The Tailor of Glouchester (Illustrated)

by Beatrix Potter

Overview

The Tailor of Gloucester is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, privately printed by the author in 1902, and published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1903. The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat and was based on a real world incident involving a tailor and his assistants. For years, Potter declared that of all her books it was her personal favourite.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150083264
Publisher:	Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	883,629
File size:	933 KB

About the Author

Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published in 1902, was her first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend. Beatrix Potter went on to publish more than 20 tales and collections of rhymes. Potter's other popular books include The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, and Tale of Benjamin Bunny.