My mother
By: by Comus, author of "Three little kittens," "Mister Fox," &c
Contributors: Young, E., engraver; Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Published: 1857
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Cats; Juvenile fiction; Kittens; Mothers; Juvenile Wit and humor
Notes: Based on a parody of Ann Taylor's poem; cf. Osborne, cited below. Poem and two musical versions, a vocal and keyboard score and a children's duet, precede Ballantyne's prose retelling.

Illustrations engraved by E. Young.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.