1. The Bookseller Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you weep? Because I must sell my books far too cheap. Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you grin? Because an old lady is just coming in. Bookseller, Bookseller, why all this joy? Because she requires a nice book for a boy. Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you cough? Ahem! Well, the discount forgot to come off. Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you gay? Beause it’s my best of business to-day. Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you mad? Because the half-sovereign I changed her is bad. from Jack of All Trades a children’s book first published in London in 1900. Text by JJ Bell. Illustrations by C Robinson. Courtesy of BibliOdyssey who features a healthy sampling of illustrations and the accompanying poems from the book
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    The Bookseller
    Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you weep?
    Because I must sell my books far too cheap.

    Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you grin?
    Because an old lady is just coming in.

    Bookseller, Bookseller, why all this joy?
    Because she requires a nice book for a boy.

    Bookseller, Bookseller, why do you cough?
    Ahem! Well, the discount forgot to come off.

    Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you gay?
    Beause it’s my best of business to-day.

    Bookseller, Bookseller, why are you mad?
    Because the half-sovereign I changed her is bad.



    from Jack of All Trades a children’s book first published in London in 1900. Text by JJ Bell. Illustrations by C Robinson.

    Courtesy of BibliOdyssey who features a healthy sampling of illustrations and the accompanying poems from the book

    July 5, 2012
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