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Father Goose: His Book

L. Frank Baum

First published 1899
Series Mother Goose
Publisher George M. Hill Company
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art W. W. Denslow
Pages [108]
Price $1.25

Collection of verse. The image is of the dust-jacket which has a different illustration than the cover. Data per Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz. Contents from 6th printing. 5,700 copies per printing history in 6th printing.

Year Reviewer Publication
1899 uncredited The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987
1899 uncredited The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987
1899 uncredited The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987
1899 uncredited The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987
1899 uncredited The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987
1899 George Horton The Baum Bugle, Autumn 1987

Page Title Author(s) Type
[101] "Sammy Simpson all the day" L. Frank Baum Poem
[10] "To walk Jim Jones wa not contented," L. Frank Baum Poem
[11] "Now, once I owned a funny man" L. Frank Baum Poem
[12] "'Tick-Tock! Tick-Tock!'" L. Frank Baum Poem
[13] "The bold boy has done no wrong" L. Frank Baum Poem
[14] "There was a Goose in Syracuse" L. Frank Baum Poem
[15] "Have you seen Mister Jinks" L. Frank Baum Poem
[16] "Little Barelegs runs and races all the day" L. Frank Baum Poem
[17] Who's Afraid? L. Frank Baum Poem
[19] "The cats they sit upon the fence" L. Frank Baum Poem
[20] "If our Johnny had no eye" L. Frank Baum Poem
[21] "Have you seen little Sally" L. Frank Baum Poem
[22] "Old Mister Micklejohn" L. Frank Baum Poem
[24] "Baby found a feather in the hall" L. Frank Baum Poem
[25] "A pumpkin in pies" L. Frank Baum Poem
[26] "A Bumble-Bee was buzzing" L. Frank Baum Poem
[28] "Grandpa's head is rather bald" L. Frank Baum Poem
[29] "Uncle Dick gave me a dolly" L. Frank Baum Poem
[30] Captain Bing L. Frank Baum Poem
[36] "I had a dog whose head was red" L. Frank Baum Poem
[37] "Little Tommy Toddlekin" L. Frank Baum Poem
[38] "Have you seen the Organ Grinder" L. Frank Baum Poem
[3] Introduction (Father Goose: His Book) uncredited Essay
[40] "Master Bunny looks so funny" L. Frank Baum Poem
[41] "Oh, have you seen Mr. Green?" L. Frank Baum Poem
[42] Poor Old Elephant! L. Frank Baum Poem
[44] "Kitty Klymer had a dress" L. Frank Baum Poem
[45] "Lee-Hi-Lung-Whan Was a little Chinaman" L. Frank Baum Poem
[46] "There was a little nigger boy" L. Frank Baum Poem
[48] "John Harrison Hoy Was a cute Yankee boy" L. Frank Baum Poem
[50] "Baby pulled the pussy's tail—" L. Frank Baum Poem
[52] "Patsy Bedad Was a bright Irish lad" L. Frank Baum Poem
[53] "I knew a Caterpillar" L. Frank Baum Poem
[54] "Ding-a-ling-a-ling-ling!" L. Frank Baum Poem
[56] "It's quite a trick a ball to kick" L. Frank Baum Poem
[57] "Will you come into our store" L. Frank Baum Poem
[58] "The Bandit is a handsome man" L. Frank Baum Poem
[5] Father Goose L. Frank Baum Poem
[60] "Miss Nancy puts on airs" L. Frank Baum Poem
[61] "The Bossie-Cow is big and red" L. Frank Baum Poem
[62] "Standing on the sidewalk" L. Frank Baum Poem
[64] "A man last Tuesday built a house" L. Frank Baum Poem
[65] "Goodness me!" L. Frank Baum Poem
[67] "Pray, what can a civilized boy do now" L. Frank Baum Poem
[68] "Now, wasn't it mean that Jack o'the Bean" L. Frank Baum Poem
[69] "Hear the babies' serenade:" L. Frank Baum Poem
[6] Why? L. Frank Baum Poem
[70] "Dolly's run away today." L. Frank Baum Poem
[71] "When Annie Waters lies asleep" L. Frank Baum Poem
[72] "A bee flew down and ate an ant" L. Frank Baum Poem
[75] "There was a whale Who had no tail." L. Frank Baum Poem
[77] "Once there was a little man" L. Frank Baum Poem
[78] Don't you ant ot buy a goose or else a gander?" L. Frank Baum Poem
[79] "Miss Nancy Brown she came to town" L. Frank Baum Poem
[80] "Cootchie Coolo Was a girl of Hindoo" L. Frank Baum Poem
[81] "Here is Paddy Geegan, digging" L. Frank Baum Poem
[82] "Tim Jenkins tried A horse to ride" L. Frank Baum Poem
[83] "Rough riders are The pride of war" L. Frank Baum Poem
[84] "Oh have you heard the Coogie Bird?" L. Frank Baum Poem
[85] "When breezes blow the ship will go" L. Frank Baum Poem
[86] "There was a man named Donnegan" L. Frank Baum Poem
[88] "These are the cats the babies have" L. Frank Baum Poem
[89] "The Sun-Bear dances merrily" L. Frank Baum Poem
[8] "Did you ever see a rabbit" L. Frank Baum Poem
[90] "The soldier is a splendid man" L. Frank Baum Poem
[92] "Once a girl named Betsy Baker" L. Frank Baum Poem
[93] "One Old Cat!" L. Frank Baum Poem
[94] "There was a boy from Kalamazoo" L. Frank Baum Poem
[95] "There was a boy, a tiny mite" L. Frank Baum Poem
[96] "When George Washington was young" L. Frank Baum Poem

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Father Goose: His Book Cover 1899 George M. Hill Company Hardcover Collection W. W. Denslow [108]