Letter regarding French translation of Peter Rabbit
Frederick Warne and Co Ltd..
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
31 Dec 1918
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
260 x 204 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
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Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242265.1
Summary
Page 1 of a letter to Beatrix Potter from Frederick Warne and Co dated 31 December 1918 and signed by Fruing Warne, accompanying a letter from Mme. Ballon regarding a French translation of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (See HIL.R.63). Regarding French translations of some of the books; a bound copy of the french Tale of Peter Rabbit; the difficulty of changing the titles of the books shown in the endpapers of The Tale of Peter Rabbit; proof of La Famille Flopson; proof of Jeannot Lapin; translation of The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck has not been typeset; typesetting of The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle incomplete; fee to be offered to Mme Ballon; cover price of French editions ('My feeling is that the French people will pay for a good article just as much as the English will and that your books are removed from the 'mass''); quoted review of The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse; problem of finding French wholesale booksellers; merchandise ('the side lines')- handkerchiefs, Grimwade, slippers, dolls, Peter Rabbit Game; another volume on Appley Dapply lines (Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes); story titled 'Tiddler' (Thomas of silver and gold) about a pigeon for possible future consideration. See also HIL.R.65, the accompanying letter.
Makers and roles
Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., writer