The Rose and the Ring or the History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo: A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children
Book Description
It happened that the undersigned spent the last Christmas season in a foreign city, where there were many English children. In that city, if you wanted to give a childs party, you could nt even get a magic lantern or buy Twelfth-N ight characters those funny painted pictures of the King, the Queen, the Lover, the Lady, the Dandy, the Captain, and so on with which our young ones are wont to recreat...
MoreIt happened that the undersigned spent the last Christmas season in a foreign city, where there were many English children. In that city, if you wanted to give a childs party, you could nt even get a magic lantern or buy Twelfth-N ight characters those funny painted pictures of the King, the Queen, the Lover, the Lady, the Dandy, the Captain, and so on with which our young ones are wont to recreate themselves at this festive time. My friend Miss Bunch, who was governess of a large family that lived in the Piano Nobile of the house inhabited by myself and my young charges (it was the Palazzo Poniatowski at Rome, and Messrs. Spillmann, two of the best pastry-cooks in Christendom, have their shop on the ground floor) Miss Bunch, I say, begged me to draw a set of Twelfth-N ight characters for the amusement of our young people. She is a lady of great fancy and droll imagination, and having looked at the characters, she and I composed a history about them, which was recited to the little folks at night, and served as our FIRESIDE PANTOMIME. Our juvenile audience was amused by the adventures of Griglio and Bulbo, Rosalba and A ngelica.
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