{"product_id":"2940013618312","title":"VERSE AND WORSE","description":"PART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_THE BABY'S BAEDEKER_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.     ABROAD                                                3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                              6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.   GREAT BRITAIN                                         9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.    SCOTLAND                                             11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.     IRELAND                                              13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.    WALES                                                15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.   CHINA                                                16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  FRANCE                                               19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.    GERMANY                                              21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.     HOLLAND                                              23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.    ICELAND                                              26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.   ITALY                                                27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.  JAPAN                                                30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.   PORTUGAL                                             32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV.    RUSSIA                                               33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI.   SPAIN                                                36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII.  SWITZERLAND                                          39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. TURKEY                                               41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX.   DREAMLAND                                            44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX.    STAGELAND                                            47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI.   LOVERLAND                                            48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII.  HOMELAND                                             53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_CHILDISH COMPLAINTS AND OTHER RUTHLESS RHYMES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHILDISH COMPLAINTS--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRELUDE                                                     57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICITIS                                                61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHOOPING-COUGH                                              61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEASLES                                                     62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADENOIDS                                                    62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCROUP                                                       62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUTHLESS RHYMES--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.   MOTHER-WIT                                             63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.  UNCLE JOE                                              64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. AUNT ELIZA                                             65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.  ABSENT-MINDEDNESS                                      66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.   JOHN                                                   68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.  BABY                                                   71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. THE CAT                                                72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_PERVERTED PROVERBS_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.    'VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD'                            77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.   'ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST'                        86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.  'DON'T BUY A PIG IN A POKE'                           89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.   'LEARN TO TAKE THINGS EASILY'                         91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.    'A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS'                     92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.   'IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND'                        96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.  'A BAD WORKMAN COMPLAINS OF HIS TOOLS'                99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. 'DON'T LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH'               100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.   POTPOURRI                                            103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_OTHER VERSES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBILL                                                       111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LEGEND OF THE AUTHOR                                   114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MOTRIOT                                                128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BALLAD OF THE ARTIST                                   130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BALLAD OF PING-PONG                                    135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PESSIMIST                                              138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PLACE WHERE THE OLD CLEEK BROKE                        140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOMES OF LONDON                                        143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HAPPIEST LAND                                          146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA LONDON INVOLUNTARY                                       151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLUEBEARD                                                  154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WOMAN WITH THE DEAD SOLES                              166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROSEMARY (A BALLAD OF THE BOUDOIR)                         170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePORTKNOCKIE'S PORTER                                       172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BALLAD OF THE LITTLE JINGLANDER                        176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAFTWORD                                                    182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eENVOI                                                      185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAUTHOR'S PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    With guilty, conscience-stricken tears,\u003cbr\u003e      I offer up these rhymes of mine\u003cbr\u003e    To children of maturer years\u003cbr\u003e      (From Seventeen to Ninety-nine).\u003cbr\u003e    A special solace may they be\u003cbr\u003e    In days of second infancy.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177742418160,"sku":"2940013618312","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013618312_p0.jpg?v=1763583088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013618312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}