Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak, A Parable for the Young and Old. (Knickerbocker Classics)

From Wikipedia:"The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak (often published under its shorter title The Little Lame Prince) is a story for children written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and first published in 1875.[1] In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy godmother provides a magical travelling cloak so he can see, but not touch, the world. He uses this cloak to go on various adventures, and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Finally he becomes a wise and compassionate ruler of his own land.[1]
The author's style was to stimulate positive feelings in her young readers so that they would be motivated to adopt socially correct actions in whatever circumstances they encountered.[1] She shows how imagination (mediated by the cloak) can lead to empathy and enlightened morality. However, some critics have found a deeper theme in this story, relating to the restricted lives of respectable middle-class British Victorian women that enforced helplessness."

Fair condition. Cloth over boards with paper image pasted to front cover. For its age, cover has light wear. Name on front end paper: Olive J. Rice. Rated as Fair because some sections are loose from spine, but entire book appears to be present. Pages have light tanning with an occasional light stain. Text is clean. Illustrations are black and white with captions. Please use photos as part of the description.

126 pages.