The coloured picture book of surprising stories
Publisher: Dean & Son, 11 Ludgate Hill
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Stories in rhyme; Children's stories
Other titles: Colored picture book of surprising stories; Cats' party.
Notes: Eight stories in verse, one in prose.

Includes 81 full-page hand-colored illustrations.

In original publisher's binding: blue cloth with a border stamped in blind and title stamped in gilt on boards, title and decoration in gilt on spine. All edges gilt.

Date of publication from record for copy in Osborne Collection.

Publisher's advertisement for "Juvenile publications, 1s, 6d. each" on two pages at end.
Table of contents: title: The cats' party; title: The dogs' dinner party; title: The donkey's party and feast; title: The little pig's ramble from home; title: The little pig's tale; title: The mouse and her sons; title: The three useful giants, wind, water, and steam; title: The prince and his three gifts; title: The seven wonderful brothers.