Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats : a humorous tale / written principally by a lady of ninety ; edited, with additional verses, by John Ruskin, LL.D., honorary student of Christ Church, and honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, author.

Contributor:

Pearson, Mrs., contributor.

Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852, contributor.

Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator.

Cook, E. T., editor.

Wedderburn, A., editor.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursery rhymes--19th century.

Nursery rhymes.

Children's poetry--19th century.

Children's poetry.

Cats--Juvenile poetry.

Cats.

Grandmothers--Juvenile poetry.

Grandmothers.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (20 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations.

Edition:

[New edition].

Place of Publication:

Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent : George Allen, 1885.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

First edition: London : A.K. Newman, 1823.

"The woodcuts which illustrate the folllowing nursery rhymes have been facsimiled with exceplary care and admirable skill by Mr. W.H. Hooper, from whose which were given coloured by hand in the edition of 1823"--Preface.

1823 edition ascribed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson. Cf. The works of John Ruskin, edited by E.T. Cooke and A. Wedderburn, volume 2.

Original, woodcut, engraved 1823 frontispiece and title page added.

Pages in the story are printed on one side only.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Local Notes:

"Isabel S. Foord, 1887"--verso.

OCLC:

905338214

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.