The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse [SEP] illustrator
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in December 1918. The tale is based on the Aesop fable, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", with details taken from Horace's "Satires" 2.6.79-117. It tells of a country mouse and a city mouse who visit each other in their respective homes. After sampling the other's way of life, both express
as well as "The Tale of a Country Mouse". When "The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse" was finally settled upon, the story's opening line – "Timmy Willie went to town by mistake in a hamper" – was, of necessity, changed to "Johnny Town-Mouse was born in a cupboard. Timmy Willie was born in a garden."
In May 1918, Potter sent her publisher six drawings for the new book while managing various problems at the farm and attending her brother Bertram