It cannot rain but it pours, or, London strow'd with rarities
Subtitle: being, an account of the arrival of a white bear, at the house of Mr. Ratcliff in Bishopsgate-Street : as also of the Faustina, the celebrated Italian singing woman; and of the Copper-farthing Dean from Ireland ; and lastly, of the wonderful wild man that was nursed in the woods of Germany by a wild beast, hunted and taken in toyls ... being call'd Peter; and how he was brought to Court ...
Publisher: Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane
Published: 1726
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders
Other titles: London strow'd with rarities.
Notes: Signatures: A⁴ B²

Below imprint: (Price three-pence.)

Probably started by John Arbuthnot, but completed by another hand (Cf. L.M. Beattie, John Arbuthnot, p.305-307); also attrib. to Swift.

Rothschild 50: "Peter the wild boy was for some time in Arbuthnot's care."

Actually only a description of Peter, the wild boy; the "first part" was issued later, as It cannot rain but it pours, or, The first part of London strow'd with rarities. --Teerink 928.