| Description |
1 online resource (246 pages). |
| Series |
Cats anthology |
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Cats anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Earlier date based on Warne's address, established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 214. Later date based on form of name of the Scribner company. In 1872, the New York firm was recognized as Scribner, Armstrong & Co.; cf. Tebbel, J. Hist. of book publishing in the U.S., v. 1, p. 317. |
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Chromoxylographed frontispiece; [120] chromolithographed plates. |
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Half-title. |
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Original document: Book. |
| Contents |
(from t.p.) Red Riding-Hood -- Puss-in-boots -- Mother Hubbard -- Cock Robin's death -- Jack and the bean-stalk -- Tom Thumb -- Cinderella -- The three bears -- Punch and Judy -- The pets -- Nursery songs -- Nursery rhymes -- Nursery ditties -- Nursery tales -- Nursery jingles. |
| Summary |
An illustrated volume of classic tales, The National Nursery Book features the fairy tale favoriteℓPuss in Boots, a tale about a clever shoe-wearing feline. Also called Master Cat or The Booted Cat, Puss in Boots is a French fairy tale about a sly cat who lies, cheats and deceives to gain power, wealth and marriage to a beautiful princess for his poor master. The tale begins with the youngest son of a miller receiving a cat for his inheritance. At first, the son is thoroughly upset, as his brothers received the mill and several mules. But when the son realizes that the cat can speak, he grants its wish for a pair of boots and allows the feline to fulfill its promise: to make the son rich and powerful. Written at the close of the 17th century by Charles Perrault, Puss in Boots has been retold by countless authors and rewritten into screenplays and major motion picture films. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Genre/Form |
Fairy tales.
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Nursery rhymes.
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Nursery stories.
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