m v - sir -r, :.?•,■:■ -m •w.-- isSif 15 30?IC This is a reproduction of a book from the McGill University Library collection. Title: The Marquis of Carabas' picture book : containing Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, Valentine and Orson, the absurd ABC Author: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 Publisher, year: London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, [1874] The pages were digitized as they were. The original book may have contained pages with poor print. Marks, notations, and other marginalia present in the original volume may also appear. For wider or heavier books, a slight curvature to the text on the inside of pages may be noticeable. ISBN of reproduction: 978-1-77096-080-0 This reproduction is intended for personal use only, and may not be reproduced, re-published, or re-distributed commercially. For further information on permission regarding the use of this reproduction contact McGill University Library. McGill University Library www.mcgill.ca/library -4 i&Sf fc-fynCv^ Nt-rJ Cpi iE 'i'- THE Marquis of Carabas PICTURE BOOK CONTAINING PUSS IN BOOTS OLD MOTHER HUBBARD VALENTINE AND ORSON THE ABSURD ABC WITH THIRTY-TWO PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY WALTER CRANE. Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE NEW YORK: 416 BROOME STREET TOY BOOKS AUNT MAVOR’S TOY BOOKS, or Large Coloured Sixpenny Books for CHILDREN, with greatly improved Illustrations, super-royal 8vo, in Wrappers, price Sixpence each. Nursery Alphabet. History of Tom Thumb . The Dogs' Dinner-Party. The Butterflies' Ball. The Cherry Orchard. Dick Whittington. Cock Robin. Punch and Judy. History of John Gilpin. History of Blue Beard. Little Totty. Sindbad the Sailor. Jack and the Bean-Stalk. The House that Jack Built. The Old Woman and her Pig. History of an Apple Pie. Tom Thumb's Alphabet. Baron Munchausen. Puck and Pea Blossom's Visit to London. The Picture Alphabet. The White Cat. Arthur's Alphabet. Dorothy Frump and her Six Dogs. Singing Birds. Parrots and Talking Birds. Dogs, Birds, Bible Alphabet. The Railroad Alphabet, Alphabet for Good Boys and Girls. The Sea-Side Alphabet. The Farm-Yard Alphabet. Also kept Mounted on Linen, entitled “ Mavor’S Everlasting Toys,” bound in stiff Covers, and Coloured, price One Shilling each. ROUTLEDGE’S NEW SIXPENNY TOY BOOKS, beautifully printed in Colours by Messrs. Leighton Brothers, Vincent Brooks, Edmund Evans, and Kroniieim and Co., in super-royal 8vo, fancy Wrappers, price Sixpence each. * Greedy Jem and his Six Brothers. *Our Puss and her Kittens, Hop o' My Thumb. Jack the Giant-Killer, Little Red Riding- Hood. Beauty and the Beast, Old Mother Hubbard, * Happy Days of Childhood. Little Dog Trusty. Pussy Cat’s Tea-Party. The Babes in the Wood. Wild Animals. British Animals. * The Frog who would a- Wooing Go. The Old Courtier. Chattering Jack. The Fancy Dress Ball. Old King Cole. The Prince with the Long Nose. The Multiplication Table. * The Faithless Parrot. * The Farm - Yard. Horses. Old Dame Trot. Sing a Song of Sixpence, The Enraged Miller. Gaping, W ide - M. 'outlied, W addling Frog. The Little Hunchback. How Jessie was Lost. Grammar in Rhyme. Annie and Jack in London. One, Two, Buckle my Shoe. The Juvenile Party. * Little Minute's Child Life. * King Nutcracker. The Fairy Ship. Adventures of Puffy. King Grisly Beard. Rumpelstiltskin. " This Little Pig went to Market. King Luckieboy s Party, Aladdin. Noah's Ark Alphabet. Domestic Pels. Nursery Rhymes. My Mother. The Forty Thieves. The Three Bears. Cinderella. Valentine and Orson. Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard. The Absurd ABC. be had strongly Mounted The above, except those marked with an asterisk, may also on Cloth, price One Shilling each. GEORGE ROUT LEDGE & SONS, The Broadway, Ludgate. PUSS IN BOOTS. MILLER lay dying, — he made his last will ; He left his three sons his cat, ass, and mill: To the eldest the mill, to the second the ass ; The third had the cat, and he cried out, “ Alas ! I must starve now, unless I take Pussy to eat !” “No, Master,” said Puss, “give me boots to my feet — A pair of top-boots— and please leave me alive, And you shall just see how we 'll flourish and thrive.” v 2 — ' . - ■ - ■ •* *; ’ - .*■ * - i - “ . <Vv If j ■ , - f » - " -t ^ -ivT* S^hHH M<®£ And being well dried and well rid of the water, Was then introduced by the King to his daughter, And invited to drive in the King s coach -and -four ; And Puss, who had managed all, hurried before, And seeing men reaping some very fine corn, Said to them, “ You will wish that you’d never been born, If you don’t tell the King, who is now near at hand, I That the Marquis of Carabas owns all this land. And all whom he met he commanded the same, To magnify further the Marquis’s name. * r 1 ! |Mgt^ At last he arrived at a castle so grand, Which belonged to an Ogre, as well as the land; Pass conversed with the Ogre, who said that he could Assume any shape that he chose — bad or good, Great or small — as he’d show; and the Ogre, so fussy, Turned into a mouse, and was swallowed by Pussy. At tliis moment his Majesty’s carriage was heard; Puss hurried down stairs, and he shortly appeared At the door, flung wide open before theycould ring: | “The Marquis of Carabas welcomes the King!” 1 imoHdtajT 1 * W V Xlf 1 V J If J; L f V 0 TO V J Illy f l v f • ' v - *-*— — ^ Id — ^ v , t ■it yM if , ■m' 1 r* *'*T- T 1 T * WM -- , ] f\ &J a ( W, - T J* fV\ „ |[|; p .1 JT1 \ - V*U/ :# 111 i I 'WjO ^ ^ jJI puftl/^" fvl Jm ||»» I 1 V WB&/ ' VOiu//^-/ VNM! j/if? I|l l\ 1 IPWP fc I ■! i V' WB ^ v „ - w T^[ i )|; -•Tr^A \ s Isl ;aI 7 ! si ^ 0 ® ® ' 'vM 1 v The Miller’s son thus became lord of the place, And lie feasted the King with much grandeur and grace. After dinner, his Majesty, smiling and bland. Said, “ Marquis of Carabas, give us your hand ; And if there is aught that seems goodly of ours — Yes, even our daughter — dear Marquis, ’tis yours.” So the Miller’s son married the Princess next day. And Puss was a groomsman, in top-boots so gay; For the Marquis of Carabas owed him his life — His lands and his corn-fields — his castle and wife. 8 QLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. i She went to the baker’s To buy him some bread But when she came back, The poor Dog was dead She went to the joiner’s To buy him a coffin, But when she came back, The poor Dog was laughing m 3 *■ if! Wl LL r 1 2 ,r f'\ : * ■ - f • : r * She took a clean dish To get him some tripe, But when she came back, He was smoking a pipe She went to the ale-house To get him some beer, But when she came back, The Doe sa t in a chair. fwm TO f l j I o Xj She went to the tavern For white wine and red. But when she came back, The Do£ stood on his head. * <3 She went to the hatter s, To buy him a hat, But when she came back, H e was feeding the cat. S' U, 1 , ful I I 43 ( f \ iJF r * ^ - 7 _ y W:'% \ Lf *< '• *■/ J -ft/tf V:3 # * * u :, > *' 5<-V V " ' ► \\ Ah l^nV :M ■ — VL> t: V i,. A ^ “ J ^v $ 1302 . She went to the barbers To buy him a wig, But when she came back, H e was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterers To buy him some fruit, But when she came back, He was playing the flute % ■ . r-M She went to the tailor s To buy him a coat, But when she came back, a goat She went to the cobbler’s To buy him some shoes, But when she came back, He was readme the news was hSi V J m ™J 6 She went to the sempstress To buy him some linen, But when she came back, The Dog was a-spinning. She went to the hosier’s To buy him some hose, But when she came back, He was drest in his clothes. 