The reproductions in this book have been made using the most modern electronic scanning methods from entirely new transparencies of Beatrix Potter's original watercolours. They enable Beatrix Potter's skill as an artist to be appreciated as never before, not even during her own lifetime.
The illustration on page 26 is the original picture which appeared in the first edition of this book, and for which on alternative was later substituted.
FREDERICK WARNE
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First published 1917
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