Pussy letters : nature stories about animals, birds, insects, plants, foods, textiles, the forest and the sea : "how" and "why" stories that will inspire a love for nature and the great out-of-doors / by Kate Eleanor Wilder ; one hundred and twenty-nine illustrations by the author, five in color.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilder, Kate Eleanor, author.

Contributor:

M.A. Donohue & Co., publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Juvenile literature.

Natural history.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5154) (Schimmel 6643))

Carpenter, Jane Anne (autograph) (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6643))

Vincent Smith School (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6643))

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages, [5] leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; New York : M.A. Donohue & Company, [1929]

Notes:

Statement of responsibility precedes subtitle on title leaf.

"Entered in Stationers Hall London, England"--Verso of title leaf.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5154) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6643) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6643) has autograph ("Jane Anne Carpenter") in pencil on front free endpaper; dated 20th-century manuscript gift inscription ("Merry Christmas to Jane Ann Carpenter. (1935.) from Aunt Marie") on front free endpaper; manuscript inscription ("Vincent Smith School") on verso of front free endpaper.

OCLC:

57668813