Puss in Boots

鈥淭he Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots.鈥� Histories or聽Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers,聽London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 62-71.

Tale Summary Once, there was a poor miller, who only had his Mill, his Ass, and his Cat, to leave to his sons. The youngest, inheriting the Cat, was despondent, and the Cat overhears him lamenting his lot (the boy fears he will have to eat his cat and make...

Puss in Boots

鈥淧uss in Boots.鈥� Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton聽and Co., 1923, pp. 31-36.

Tale Summary There was once a poor miller, who died and had only his mill, his ass, and his cat to leave to his three sons. The youngest of the boys, inheriting the cat, lamented aloud his misfortune, and how he must eat the cat and make a muff with...

Puss comforts Jack

鈥淧uss in Boots.鈥� Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 99-112.

Tale Summary A miller's youngest son is left with his father's cat after his passing. Seeing his new master is dissatisfied with his inheritance, the cat requests some boots and a sack and departs into the countryside to prove his worth. The cat hunts numerous animals and presents them to...

Tom Puss and the Ogre

"Puss in Boots." George Cruikshank's Fairy Library, George Cruikshank, London: Routledge and Sons, [1870s], pp. 1-27.

Tale Summary A miller, upon his retirement, gifts his youngest son Caraba the mouser cat, Tom Puss. Caraba and Tom Puss grow very close, and even more so when Caraba saves Tom from a savage dog. One day, after going to town to sell flour, Caraba lays eyes on the...

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Perrault, Charles. "Le maitre chat, ou le chat bott茅." Histoires, ou, Contes du temps pass茅, Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes, 1700, pp. 63-80.

Tale Summary A miller dies and leaves all he has to his three sons. The third and youngest is willed only a cat, to his dismay. He complains out loud that once he has eaten the cat and made a muff of its skin, he will have nothing left. The...