The Only True Mother Goose Melodies by Anonymous
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for a generation, and indeed, would be understood to-day, if you
were speaking to Boston people more than fifty years old. The name Cornhill is now applied to the Market Street of an earlier period. Young readers should remember that Orange Street, Newbury street, and Marlborough Street were names given in honour of the Prince of Orange of the Puritan victory at Newbury, and of the Duke of Marlborough. All of them show what were the Whig and Puritan feelings of the people who gave them. All three of the names in our time have been transferred from the old localities. We are all greatly obliged to Mrs. Harriet Blackstone C. Butler for the pains she has taken to rescue for popular use this interesting memorial of the education of the fathers and mothers of New England. [signed]Edward E. Hale The Only True Mother Goose MELODIES, Without addition or abridgement. Embracing, also, a reliable |
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