[1845.] Woodcock’s “Lives of Illustrious Lords Mayors and Aldermen of London, with a Brief History of the City of London”. London. 8vo. Pp. 28-46, Life of Whittington; but it contains no information of any value.
1860. The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages, exemplified in the Story of Whittington and his Cat: being an attempt to rescue that interesting story from the region of fable, and to place it in its proper position in the legitimate history of this country. By the Rev. Samuel Lysons, M.A. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1860. 8vo.
1871. The Story of Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London in the years 1397, 1406-7, and 1419 A.D. Written and illustrated by Carr. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1871. Folio.
A new Ballad prettily illustrated, in which Canon Lysons’s researches are taken into account, and the boy is made of good parentage, but the rest of the legend is retained.
1881. Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London. By Walter Besant and James Rice. London: Marcus Ward and Co. 1881. Sm. 8vo.
Whittington and his Cat. By Ernest J. Miller. Published by the Albany Institute, Albany, N.Y. Weed, Parsons, and Company. 1881. 8vo.
A valuable paper, which contains a great mass of information on both the true and——the fictitious Whittington.
Whittington and his Cat, an Entertainment for Young People, by Miss Corner.
The Remarkable History of Richard Whittington and his Cat. Aunt Busy Bee’s New Series. Dean and Son. Coloured illustrations on the page.
The following title is taken from Mr. Lysons’s book, and I presume it is merely an edition of the ordinary chap-book.