PICCINO and Other Child Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett illustrated by Reginald Bathurst Birch

Reginald Bathurst Birch (May 2, 1856 – June 17, 1943) was an English-American artist and illustrator. He was best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, which started a craze in juvenile fashion. While his illustrated corpus has eclipsed his other work, he was also an accomplished painter of portraits and landscapes.

 

Reginald Bathurst Birch

 

SO HE WENT TO SHOW HIS TROUSERS

Frontispiece

 

 

PICCINO, WHO LAY FAST ASLEEP

PICCINO CLUNG TO THE DONKEY, RUBBING HIS CHEEK WOFULLY AGAINST HER GRAY SHOULDER

I AM GOING TO WASH YOU MYSELF, SAID LADY ALLEN, LIFTING HIM IN HER STRONG WHITE ARMS

THE GIRL STARED AT HIM

I POLISHED  AWAY AT THE CAPTAIN'S SABRE

MISS ROSE PUT HER HANDS ON HIS SHOULDERS

AND I SHALL ALWAYS BE FOND OF YOU, RABBETT

I DID NOT LIKE THE SWING AT FIRST

I LEFT HER LAP AND CURLED UP IN HER ARM

FOUNTLEROY'S WELCOME INTO THE WORLD: F'OW HIM IN 'ER FIRE!

 

HIS INITIAL ACT OF CHARITY: LADY, HE SAID, LADY, F'ONT DOOR - WANT B'EAD

 

I'M VERY SORRY FOR YOU, MR. WENHAM, ABOUT YOUR WIFE BEING DEAD

ARE YOU IN SOCIETY, MRS. WILKINS?

THE REAL FAUNTELROY LISTENING TO THE STORY OF THE IDEAL FAUNTELROY