The tailor of Gloucester . THE TAILOR OFGLOUCESTER BEATRIX POTTER Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit,* The Tale ofrSquirrel Nutkm. Ill be at charges for a looking-glass;And entertain a score or two of tailors. Richard IIJ NEW YORK FREDERICK WARNE & CO., East 226. Street Copyright. 190?FREDERICK vVARNE & CU. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER IN the time of swords and periwigsand full-skirted coats with floweredlappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles,and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoyand taffeta—there lived a tailor inGloucester. He sat in the window of a littleshop in Westgate Street, cross-le
The tailor of Gloucester . THE TAILOR OFGLOUCESTER BEATRIX POTTER Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit,* The Tale ofrSquirrel Nutkm. Ill be at charges for a looking-glass;And entertain a score or two of tailors. Richard IIJ NEW YORK FREDERICK WARNE & CO., East 226. Street Copyright. 190?FREDERICK vVARNE & CU. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER IN the time of swords and periwigsand full-skirted coats with floweredlappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles,and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoyand taffeta—there lived a tailor inGloucester. He sat in the window of a littleshop in Westgate Street, cross-leggedon a table from morning till dark. All day long while the light lasted hesewed and snippetted, piecing out hissatin, and pompadour, and lutestring;stuffs had strange names, and werevery expensive in the days of theTailor of Gloucester. io The Tailor of Gloucester But although he sewed fine silk forhis neighbours, he himself was very,very poor—a little old man in spec-tacles, with a pinched face, old crook-ed fingers, and a Slit of threadbareclothes. He cut his coats without waste;according to his embroidered cloth,they were very small ends and snippetsthat lay about upon the table—Toonarrow breadths for nought—exceptwaistcoats for mice, said the tailor. One bitter cold day near Christmas-time the
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