...ingenious, and equally absurd. But the nursery rhymes are still more ingenious. For instance, — " Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle — The cow jumped over the moon," — becomes, — " Hye, died t'el, died t'el De guit end de vied t'el De Kauw j'hummt ; Hoeve eer ;...

...age. It is referred to in one of their treatises of useful science in the following manner: " ' Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon.' " It was a cow, then, my lords and gentlemen, and not one of the earth-folk, that appeared that day...

...one as, in regard to its Verbs, might be translated by means of the Historic Infinitive : — " Hey diddle diddle ! the cat and the fiddle ! The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed to see such fine sport ; And the dish ran away with the spoou." These old familiar...

...limb on the tree, and the tree in the wood, The tree in the wood, and the wood in the ground, Hey! diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Pussy sits beside the fire,...

...into a cunning disguise, the nature of which is sufficiently indicated by the song they sing : Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed to see such sport. And the dish ran away with the spoon. And the Brownies reply...

...Not very, very high, That can laugh, dance, and sing? Do you guess it is I? HEY! DIDDLE, DIDDLE. Hey! diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laugh'd To see such craft, And the dish ran away with the spoon. CUSIIEY COW BONNY. Cnshey...

...plura. Fee ! faw ! fum ! ' I smell the blood of an Englishman. Dead or alive, I will have some. Heigh diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such a craft. Fe ! fau ! fum ! Sanguinem odoror Angelicum. Seu vivum seu...

...in his life struggle. And so it seems to me that from this point of view it is easy to see why "Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon," is so pleasing to the child. It is literature if it takes the child's expeiience and stimulates and...

...all about ? She loved coffee and I loved tea, And that was why we couldn't agree. Hey! diddle-diddle, The cat and the fiddle ; The cow jumped over the moon ; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Pick-a-pack, pick-a-pack...

...mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Dickory, dickory, dock," and "Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see the sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon," and "Old Mother Hubbard...