Cole's funny picture book. No. 1 / edited by E.W. Cole

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MMq 707
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Melbourne : E.W. Cole, 1918
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COLES FUNNY PICTURE BOOK. 1
FUNNY HISTORY OF THE APPLE. 2
COLE’S Funny Picture Book. 7
THIS IS THE FUNNIEST PICTURE BOOK IN THE WORLD FOR CHILDREN. 9
TIRED AND GOING TO BED. 10
GETTING UP AS HAPPY AS LARKS 11
CHILDREN’S RHYMES. 12
LITTLE CHILDREN’S STORIES. 14
NAUGHTY GIRLS. 18
BABES IN THE WOOD. 22
GIRLS’ STORIES. 22
BLUEBEARD. 23
CINDERELLA. 23
THREE DEARS. 23
FORTY LITTLE SCHOOL GIRLS. 27
STORY OF THE FUNNY MONKEYS. 27
[Chapter heading not available] 31
GOOD GIRLS. 32
[Chapter heading not available] 34
[Chapter heading not available] 35
BOYS’ STORIES. 36
HOP O’ MY THUMB. 39
TOM THUMB. 39
BOY WHO STOLE OUT WITHOUT LEAVE. 40
NAUGHTY BOYS. 40
BOY LAND. 44
DOLLY LAND 48
LADY MAKING DOLLS. 61
NAME LAND. 62
TEMPER LAND. 64
NAUGHTINESS LAND. 66
PRIDE LAND. 68
NAUGHTTNESS LAND. 70
GREEDIINESS LAND 71
LYING LAND. 72
LAZINESS LAND. 73
CRUELTY LAND. 76
STEALING LAND. 77
SANTA CLAUS LAND. 80
PLAY LAND. 87
RE-AJDXlirQ- LAND. 96
WRTTING LAND. 98
DRA WING LAND. 101
[Chapter heading not available] 102
OLD MEN TALES. 106
DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN. 109
[Chapter heading not available] 110
PHE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. 112
Strange History of Twenty-six Funny Women. 115
Wonderful Search Journey by the 40 principal modes of travelling in 116
Miss Cole’s Aerial Flight in a Flying Machine. 120
ARIOUS TYPES OF AEROPLANES 122
This Is perhaps the Choicest Colleetios of Boys' Names in the English Language. 124
This is perhaps the choicest Colleetion of Girls' Names in the English Language. 125
IN AND OUT-DOOR GAMES. 126
FUNNY FORTUNE-TELLER; or, 100 Chances for a Mate. 127
COLE'S GAME OF OR, HUSBANDS 128
PICTURES PUZZLES 132
TEN PICTURE PUZZLES. 134
NINE OF THEM, AND EXCEEDINGLY CLEVER WHO FINDS OUT THE WHOLE T[?]N 135
PICTURE PUZZLE LANE 136
PIOTURE PUZZLE LAND. 140
AUSTRALIAN PICTURE PUZZLE. 146
MAZE PUZZLES. 147
PICTURE PUZZLE LAND. 151
Deaf and Dumb Alphabet; or, Silent Language. 153
LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 154
[Chapter heading not available] 155
CAT STORIES. 156
Old Daddy Hubbard and His Cat. 158
Story of a Little Mouse: OR, OUR HAPPY FAMILY. 159
PUSS IN BOOTS. 161
MORE PUSSY LAND. 162
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG. 168
GOAT LAND. 170
MONKEY LAND. 171
GEE GEE LAND. 172
DONKEY LAND. 175
MOO MOO LAND. 176
BAA BAA LAND. 178
PIGGY LAND. 180
MIXED ANIMAL LAND. 182
BUNNY LAND 184
RAT LAND. 186
MOUSEY LAND. 188
FROGGY LAND. 190
MTXED ANIMAL LAND. 192
FUNNY AUSTRALIAN NATIVES. 194
FUNNY AUSTRALIAN NATIVES. 195
Kindness to Animals. 196
SQUIRREL LAND. 197
WONDERFUL BIRDS' NESTS. 198
[Chapter heading not available] 199
Riddles and Catches. 199
[Chapter heading not available] 200
Riddles about Babies and Ladies. 200
[Chapter heading not available] 201
Riddles and Catches. 201
[Chapter heading not available] 202
[Chapter heading not available] 203
[Chapter heading not available] 204
MUSIC. 205
GOING TO COLE'S BOOK ARCADE, BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE 208
20 Amusing and Instructive Publications Edited and Partly Written and Illustrated by E. W. Cole 209
TRUE HISTORY OF THE GREAT SEA SERPENT. 210
LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE. 212
WHAT BOOKS DO FOR MANKIND 213
Opinion of 50 Editors of Cole’s Funny Picture Book. 214
FUNNY & FOOLISH DRESS LAND. 215
USEFUL FASHIONS. 218
Fashion Torturing the Poor Feet. Disgrace to the Intellect of the Nineteenth Century. 220
FASHION TORTURING THE FEET, FACE, LEGS, EARS, Etc. 223
BOY SMOKING 224
PIPES OF THE WORLD. Showing one of Cole’s “Similarities of Mankind.” 227
AUSTRALIA CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING 400 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 228
CHILD’S BOOK OF HEALTH. 229
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. 231
Population of the World in 1912. 232
Asserted Deaths of Centenarians of the Commonwealth. 236
DEATH RATE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. (APPROXIMATE.) 236
Flying Machine will be used for Procuring Statistics. 236

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No.1  

COLES  

FUNNY PICTURE BOOK.  

TO  

DELIGHT  

THE  

CHILDREN  

AND  

MAKE  

HOME  

HAPPIER  

OR  

FAMILY  

AMUSER  

AND  

INSTRUCTOR  

THE  

BEST  

CHILD'S  

PICTURE BOOK  

IN THE WORLD  

IT CONTAINS ALSO  

Choice Riddles, Games  

and pieces of reading  

for Adults  

Look through if yourself  

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