boy am I !' good-for-nothing brat, just...

...For if thou thus hast loved, oh never hope a cure ! BARBAULD. LITTLE JACK HOENER. LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie : He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I !' GAMMER GURTON. Sique tuum pectus contingat...

...men] corada recti is admirably illustrated in the little narrative of Jack Horner. Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum — And said, ' What a good boy am I !' From this history it will be at once evident...

...celebrated " Jack Homer " thus figures in Latin by the aid of Francis Hodgson, STB " LITTLE JACK HORNER. " LITTLE Jack Homer Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I ! ' "GAMMER GURTON. " Q.UOD FECERIT IOANNES HORNER....

...thus figures in Latin by the aid of Francis Hodgson, STB " LITTLE JACK HORNER. "LITTLE Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum, And cried, ' What a good boy am I ! ' "GAMMER GURTON. " QUOD FECERIT IOANNES HORNER....

...readers by the recently-published biography of a namesake of the hero, who found life, as it were, a Christmas pie. " He put in his thumb, And he pulled out a plum, And said, What a good boy am I ?" Our opinion of the greater fitness of Greek to give the true spirit of nursery rhymes, is borne...

...the Bodleian Library. I have reprinted it at the end of this volume.] LITTLE Jack Horner sat in the corner, Eating a Christmas pie : He put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, And said, "What a good hoy am I !" LXXVII. [This nursery song may probably commemorate...