...ty; it still remains unexcelled in America as a joyous narrative of childhood. Mrs. Hale's yet gambols in children's hearts—for as inexplicable a reason as much of the mechanical nonsense of Mother Goose . The longevity of jingles has never been an indication of their merit, as witness the permanence of such ditties as and Good-bye, my Lover, Good-bye. Lucy Larcom and Alice and Phoebe Cary publishe...