Pushed to the back of a dusty shelf in an antique shop lay a small book entitled A Posy for Mothers.  Published in London in 1900--the last full year of Queen Victoria's reign--it was a collection of long-lost Victorian lullabies and slumber songs. Once again I was transported to a gentler, sepia colored world where baby reigned as King or Queen over hearts and hearths...

― SARAH BAN BREATHNACH

Inspired by an antique book of Victorian lullabies, and filled with glorious paintings, antique illustrations, and period photographs, The Victorian Nursery Companion is a charming collection that combines long forgotten children's poetry with affectionate glimpses into the tradition, ritual, and lore of life for baby in Victorian times.  Here is a unique and original anthology that will tug at the heart of everyone who has ever known or loved a baby.  As sentimental as new parents and grandparents, as adorable as infants, as endearing as toddlers and brimming over with old-fashioned images of beautiful children and happy families, it will produce a smile on the faces of anyone turning the pages.