Billy Barnicoat
Subtitle: a fairy romance for young and old
By: written by Greville MacDonald ; illustrated by Francis D. Bedford
Publisher: G. Allen & Unwin
Published: 1922
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: The Maria Santisima, a Spanish ship, foundered and sunk off the rocky coast of Cornwall. The only survivor was a baby boy who was found wrapped in seaweed with a gold ring on his left thumb. He was found by Mistress Rachel Hornisyde, the wife of Jacob Hornisyde, a fisherman and the master of The Heavenly Home, a lugger. But a witch by name of Widow Pengulfy was interested in the boy, and watched as he grew strong and sturdy, and they named him Billy Barnicoat.
Notes: "First published in 1922"--Verso of t.p.

Wolff, R.L. 19th cent. fiction, 4321