That Would Not Kill
Henry Drummond · 1897
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Description
Henry Drummond wrote this children's story, published by Dodd, Mead and Company with sixteen full-page illustrations by Louis Wain. The copyright dates to 1897. Its hero is Tricky, a monkey who upsets everything, survives a night outdoors, shakes salt-water off, and begins with the parrot. A shepherd bolts like wildfire, and all is ready for a grim test.
The frontispiece shows Tricky with a stone in his arms, walking calmly toward the shore. Later illustrations show him heaved over a cliff with monkey and stone, yet holding back a baby. A second story, Gum, completes the volume. Readers get a Victorian animal tale, illustrated with Wain's charm, about a monkey who will not be killed and will not quite behave.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Henry Drummond |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1897 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 74 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |