Dick Whittington and His Cat Book

I came upon this photo, which reminded me of this story, which I know from a world-tales anthology I had as a child.



My library has this Marcia Brown version and the one by Margaret Hodges, so I'll probably read both for comparison.

This version by Brown is substantially different from the version of the story I learned. It focuses more on the suffering of Dick as a homeless orphan than on his relationship with his cat. The one I had as a kid had him and cat together for a much longer period, and him on the ship with the cat. Here he is basically forced to send his cat with the merchant vessel while he remains a lowly slavey, and I have to say I find it rather hard to believe that both the sailors and his master were so honest as to give him the wealth secured by his cat's mousing prowess. Still, a decent read and good linocuts.