In the time of swords and periwigs and fullskirted coats with flowered lappetswhen gentlemen wore ruffles, and goldlaced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffetathere lived a tailor in Gloucester.He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, crosslegged on a table, from morning till dark.All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour, and lutestring; stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British childrens book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with camomile tea. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potters former governess Annie Carter Moore, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers rejections, but was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902. The book was a success, and multiple reprints were issued in the years immediately following its debut. It has been translated into 36 languages, and with 45 million copies sold it is one of the best-selling books of all time.
