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diff --git a/20860.txt b/20860.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57e094a --- /dev/null +++ b/20860.txt @@ -0,0 +1,844 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's +Feast, by Mr. Roscoe + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast + +Author: Mr. Roscoe + +Commentator: Charles Welsh + +Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20860] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL *** + + + + +Produced by Irma Spehar, David Garcia and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + PRICE ONE SHILLING. + + + + + + + THE + BUTTERFLY'S BALL, + + [Illustration] + + AND THE + _GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST_. + + [Illustration] + + + By Mr. ROSCOE. + + ILLUSTRATED WITH ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS. + + + LONDON: + + Printed for J. HARRIS, Successor to E. NEWBERY, + at the Original Juvenile Library, the Corner of + St. Paul's Church Yard. + + 1808. + + + + +_Printed on Hand-made Paper, bound in characteristic style, with uncut +edges, price Half-a-Crown_, + + + GOODY TWO-SHOES + + A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION + + OF THE + + EDITION OF 1766 + + _WITH AN INTRODUCTION_ + + GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK AND SOME SPECULATIONS + AS TO ITS AUTHORSHIP + + BY + + CHARLES WELSH + + + "The facsimile of 'Goody Two-Shoes,' which Mr Welsh has edited, + and Messrs Griffith and Farran published, might be classed among + the Christmas books of the season, but it deserves more extended + notice, as reproducing a volume which, if hardly known to the + present generation, ranks among English Classics. Mr Welsh deserves + hearty thanks for the trouble he has taken in producing this neat + little volume."--_Athenaeum._ + + "We are sure that many who are no longer in their youth will be + pleased to see it."--_Queen._ + + "A very quaint little book."--_Punch._ + + "Notwithstanding the difficulties of type, the cramped pages + that will not keep open, and the hideous woodcuts so faithfully + reproduced, we have seen more than one child reject the latest + picture book of Mr Caldecott or Kate Greenaway, with its purple + and gold, for the hodden grey of 'Goody Two-Shoes.'"--_Pall + Mall Gazette._ + + GRIFFITH & FARRAN, + + _Successors to Newbery & Harris_, + WEST CORNER OF ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON. + + ==> _A few copies are done up in an exact reproduction, by hand, of + the original flowery and gilt Dutch pattern, price Five Shillings._ + + + + + + + THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL + + AND THE + + GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST + + + BY MR ROSCOE + + + A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION + OF THE + EDITION OF 1808 + + + _WITH AN INTRODUCTION_ + BY CHARLES WELSH + + + GRIFFITH & FARRAN + _Successors to Newbery & Harris_ + WEST CORNER OF ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON + FIELD & TUER, YE LEADENHALLE PRESSE, E.C. + + MDCCCLXXXIII + + + + +INTRODUCTION. + + +Early in the present century John Harris--one of the successors to the +business of "Honest John Newbery," now carried on by Messrs Griffith & +Farran at the old corner of St. Paul's Churchyard--began the publication +of a series of little books, which for many years were probably among +the most famous of the productions of the House. Now, however, according +to the fate which usually overtakes books for children, nearly all of +them are forgotten or unknown. + +The first book in this series which was known as _Harris's Cabinet_ +was "The Butterfly's Ball," and was published in January 1807. This was +followed in the same year by "The Peacock at Home" (a sequel to "The +Butterfly's Ball"), "The Elephant's Ball," and "The Lion's Masquerade;" +and then (prompted no doubt by the success of these, for we learn on the +publisher's authority that of the two first 40,000 copies were sold +within twelve months) Mr Harris brought out a torrent of little books +of a like kind, of which the titles were: "The Lioness's Ball," "The +Lobster's Voyage to the Brazils," "The Cat's Concert," "The Fishes' +Grand Gala," "Madame Grimalkin's Party," "The Jackdaw's Home," "The +Lion's Parliament," "The Water King's Levee;" and in 1809, by which +time, naturally enough, the idea seems to have become quite threshed out +and exhausted, the last of the Series was published; this was entitled, +"The Three Wishes, or Think before you Speak." + +Of this long list of books a few of the titles are still familiar, and +one of them, "The Butterfly's Ball," may certainly claim to have become +a Nursery Classic. It is still in regular demand; the edition now in +sale being illustrated by Harrison Weir; it has been published in +various forms, and has figured in most of the collections of prose and +verse for the young that have been issued during this century. Probably +to the minds of hundreds of people past middle age few lines are more +familiar than the opening couplet-- + + "Come take up your hats, and away let us haste + To the Butterfly's Ball and Grasshopper's Feast"-- + + +and many no doubt by a little effort of memory could repeat +the whole poem. + +Hardly less famous were the three books which next followed in order +of issue--"The Peacock at Home," "The Elephant's Ball," and "The Lion's +Masquerade." Their original size was 5 by 4 inches, and they were issued +in a simple printed paper wrapper. It is of these first four books that +the reprint is here given, and in order to present both pictures and +text with greater effect this reprint has been made upon considerably +larger paper; the text and illustrations are fac-simile reproductions +of originals from the celebrated Flaxman collection recently dispersed +at a sale by Messrs Christie, Manson, & Woods, when Mr Tuer, to whom +I am indebted for their loan, became their fortunate possessor. "The +Butterfly's Ball" is not a reproduction of the first edition, which, as +will be shown later on, would be considered by those who are familiar +with the poem as incomplete. Moreover, the illustrations in the edition +here presented are obviously by the same hand as that which embellished +the other three books, and it was felt that for these reasons it would +possess a greater interest. + +"The Butterfly's Ball" first appeared in the November number of the +_Gentleman's Magazine_, where it is said to have been written by William +Roscoe--M.P. for Liverpool, the author of "The Life of Leo X.," and well +known in the literary circles of his day--for the use of his children, +and set to music by order of their Majesties for the Princess Mary. +When the verses were subsequently published in book form, the text +and pictures were engraved together on copperplates. An edition, with +pictures on separate pages, appeared early in the next year, which is +the one here reproduced. + +In this edition there are many variations from the previous one. The +allusions to "little Robert"--evidently William Roscoe's son--do not +occur in the former, and many slight improvements, tending to make the +verses more rhythmical and flowing, are introduced. The whole passage, +"Then close on his haunches" (p. 7) to "Chirp his own praises the rest +of the night," &c. (p. 10), is an interpolation in this later edition. +It is, I believe, certain that the verses were written by Roscoe for +his children on the occasion of the birthday of his son Robert, who was +nearly the youngest of his seven sons. No doubt when they were copied +out for setting to music the allusions to his own family were omitted by +the author. A correspondent of _Notes and Queries_--who is, I believe, +a niece of the late Sir George Smart--says, in reference to the question +of the setting of the verses to music, that-- + + + "The MS., in Roscoe's own handwriting, as sent to Sir G. Smart + for setting to music, is in a valuable collection of autographs + bequeathed by the musician to his daughter. The glee was written + for the three princesses--Elizabeth, Augusta, and Mary--daughters + of George III, and pupils of Sir George, and was performed by them + during one of their usual visits to Weymouth." + + +"The Peacock at Home" and "The Lion's Masquerade" were, as the +title-page puts it, written "by a Lady," and we should most likely +have remained in ignorance as to who the lady was if there had not +been published in 1816 another little book of a somewhat similar +character, entitled "The Peacock and Parrot on their Tour to discover +the Author of 'The Peacock at Home,'" which, the Preface tells us, was +written immediately after the appearance of "The Peacock at Home," +but from various circumstances was laid aside. "In the opinion of the +publishers," the Preface goes on to say, "it is so nearly allied in +point of merit to that celebrated trifle that it is introduced at this +late period." + +The book relates in verse how the peacock and parrot-- + + "... far as England extends + Then together did travel to visit their friends, + Endeavour to find out the name of our poet, + And ere we return ten to one that we know it." + + +After long travelling-- + + "A path strewed with flowers they gaily pursued, + And in fancy their long-sought Incognita viewed. + Till all their cares over in Dorset they found her, + And plucking a wreath of green bay-leaves they crowned her." + + +In a footnote is added, "Mrs Dorset was the authoress of 'The Peacock +at Home.'" + +Mrs Dorset, according to a note by Mr Dyce which appears on the fly-leaf +of a copy of "The Peacock at Home," in the Dyce and Forster Collection +at South Kensington, was sister to Charlotte Smith. Their maiden name +was Turner. + +The British Museum Catalogue says Mrs Dorset also wrote "The Three +Wishes, or Think before you Speak," which is the last on the list of +books in _Harris's Cabinet_. (_See_ p. iv.) + +It seems to be clear that the same lady wrote "The Lion's Masquerade" as +"The Peacock at Home," for in "The Lioness's Ball" (a companion to "The +Lion's Masquerade") the dedication begins thus-- + + "I do not, fair Dorset, I do not aspire, + With notes so unhallowed as mine, + To touch the sweet strings of thy beautiful lyre, + Or covet the praise that is thine." + + +I regret that I am unable to offer any conjecture here as to the "W. B." +who wrote "The Elephant's Ball:" the same initials appear to an appendix +to an edition of "Goody Two Shoes," published some time before 1780, but +this may be a coincidence only. + + * * * * * + +Besides the interest and merit of these little books on literary grounds, +these earlier editions are especially noteworthy because they were +illustrated by the painter William Mulready, and the drawings he made +for them are amongst the earliest efforts of his genius: they were +executed before he had reached man's estate. It is not a little +curious to observe in this connection how many artists who have +risen to eminence have at the outset of their career been employed +in illustrating books for children; it would indeed appear that until +comparatively recent years the veriest tiro was considered capable of +furnishing the necessary embellishments for books for the nursery--a +state of things which, we need not say, happily does not obtain in +the present day. Notwithstanding this, however, these and many other +little books of a bygone time abound in instructive indications