Beatrix Potter
(1866 - 1943)
Beatrix Potter (born Helen Beatrix Potter) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.
Bibliography
The Story of Miss Moppet (1906)
Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the original panorama edition.
The Story of Miss Moppet (1916)
Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the book edition that replaced the original panorama. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.
The Tailor of Gloucester (1902)
The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books.This is the original privately printed edition which is longer than the first commercial edition.
The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)
The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books. Originally privately printed in 1902, this is the first commercial edition. Read online at archive.org. Or at wikisource.
The Tailor of Gloucester from the Original Manuscript (1969)
When the tailor is too ill to complete an important commission, the mice who live in his house finish it for him. This is Beatrix Potter’s favorite of all her books. This is the original story which was subsequently shortened for publication.
Read online at archive.org. Download ils very slow.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)
Peter Rabbit returns to the scene of his previous adventures to retrieve his clothes and almost comes to grief again. Read online at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust.
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)
Jemima is looking for a place to hide her nest and a cunning fox offers her his shed and bids fair to eat her until Kep the farm dog intervenes. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)
The town mouse and the country mouse decide that they prefer their own way of life after sampling the other’s. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016)
The tale of a black cat who leads a double life defeating vile villains.
Read online at archive.org.
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)
On his way home from the market Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This American first edition has more illustrations than the British one.
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)
On his way home from the market, Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This British first edition does not have as many illustrations as the American one.
Read online at archive.org.
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)
A frog goes fishing and a fish goes frogging. This is a special publisher’s binding. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.
The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)
Mr. Brock the badger kidnaps the children of Benjamin bunny and locks them up in Mr. Tod the fox’s house. Peter and Benjamin stage a daring rescue. This was originally published in a new larger format. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905)
Lucie has lost three handkerchiefs and a pinafore, but finds Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has carefully laundered and starched them for her. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910)
Tidy Mrs. Tittlemouse is plagued by various insects who invade her home, and an unwelcome toad. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901)
This is the first privately-printed edition with black-and-white only illustrations. Read online at wikisource.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
There were two bindings for the first edition of this classic story of a bad little bunny. Later printings had fewer illustrations. Read online at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg. Or at Hathitrust.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (2000)
Once there were four bunnies, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. Peter disobeys his mother and goes into Mr. McGregor’s garden.
Read online at archive.org.
The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)
Sent out into the world on his own, Pigling Bland rescues a beautiful sow named Pigwig and together they flee over the hills and far away. This was the second book in the new larger format. It was later republished in the original small format. Read online at archive.org. Or at HathiTrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust.
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)
Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.