220 mm X 175 mm.
144 pages.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Volume one of a two volume set. First published in one volume in 1913.
William Heath Robinson is best known today for his drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives but his early career involved illustrating books – among others: The Arabian Nights (1899), Tales from Shakespeare (1902) and Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1915).