The Tempest

Résumé du livre

"Cover title. Series transposed; precedes imprint on cover. With an illustrated half-title. This verse version of The tempest was also published by McLoughlin in the compilation Shakspearian tales in verse for children (1882) that has a title page attribution to Mrs. Valentine (i.e., Laura Valentine). Shakespearian tales in verse ... more than fifty illustrations after AndreÌ ."--Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros. toy books, 1886: p. 20. "Richard AndreÌ " is the pseudonym of artist William Roger Snow. Cover design looks like the work of McLoughlin artist William Bruton. Cover included in pagination. Cover and illustrations printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). Illustrations printed in red and blue ink. Text and illustrations are framed with a red or yellow border on each page. "Picture books for little children."--back cover. Includes ads for Pantomime toy books, Over the hills, Over the hills series, Fun from the flowery land, A set of China, Greenaway Mother Goose, Greenaway Mother Goose series, Mother Goose in a new dress, Mother Goose in a new dress series, The cruise of the Walnut Shell, and Hans Thumbling and other stories."