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+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
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+Title: The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
+
+Author: Mr. Roscoe
+
+Commentator: Charles Welsh
+
+Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20860]
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+Language: English
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+                                     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."--_Athenćum._
+
+    "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 Levée;" 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.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="pagea1" name="pagea1"></a>[a1]</span></p>
+
+<p class="center">
+<small>PRICE ONE SHILLING.</small>
+</p>
+
+<div class="frontad">
+
+<h1>
+    THE
+<br />
+    BUTTERFLY'S BALL,
+</h1>
+
+<a name="image-01"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/cover-f.jpg"><img src="images/cover1.png" width="188" height="111"
+alt="" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<h1>
+<small>AND THE</small>
+<br />
+<i>GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST</i>.
+</h1>
+
+<a name="image-02"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/cover-f.jpg"><img src="images/cover2.png" width="177" height="95"
+alt="" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<center><b>
+By Mr. ROSCOE.
+</b></center>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="center">
+ILLUSTRATED WITH ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="center">
+  <span style="letter-spacing: .2em;">LONDON:</span><br />
+  Printed for J. HARRIS, Successor to E. NEWBERY,<br />
+  at the Original Juvenile Library, the Corner of<br />
+  St. Paul's Church Yard.<br />
+  1808.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="pagea2" name="pagea2"></a>[a2]</span></p>
+
+<div class="frontad">
+
+<p class="center">
+<i>Printed on Hand-made Paper, bound in characteristic style, with uncut
+edges, price Half-a-Crown</i>,
+</p>
+
+<h1 style="letter-spacing: .15em;">
+GOODY TWO-SHOES
+</h1>
+
+<h3>
+A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION
+<br />
+<small>OF THE</small>
+<br />
+EDITION OF 1766
+<br />
+<i>WITH AN INTRODUCTION</i>
+</h3>
+
+<p class="center">
+<small>
+GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BOOK AND SOME SPECULATIONS AS TO ITS
+AUTHORSHIP
+</small>
+</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+BY
+<br />
+CHARLES WELSH
+</p>
+
+<p class="quote">
+"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."&mdash;<i>Athenćum.</i>
+</p>
+<p class="quote">
+"We are sure that many who are no longer in their youth will be pleased
+to see it."&mdash;<i>Queen.</i>
+</p>
+<p class="quote">
+"A very quaint little book."&mdash;<i>Punch.</i>
+</p>
+<p class="quote">
+"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.'"&mdash;<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+<span style="letter-spacing: .2em;">GRIFFITH &amp; FARRAN,</span>
+<br />
+<i>Successors to Newbery &amp; Harris</i>,
+<br />
+<span class="sc">West Corner of St Paul's Churchyard, London.</span>
+</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+<span style="font-size: 150%;">&#x261E;</span> <i>A few copies are done up in an exact
+reproduction, by hand, of the original flowery and gilt Dutch pattern,
+price Five Shillings.</i>
+</p>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagei" name="pagei"></a>[i]</span>
+</p>
+
+<a name="h2H_4_0002" id="h2H_4_0002"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL
+</h2>
+<h3>
+    <small>AND THE</small>
+<br />
+GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST
+</h3>
+
+<h3>
+<span class="sc">By Mr</span> ROSCOE
+</h3>
+
+<h3>
+<span style="letter-spacing: .2em;">A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION</span>
+<br />
+<small>OF THE</small>
+<br />
+EDITION OF 1808
+</h3>
+
+<h4>
+<i>WITH AN INTRODUCTION</i>
+<br />
+<span class="sc">By Charles Welsh</span>
+</h4>
+
+<div style="height: 2em;"><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p class="center">
+<b><span style="letter-spacing: .2em;">GRIFFITH &amp; FARRAN</span></b>
+<br />
+<i>Successors to Newbery &amp; Harris</i>
+<br />
+<span class="sc">West Corner of St Paul's Churchyard, London</span>
+<br />
+FIELD &amp; TUER, <span class="sc">Ye Leadenhalle Presse</span>, E.C.
+</p>
+<p class="center">
+MDCCCLXXXIII
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pageii" name="pageii"></a>[ii]</span>
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pageiii" name="pageiii"></a>[iii]</span>
+</p>
+
+<a name="h2H_INTR" id="h2H_INTR"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    INTRODUCTION.
+</h2>
+<p>
+Early in the present century John Harris&mdash;one of the successors to the
+business of "Honest John Newbery," now carried on by Messrs Griffith &amp;
+Farran at the old corner of St. Paul's Churchyard&mdash;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.
+</p>
+<p>
+The first book in this series which was known as <i>Harris's Cabinet</i>
+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
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pageiv" name="pageiv"></a>[iv]</span>
+
+                                              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 Levée;" 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."
+</p>
+<p>
+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&mdash;
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">  "Come take up your hats, and away let us haste</p>
+<p class="i3">   To the Butterfly's Ball and Grasshopper's Feast"&mdash;</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<p style="text-indent: 0;">
+and many no doubt by a little effort of memory could repeat
+the whole poem.
