Excerpt from Chenodia, or the Classical Mother Goose There appears to be some reason for believing that at least a century before Gammer Gurton's works were published in England, a bodily Mother Goose was at work on the other side of the Chan nel. In Scott's novel of Woodstock, chapter 28, Charles II. then a fugitive, says It reminds me, like half the things I meet with in this world, of the Contes de Commere l'oye.' Not hav ing been able to obtain a sight of Commere l'oye, we must leave the original claim for authorship ...
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Excerpt from Chenodia, or the Classical Mother Goose There appears to be some reason for believing that at least a century before Gammer Gurton's works were published in England, a bodily Mother Goose was at work on the other side of the Chan nel. In Scott's novel of Woodstock, chapter 28, Charles II. then a fugitive, says It reminds me, like half the things I meet with in this world, of the Contes de Commere l'oye.' Not hav ing been able to obtain a sight of Commere l'oye, we must leave the original claim for authorship as a field for future controversy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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