The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak: A Parable for Young and Old

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1893. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Edge wear, bottom corner of front board bumped, front hinge starting. 1893 Hard Cover. 198 pp. Color frontispiece by H. Winthrop Peirce, woodcuts in text. The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak is a classic children's book written by Miss Mulock. The story revolves around a young prince who is born with a physical disability, rendering him unable to walk. Due to his condition, the prince is often isolated and unhappy. However, he is gifted a magical cloak that allows him to travel to different places in the world. With the help of his cloak, the prince embarks on a series of adventures, meeting new people and making friends along the way. Through his travels, the prince learns valuable life lessons and gains a new perspective on his own condition. The book is a heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and the power of imagination. Miss Mulock (pseudonym of Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) tells the children's story about a healthy baby prince who is dropped by a careless nurse enroute to his christening; when both his parents die, he is at the mercy of his ambitious uncle who has him secreted away to a lonely tower on a barren plain. The young crippled prince must then reclaim his kingdom from his evil uncle, with the help of a magic cape from his godmother.