+</p>
+<p>
+Hardly less famous were the three books which next
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagev" name="pagev"></a>[v]</span>
+
+                                                   followed in order of
+issue&mdash;"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, &amp; 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.
+</p>
+<p>
+"The Butterfly's Ball" first appeared in the November number of the
+<i>Gentleman's Magazine</i>, where it is said to have been written by William
+Roscoe&mdash;M.P. for Liverpool, the author of "The Life of Leo X.," and well
+known in the literary circles of his day&mdash;for the use of his children,
+and set to music by order of their Majesties for the Princess Mary.
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagevi" name="pagevi"></a>[vi]</span>
+
+ 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.
+</p>
+<p>
+In this edition there are many variations from the previous one. The
+allusions to "little Robert"&mdash;evidently William Roscoe's son&mdash;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," &amp;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 <i>Notes and Queries</i>&mdash;who is, I believe,
+a niece of the late Sir George Smart&mdash;says, in reference to the question
+of the setting of the verses to music, that&mdash;
+</p>
+<p class="quote">
+    "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&mdash;Elizabeth, Augusta, and Mary&mdash;daughters
+    of George III, and pupils of Sir George, and was performed by them
+    during one of their usual visits to Weymouth."
+</p>
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagevii" name="pagevii"></a>[vii]</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+"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."
+</p>
+<p>
+The book relates in verse how the peacock and parrot&mdash;
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i8">         "... far as England extends </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then together did travel to visit their friends, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Endeavour to find out the name of our poet, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And ere we return ten to one that we know it." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+After long travelling&mdash;
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "A path strewed with flowers they gaily pursued, </p>
+<p class="i3">    And in fancy their long-sought Incognita viewed. </p>
+<p class="i3">    Till all their cares over in Dorset they found her, </p>
+<p class="i3">    And plucking a wreath of green bay-leaves they crowned her." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+In a footnote is added, "Mrs Dorset was the authoress of 'The Peacock
+at Home.'"
+</p>
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pageviii" name="pageviii"></a>[viii]</span>
+</p>
+<p>
+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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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 <i>Harris's Cabinet</i>. (<i>See</i> p. iv.)
+</p>
+<p>
+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&mdash;
+</p>
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   "I do not, fair Dorset, I do not aspire, </p>
+<p class="i5">      With notes so unhallowed as mine, </p>
+<p class="i3">    To touch the sweet strings of thy beautiful lyre, </p>
+<p class="i5">      Or covet the praise that is thine." </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+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.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p>
+Besides the interest and merit of these little books on literary grounds,
+these earlier editions are especially noteworthy
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pageix" name="pageix"></a>[ix]</span>
+
+                                                 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&mdash;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.
+</p>
+<p>
+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
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagex" name="pagex"></a>[x]</span>
+
+                                                        done at three,
+five, and six years old, which are presumed to be imitations of
+Mulready's own drawings at the same ages.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p>
+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.
+</p>
+<p class="right">
+C. W.
+</p>
+<p style="text-indent: 0;">
+<span class="sc">Leytonstone,</span>
+<br />
+<i>September 1883.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagexi" name="pagexi"></a>[xi]</span>
+</p>
+
+<a name="h2H_4_0004" id="h2H_4_0004"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h2>
+    <small>THE</small>
+<br />
+    BUTTERFLY'<small>S</small> BALL,
+</h2>
+<h3>
+<small>AND THE</small>
+<br />
+GRASSHOPPER'<small>S</small> FEAST.
+</h3>
+
+<h3>
+<span class="sc">By Mr.</span> ROSCOE.
+</h3>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="center">
+  <i>LONDON</i>:<br />
+  PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, SUCCESSOR TO E. NEWBERY,<br />
+  AT THE ORIGINAL JUVENILE LIBRARY, CORNER<br />
+  OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p class="center">
+  1808.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="pagexii" name="pagexii"></a>[xii]</span>
+</p>
+
+<p class="center">
+<i>Field &amp; Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle Presse, London.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page1" name="page1"></a>[1]</span>
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page2" name="page2"></a>[2]</span>
+</p>
+
+<!-- Hide this, it's titled in the image
+<h3>
+<i>FRONTISPIECE.</i>
+</h3>
+-->
+
+<a name="image-0001"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/frontis-f.jpg"><img src="images/frontis.jpg" width="400" height="360"
+alt="&quot;Come take up your hats &amp; away let us haste.&quot; p. 1 Pub. Jan. 25, 1808, by J. Harris, corner St. Paul's Church Yd." /></a>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page3" name="page3"></a>[3]</span>
+</p>
+
+<a name="h2H_4_0005" id="h2H_4_0005"><!-- H2 anchor --></a>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<h1>
+    <small>THE</small>
+<br />
+    BUTTERFLY'<small>S</small> BALL.
