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The illustration references are explained at the end of the text.]

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         The Great Panjandrum himself

         R. Caldecott's PICTURE Books
         Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.]


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              THE GREAT PANJANDRUM

                    HIMSELF


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So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf


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to make


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an apple-pie;


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and at the same time a great she-bear,
coming down the street, pops its head
into the shop.


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What! no soap?


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So he died,


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and she very imprudently married the Barber:


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and there were present
the Picninnies,
and the Joblillies,


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and the Garyulies,


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and the great Panjandrum himself, with
the little round button at top;


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and they all fell to playing the game of
catch-as-catch-can,

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till the gunpowder ran out at the heels
of their boots.


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      Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books


"The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply irresistible,
no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without
laughing."


_In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates._

 1 John Gilpin
 2 The House that Jack Built
 3 The Babes in the Wood
 4 The Mad Dog
 5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
 6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
 7 The Queen of Hearts
 8 The Farmer's Boy
 9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate
13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself

_The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown
4to, attractive binding, red edges. Each containing four different
books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches._

1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1
2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book
4 The Panjandrum Picture Book


RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S

Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books
listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches


RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S

Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books
listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches


: LONDON : Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. : & NEW YORK :

_The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of all
Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers._

ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS, LTD.,
  154 CLERKENWELL ROAD, LONDON, E.C. 1.

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN]

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the drawings are transparent gif's averaging about 15K.]