Chapter I: Front Matter

NUMBER ONE JOY STREET

TO

ROSE FYLEMAN

WITH MANY THANKS
FOR HELP RENDERED
IN SETTING IN ORDER
THE FIRST HOUSE IN
OUR STREET

PIPER

Piper, piper, play me a tune
Of a summery sunshiny afternoon,
And the little brown bunnies will all come out
Frisking and jumping and bobbing about.

Piper, piper, play me a tune
Of a posy of stars and a little wee moon,
And all the fairies will start to sing
And dance on the grass in a great round ring.
ROSE FYLEMAN.

_Number One Joy Street_
_A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls_

_By_

WALTER DE LA MARE
ELEANOR FARJEON
HILAIRE BELLOC
MADELEINE NIGHTINGALE
B. KATHLEEN PYKE
LAURENCE HOUSMAN
MABEL MARLOWE
HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE
EDITH SITWELL
HUGH CHESTERMAN
ROSE FYLEMAN

_BASIL BLACKWELL
Broad Street, Oxford
MD·CCCC·XXIII_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

_Alec Buckels_, 1922.
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CONTENTS

PAGE
THE PIPER _By ROSE FYLEMAN_ v
_Picture by MARIAN ALLEN._
TOM COBBLE _By ELEANOR FARJEON_ 1
_Pictures by M. DOBSON._
POEMS _By HUGH CHESTERMAN_ 42
MERCHANT ADVENTURERS 42
BROTHER BLAISE 44
THE BOWMAN 46
THE BAFFLED BARD 48
_Pictures by the AUTHOR._
THE MAN IN THE MOON _By ROSE FYLEMAN_ 51
_Pictures by M. BALLANCE._
POEMS _By B. K. PYKE_ 60
THE DREAM 60
FRIENDLESS 62
JOHNNY MUNNS 63
RESPECTABLE PEOPLE 64
_Pictures by ALEC BUCKELS._
PARSON’S TWINS _By HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE_ 65
_Pictures by ROY MELDRUM._
POEMS _By EDITH SITWELL_ 96
MARCH FOR A TOY SOLDIER 96
DIRGE FOR A GOLLYWOG 98
THE LITTLE MUSICAL BOX 100
_Pictures by K. M. GIBBS._
PUCK’S MARKET _By MADELINE NIGHTINGALE_ 102
PUCK’S MAGIC _By MADELINE NIGHTINGALE_ 104
_Pictures by C. T.
NIGHTINGALE._
MARIA, WHO MADE FACES _By HILAIRE BELLOC_ 134
_Pictures by GABRIEL
PIPPET._
MISS JEMIMA _By WALTER DE LA MARE_ 145
_Pictures by ALEC BUCKELS._
POEMS _By ROSE FYLEMAN_ 179
GOSSIP 179
_Picture by TINKER TAYLOR._
CLOUDS 182
_Picture by EUGÉNIE
RICHARDS._
COUNTRY AND TOWN 184
_Picture by D. PHILLIPS._
HOLLOW TREE STORE _By MABLE MARLOWE_ 186
_Pictures by D. HUTTON._
TOFFEE BOY _By MABLE MARLOWE_ 194
_Pictures by D. HUTTON._
THE OPEN DOOR _By LAURENCE HOUSMAN_ 200
_Pictures by ALEC BUCKELS._

LIST OF COLOURED PLATES

THE PIPER
_By Marian Allen_ _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
“WHEN SHE FED THE DOG HE GOT A DRAGON’S TAIL”
_By M. Dobson_ 1
“THE MAN IN THE MOON WAS VERY BUSY REPAINTING THE OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE”
_By M. Ballance_ 51
“THEY MET ON THE CLIFF TOP ONE MOONLIGHT NIGHT”
_By Roy Meldrum_ 65
“XII O’CLOCK KNOB”
_By C. T. Nightingale_ 104
“A VERY SMALL FACE, MORE OVAL THAN ROUND”
_By Alec Buckets_ 145
“MRS. FLUFF WAS A SQUIRREL WHO KEPT A SHOP”
_By D. Hutton_ 186
“... A LITTLE CHILD WRAPPED IN A SILVER RABBIT-SKIN”
_By Alec Buckels_ 200

_The pattern on the Cover and End-papers of this book is based on a
design from a picture by Orcagna (No. 569) in the National Gallery. It
is taken from a plate in “Fifteenth-Century Italian Ornament,” by
Sydney Vacher, and is reproduced by kind permission of Messrs. Bernard
Quaritch._

NUMBER ONE JOY STREET
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TOM COBBLE _By ELEANOR FARJEON_