The White Cat and Other Old French Fairy Tales

Notes

5 stories "Arranged by {{a|Rachel Field}}" (title page) {{tr|{{a|James Robinson Planché}} }}, abridged by Field "THE TEXT used here is that of Monsieur Planché, a Frenchman who translated the Tales literally, in the early sixties of the last century.   They are arranged and abridged by Miss Rachel Field, herself a poet and a delightful writer of Children's Stories." --Introduction signed by the illustrator {{a|Elizabeth MacKinstry}} (1928 edition, pp. vii-[ix], viewed at HathiTrust Digital Library)

• Unknown translation
• 29 cm (large format) --Library of Congress (LCCN, below)
• Price $3.50 is from "Macmillan Books for Boys and Girls", Children: The Parents' Magazine 1928-12 p64; this one (quote): By Comtesse D'Aulnoy.   Introduced and illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry.   Edited by Rachel Field.   Old French fairy tales retold and illustrated in the manner of the eighteenth century.
• HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of 3 copies without original cover, one with full-color images of the title page and 7 plates included in the pagination. -- t.p., "Arranged by Rachel Field and Drawn by E. MacKinstry" -- t.p. verso, "Published, November, 1928." -- Introduction, p.vii-ix, opens "Dear Children", closes "Elizabeth MacKinstry" -- Contents, [xi], 5 stories -- "Illustrations in Color", [xiii], 7 plates included in the pagination There are numerous small b/w line drawings in the text or as head- and tailpieces.