of the +beginnings of genius which has subsequently delighted the world with +its masterpieces. + +In connection with Mulready and children's books it may be interesting +to note that in 1806 a little book called "The Looking Glass" was +published, said to be written by William Godwin under the name of +"Theophilus Markliffe." This work is the history and early adventures of +a young artist, and it is known that it was compiled from a conversation +with Mulready, who was then engaged in illustrating some juvenile books +for the author, and the facts in it relate to the painter's early life. +It contains illustrations of the talent of the subject done at three, +five, and six years old, which are presumed to be imitations of +Mulready's own drawings at the same ages. + + * * * * * + +I cannot more fitly close these few words of Introduction than by +quoting the quaint and curious announcement with which Mr Harris was +wont to commend these little books to the public. "It is unnecessary," +says he, "for the publisher to say anything more of these little +productions than that they have been purchased with avidity and read +with satisfaction by persons in all ranks of life." No doubt the public +of to-day will be curious to see what manner of book it was that was so +eagerly sought after by the children of the early days of the present +century, and interested in comparing it with the more finished but often +showy and sensational productions of our own time. + +C. W. + +LEYTONSTONE, + +_September 1883._ + + + + + + + THE + + BUTTERFLY'S BALL, + + AND THE + + GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST. + + BY MR. ROSCOE. + + + _LONDON_: + PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, SUCCESSOR TO E. NEWBERY, + AT THE ORIGINAL JUVENILE LIBRARY, CORNER + OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. + + 1808. + + + _Field & Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle Presse, London._ + + + + + +_FRONTISPIECE._ + +[Illustration: _"Come take up your hats & away let us haste."_ + +_Pub. Jan. 25, 1808, by J. Harris, corner St. Paul's Church Yd._] + + + + +THE + +BUTTERFLY'S BALL. + + + Come take up your Hats, and away let us haste + To the _Butterfly's_ Ball, and the _Grasshopper's_ Feast. + The Trumpeter, _Gad-fly_, has summon'd the Crew, + And the Revels are now only waiting for you. + + So said little Robert, and pacing along, + His merry Companions came forth in a Throng. + And on the smooth Grass, by the side of a Wood, + Beneath a broad Oak that for Ages had stood, + +[Illustration: _"Saw the children of earth & the tenants of air,"_] + + Saw the Children of Earth, and the Tenants of Air, + For an Evening's Amusement together repair. + And there came the _Beetle_, so blind and so black, + Who carried the _Emmet_, his Friend, on his Back. + + And there was the _Gnat_ and the _Dragon-fly_ too, + With all their Relations, Green, Orange, and Blue. + And there came the _Moth_, with his Plumage of Down, + And the _Hornet_ in Jacket of Yellow and Brown; + + Who with him the _Wasp_, his Companion, did bring, + But they promis'd, that Evening, to lay by their Sting. + And the sly little _Dormouse_ crept out of his Hole, + And brought to the Feast his blind Brother, the _Mole_. + +[Illustration: _"And the sly little dormouse crept out of his hole."_] + + And the _Snail_, with his Horns peeping out of his Shell, + Came from a great Distance, the Length of an Ell. + A Mushroom their Table, and on it was laid + A Water-dock Leaf, which a Table-cloth made. + +[Illustration: _"And the Bee brought her honey," &c._] + + The Viands were various, to each of their Taste, + And the _Bee_ brought her Honey to crown the Repast. + Then close on his Haunches, so solemn and wise, + The _Frog_ from a Corner, look'd up to the Skies. + + And the _Squirrel_ well pleas'd such Diversions to see, + Mounted high over Head, and look'd down from a Tree. + Then out came the _Spider_, with Finger so fine, + To shew his Dexterity on the tight Line. + + From one Branch to another, his Cobwebs he slung, + Then quick as an Arrow he darted along, + But just in the Middle,--Oh! shocking to tell, + From his Rope, in an Instant, poor Harlequin fell. + +[Illustration: _"Hung suspended in air," &c._] + + Yet he touch'd not the Ground, but with Talons outspread, + Hung suspended in Air, at the End of a Thread. + Then the _Grasshopper_ came with a Jerk and a Spring, + Very long was his Leg, though but short was his Wing; + + He took but three Leaps, and was soon out of Sight, + Then chirp'd his own Praises the rest of the Night. + With Step so majestic the _Snail_ did advance, + And promis'd the Gazers a Minuet to dance. + +[Illustration: _"With step so Majestic the snail did advance,"_] + + But they all laugh'd so loud that he pull'd in his Head, + And went in his own little Chamber to Bed. + Then, as Evening gave Way to the Shadows of Night, + Their Watchman, the _Glow-worm_, came out with a Light. + +[Illustration: _"So said little Robert, & pacing along," &c._] + + Then Home let us hasten, while yet we can see, + For no Watchman is waiting for you and for me, + So said little Robert, and pacing along, + His merry Companions returned in a Throng. + + + +END OF THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL. + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Butterfly's Ball and the +Grasshopper's Feast, by Mr. Roscoe + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL *** + +***** This file should be named 20860.txt or 20860.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/8/6/20860/ + +Produced by Irma Spehar, David Garcia and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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