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Excerpt from The Tailor of GloucesterN the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles; and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in Gloucester.He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street; cross-legged on a table; from morning till dark.All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted; piecing out his satin and pompadour; and lutestring; stuffs had strange names; and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets–when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta–there lived a tailor in Gloucester.He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross-legged on a table, from morning till dark.All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour, and lutestring; stuffs had strange names, and were very expensive in the days of the Tailor of Gloucester.But although he sewed fine silk for his neighbours, he himself was very, very poor–a little old man in spectacles, with a pinched face, old crooked fingers, and a suit of thread-bare clothes.He cut his coats without waste, according to his embroidered cloth; they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table–“Too narrow breadths for nought–except waistcoats for mice,” said the tailor.One bitter cold day near Christmastime the tailor began to make a coat–a coat of cherry-coloured corded silk embroidered with pansies and roses, and a cream coloured satin waistcoat–trimmed with gauze and green worsted chenille–for the Mayor of Gloucester.

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When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.There were twelve pieces for the coat and four pieces for the waistcoat; and there were pocket flaps and cuffs, and buttons all in order. For the lining of the coat there was fine yellow taffeta; and for the button–holes of the waistcoat, there was cherry–coloured twist. And everything was ready to sew together in the morning, all measured and sufficient—except that there was wanting just one single skein of cherry–coloured twisted silk.The tailor came out of his shop at dark, for he did not sleep there at nights; he fastened the window and locked the door, and took away the key. No one lived there at night but little brown mice, and they runin and out without any keysFor behind the wooden wainscots of all the old houses in Gloucester, there are little mouse staircases and secret trap–doors; and the mice run from house to house through those long narrow passages; they can run all over the town without going into the streets.

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THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER - BY BEATRIX POTTER - CLASSIC CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - PRESENTED BY THE GUNSTON TRUSTA charming tale of a poor old tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard, cold winter. With an important commission to complete a waistcoat before Christmas, yet ill and tired, all hope seems lost. Luckily some very kind ,mice set about to complete the job for him.This delightful tale full of colorful illustrations is ideal for bedtime reading or listening.Recommended by The Gunston Bunnies for ages 3-7 years.

When the tailor becomes sick and cannot finish the waistcoat for the Mayor, the mice finish it for him.There were twelve pieces for the coat and four pieces for the waistcoat; and there were pocket flaps and cuffs, and buttons all in order. For the lining of the coat there was fine yellow taffeta; and for the button–holes of the waistcoat, there was cherry–coloured twist. And everything was ready to sew together in the morning, all measured and sufficient—except that there was wanting just one single skein of cherry–coloured twisted silk.The tailor came out of his shop at dark, for he did not sleep there at nights; he fastened the window and locked the door, and took away the key. No one lived there at night but little brown mice, and they runin and out without any keysFor behind the wooden wainscots of all the old houses in Gloucester, there are little mouse staircases and secret trap–doors; and the mice run from house to house through those long narrow passages; they can run all over the town without going into the streets.