The history of Whittington and his cat :
how from a poor country boy, destitute of parents or relations, he attained great riches, and was promoted to the high and honorable dignity of Lord Mayor of London.

Description

Related Names

Kendrew, James.

Language(s)

English

Published

York : Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820?]

Subjects

Whittington, Richard, > Whittington, Richard, / d. 1423 > Whittington, Richard, / d. 1423 / Folklore.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Chapbooks, English > Chapbooks, English / Juvenile literature.
Folklore > Folklore / England.
Cats > Cats / Folklore.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / York > Chapbooks / England / York / 19th century
Folklore.

Summary

Retells the traditional tale of the poor boy in medieval England who made his fortune through his mouse-catching cat and became Lord Mayor of London.

Note

Includes 11 woodcuts.
First sentence: "Dick Whittington was so young when his father and mother died, that he neither knew them nor the place of his birth."
Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper.
"Reflection," a moral for the story, and "Against Lying, " a poem, added.
Other chapbooks in this series dated ca. 1820, cf. Osborne Coll. Cf. Mansell 661:333.
First and last leaves pasted to wrappers.

Physical Description

31, [1] p. : ill. ; 97 x 65 mm.

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