THE SONG OF SIXPENCE
PICTURE BOOK

CONTAINING SING A
SONG OF SIXPENCE; PRINCESS
BELLE ETOILE; AN ALPHABET OF
OLD FRIENDS: WITH THE ORIGINAL
COLOURED DESIGNS BY
WALTER CRANE

INCLUDING A PREFACE AND
OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS

[Illustration]

LONDON & NEW YORK JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD




PREFACE


Whether the Poet undertook to write and SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE for that
popular price is not stated in his simple rhyme, but, at all events, we
learn that he started with "a pocket full," and proceeded to draw on his