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The History of Sir Richard Whittington by Unknown
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[1845.] Woodcock's "Lives of Illustrious Lords Mayors and Aldermen
of London, with a Brief History of the City of London." London.
8vo. Pp. 28-46, Life of Whittington; but it contains no information
of any value.

1860. The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, exemplified in the
Story of Whittington and his Cat: being an attempt to rescue that
interesting story from the region of fable, and to place it in its
proper position in the legitimate history of this country. By the
Rev. Samuel Lysons, M.A. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1860. 8vo.

1871. The Story of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London in
the years 1397, 1406-7, and 1419 A.D. Written and
illustrated by Carr. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1871. Folio.

A new Ballad prettily illustrated, in which Canon Lysons's
researches are taken into account, and the boy is made of good
parentage, but the rest of the legend is retained.

1881. Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London. By Walter
Besant and James Rice. London: Marcus Ward and Co. 1881. Sm. 8vo.

Whittington and his Cat. By Ernest J. Miller. Published by the
Albany Institute, Albany, N.Y. Weed, Parsons, and Company. 1881.
8vo.

A valuable paper, which contains a great mass of information on
both the true and----the fictitious Whittington.

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