Description | Children's nursery rhyme book containing hand-painted illustrations and manuscript adaptations of children's rhymes satirising contemporary figures associated with the Birmingham School Board, the Liberal Party, and Joseph Chamberlain; individuals mentioned include George Dawson [minister of the Church of the Saviour, Birmingham, and lecturer], John Satchall, ?O'Sullivan, Charles Anthony Vince [Liberal supporter], Canon Wilkinson, George Dixon [MP], ?Sargant, and ?Burges; nursery rhymes adapted include 'Hickory, Dickory Dock', 'Ba, Ba, Blacksheep' which is rendered 'Bah! Bah! Black Cattle!, and 'Little Jack Horner' |