Originally published in 1875. Six stories that can only be described as Higgledy-Piggledy THE CRONE OF CHARING, THE SQUIRREL AND THE HEDGEHOG, THE PIG OF CHERITON, THE MERMAID'S BOY, PRINCE MERIMEL, BILLYS STORY.Includes 8 original illustrations. From the preface It is a great thing to choose for a new book a title which all the world understands at once. Every reader, learned, or unlearned, will know the meaning of Higgledy-Piggledy.It means Higgledy-Piggledy. There is no other word in the English language which signifies exactly the same thing, and therefore there can be no difficulty about the matter. However, in case there should be anyone who requires further explana- tion, I am informed by a committee of under-house- maids who have lately been considering the subject, that the words Higgledy-Piggledy convey the idea of 'things jumbled up together anyhow'-things, in short, in a state of confusion. What, then, can be a more appropriate title for a book such as that which I now send