+</h1>
+
+<hr />
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Come take up your Hats, and away let us haste </p>
+<p class="i2">   To the <i>Butterfly's</i> Ball, and the <i>Grasshopper's</i> Feast. </p>
+<p class="i2">   The Trumpeter, <i>Gad-fly</i>, has summon'd the Crew, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the Revels are now only waiting for you. </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page4" name="page4"></a>[4]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   So said little Robert, and pacing along, </p>
+<p class="i2">   His merry Companions came forth in a Throng. </p>
+<p class="i2">   And on the smooth Grass, by the side of a Wood, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Beneath a broad Oak that for Ages had stood, </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0002"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo1-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo1.jpg" width="400" height="338"
+alt="&quot;Saw the children of earth &amp; the tenants of air.&quot;" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Saw the Children of Earth, and the Tenants of Air, </p>
+<p class="i2">   For an Evening's Amusement together repair. </p>
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page5" name="page5"></a>[5]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   And there came the <i>Beetle</i>, so blind and so black, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Who carried the <i>Emmet</i>, his Friend, on his Back. </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   And there was the <i>Gnat</i> and the <i>Dragon-fly</i> too, </p>
+<p class="i2">   With all their Relations, Green, Orange, and Blue. </p>
+<p class="i2">   And there came the <i>Moth</i>, with his Plumage of Down, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the <i>Hornet</i> in Jacket of Yellow and Brown; </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page6" name="page6"></a>[6]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   Who with him the <i>Wasp</i>, his Companion, did bring, </p>
+<p class="i2">   But they promis'd, that Evening, to lay by their Sting. </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the sly little <i>Dormouse</i> crept out of his Hole, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And brought to the Feast his blind Brother, the <i>Mole</i>. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0003"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo2-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo2.jpg" width="400" height="349"
+alt="&quot;And the sly little dormouse crept out of his hole.&quot; p. 6" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   And the <i>Snail</i>, with his Horns peeping out of his Shell, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Came from a great Distance, the Length of an Ell. </p>
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page7" name="page7"></a>[7]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   A Mushroom their Table, and on it was laid </p>
+<p class="i2">   A Water-dock Leaf, which a Table-cloth made. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0004"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo3-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo3.jpg" width="400" height="348"
+alt="&quot;And the Bee brought her honey,&quot; &amp;c. p. 7" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   The Viands were various, to each of their Taste, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And the <i>Bee</i> brought her Honey to crown the Repast. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then close on his Haunches, so solemn and wise, </p>
+<p class="i2">   The <i>Frog</i> from a Corner, look'd up to the Skies. </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page8" name="page8"></a>[8]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   And the <i>Squirrel</i> well pleas'd such Diversions to see, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Mounted high over Head, and look'd down from a Tree. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then out came the <i>Spider</i>, with Finger so fine, </p>
+<p class="i2">   To shew his Dexterity on the tight Line. </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   From one Branch to another, his Cobwebs he slung, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then quick as an Arrow he darted along, </p>
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page9" name="page9"></a>[9]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   But just in the Middle,&mdash;Oh! shocking to tell, </p>
+<p class="i2">   From his Rope, in an Instant, poor Harlequin fell. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0005"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo4-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo4.jpg" width="400" height="345"
+alt="&quot;Hung suspended in air.&quot; &amp;c. p. 9" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Yet he touch'd not the Ground, but with Talons outspread, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Hung suspended in Air, at the End of a Thread. </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then the <i>Grasshopper</i> came with a Jerk and a Spring, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Very long was his Leg, though but short was his Wing; </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="stanza">
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page10" name="page10"></a>[10]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   He took but three Leaps, and was soon out of Sight, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Then chirp'd his own Praises the rest of the Night. </p>
+<p class="i2">   With Step so majestic the <i>Snail</i> did advance, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And promis'd the Gazers a Minuet to dance. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0006"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo5-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo5.jpg" width="400" height="351"
+alt="&quot;With step so Majestic the snail did advance.&quot; p. 10" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   But they all laugh'd so loud that he pull'd in his Head, </p>
+<p class="i2">   And went in his own little Chamber to Bed. </p>
+
+<span class="pagenum"><a id="page11" name="page11"></a>[11]</span>
+
+<p class="i2">   Then, as Evening gave Way to the Shadows of Night, </p>
+<p class="i2">   Their Watchman, the <i>Glow-worm</i>, came out with a Light. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<a name="image-0007"><!--IMG--></a>
+<div class="figure">
+<a href="images/illo6-f.jpg"><img src="images/illo6.jpg" width="400" height="344"
+alt="&quot;So said little Robert, &amp; pacing along.&quot; &amp;c. p. 11" /></a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="poem">
+<div class="stanza">
+<p class="i2">   Then Home let us hasten, while yet we can see, </p>
+<p class="i2">   For no Watchman is waiting for you and for me, </p>
+<p class="i2">   So said little Robert, and pacing along, </p>
+<p class="i2">   His merry Companions returned in a Throng. </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<div style="height: 4em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+<p class="center">
+END OF THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL.
+</p>
+
+<div style="height: 6em;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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+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.
+
+
+
+
+
+
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