Mother Goose author-Victoria Aveyard engineered to keep the uglies

engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid

who wrote the preface

Viking Ships at Sunrise (#15)

was the director of Harper & Brothers (later Harper & Row) children’s book department from 1940 to 1973

Because on top of it all

Mother Goose author-Victoria Aveyard engineered to keep the uglies[RACKHAM, Arthur]. Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. NY: The Century Co, 1913. 8vo, xxiv 262pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in gilt and color pictorial label affixed to front. Color plate title, 12 color plates, and numerous b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, two very slight bumps to upper edge of front board, cover label rubbed, cloth slightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy with all color