7 8 /^\NCE on a time an Emperor, a man of might and fame, Married a wife, and fair was she, and Bellisant her name ; And fair and happy were their lives, until an evil man (He was the High Priest of the Court) an evil tale began, Of how the lady was not true unto her husband dear : The Emperor believed the tale, and rose up in great fear, And drove poor Bellisant away ; in haste and dire mischance She took her way to Pepin’s Court (her brother, King of France 1 iie tied, weighed down Dy gnei dim sense of cruel scorn, forest two fair sons to Bel lisant were born ; her servant went to buy some food, a some great she-bear Came up, and carried off one child unto her distant lair. Poor Bellisant ran after her. with many a sigh and moan ; In vain, — and when she turned again, the other child was gone ! 2 Now, Pepin chanced that very clay to hunt with all his train In that same wood, and found the child ere she came back again ; And took him home, and brought him up, and gave him all things fine — Apparel, horses, and a name, — so he was Valentine. And brave and fair he grew,- — -King Pepin’s daughter loved him well ; The sons were jealous. Now will I his brother’s storv tell. M y\ 1 iW ■ 17 * xfjjL i/i Tea l M M 3 The she-bear and her savage cubs, l And nursed him well, and tended hi They called him Orson ; in the woo And all he fought he killed with ea; Was made by Pepin’s sons for gettiii Whom they induced to fight with hi' But Valentine was conqueror, and 0 And served and followed him alway * * . * * hey saved the child alive, n, — well did he grow and thrive. is he lived, a strong wild man, e ; and so a wicked plan ig rid of Valentine, n. by flattering words and fine. rson owned his might, ; and they were squire and knight. V - \' ^ m Mil *■ Vi I*t v g V. i.' v* [■«/ •»^r i * > / I ' fc\ EH . «r\ * ■ ^ • • . • -._ . ... ‘V I . I (. f J. u - ; v * « v / • ; fc ... i • ; • - - ; 9fl *4/ # > * % i r Now, in that land there dwelt a man, the Green Knight he was called, Who by his strength and magic arts a lady fair enthralled. And kept in prison dark and strong, and none could set her free ; Not even Valentine prevailed, with all his bravery. 6 But Orson threw the Green Knight down, and o bound him with a chain, And set the lady free; both brothers then start off to train o The Green Knight’s castle-gates, — two roaring Hons kept guard there. But down they crouched when they beheld the brothers void of fear. WTO 7 . \M/ And there within the castle hall they saw a head of brass, That uttered marvels,— of their birth, and how it came to pass ; How in a convent lonely was their mother Bellisant ; How the King and Oueen of France were their unde and their aunt ; How the High Priest had confessed his lies, with many tears and groans ; How tlie Emperor, their father, was in search of wife and sons. So the lost were found, the wrong made right, by all good rule and line; They married well, and lived long years— ORSON and Valentine, — ^ 8 . - A fot t ke APP LE CAT*qt played'on mml ~ \ ■= Wheruoyis DAME with her ^ * ' * * s rTissc^id they. gat |ove?Y Jb.qt Trot^eb ^ awhiLe. Fall many a[ohgda>i rabbitMin Jbanti.ng. | i |«| . §gj L| L ^r^: ^ x'^1 /" ^ HV / v 1 y i - fr •^"= "5 x/\ V I / / ^ 1 J XMV/X rr°g in the ou know, ’dh a woo«n< in woe. 4 j or tKei-ng isrurnan eac^ to make fast he giant: who wanted to have Kim Jcot breakfast,. who wand e* e d upstart $ J\na tne-t the old. man w ho objected to pTayefS ■*Ti§l ' J / 1 IP T'H 11^5 mm P4 [ft ov alter fiis fail . elt obliged to resign K seat on the wall . wouidm give "o one v/itK too and no monex. 3 MUM Em men mss! N foTtkepsfu , ^ Were often their me L /or Little man, gun and bullets complete. Who shot the poor duck, anal vs/as pToud of the feat. 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