Reading for Profit and Pleasure [antikvár]

Do you know Mother Goose? 1 Yöti don't really know the English language if you don't know Mother Goose... Hey diddle diddle, 2 The cat and the fiddle, - The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Who is Mother Goose? What is she? She is a merry-old lady who recites jolly rhymes and sings songs full of delightiful nonsense. Her rhymes are alsó often referred to as Nursery Rhymes. Every child in Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand..., in a word, 8 in all English-speaking countries knows her nursery rhymes by heart. Prominent statesmen, public figures often quote Mother Goose. Famous prose writers and poets allude to Mother Goose in their works. Who was that old lady with the odd name? Did she really live? Where did she come from? Did she originally come from Francé or England? When did she live? Was she a real person or just a legend? Where did she live?.. No one knows for sure, but everyone knows and loves her rhymes and songs. Kornei Chukovsky writes: "Cthlukh, BxoAHmHe b «Orapyxy-rycbiHK)»... npocetiBajiHCb qepe3 tmchmh cht, npejK^e qeM H3 hhx 06pa30Bajic» eAHHCTBeHHHÖ BCeHapOAHHH neceHHHK, 6e3 KOTOpOrO HeMfalCjihmu AeTCKHe roAW aHrjiHftcKHX, moTJiaH^cKHx, aöcTpajinftckhx, KaHa/tcKHX ,aeTeö." (Or J\Byx ao flflTH, M., «CoBerCKHÖ nHcaiejib», 1960, c. 228)