Dinah Craik’s fairy tale
The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak: A Parable for Young and Old, usually abbreviated to
The Little Lame Prince,was published in 1875 by Daldy, Isbister, & Company with illustrations by John Mc. Ralston. Craik first published a copyright edition of
The Little Lame Princein Leipzig, Germany, in 1874, to prevent pirated copies in both the U.K. and U.S. Unauthorized editions were rampant in the Victorian era, and this attention to detail demonstrates Dinah Craik’s shrewdness as a businesswoman.
The Little Lame Prince is perhaps Craik’s most popular work for children, and remains in print. In the mid- twentieth century the tale was frequently published with The Adventures of a Brownie (1872) in gift book editions. At the time of its publication,
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Citation: Medina, Yvonne. "The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 September 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16474, accessed 24 November 2024.]
