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Mr. Rabbit at Home / A sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his Queer Country

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A collection of short folktales and framed episodes featuring a clever rabbit and a menagerie of talking animals, told through a domestic frame that links children's adventures with storytelling. Individual chapters present trickster plots, comic misunderstandings, and occasional peril as the rabbit outwits rivals, encounters strange beings, and navigates moral predicaments. The narratives alternate playful humor and suspense, often concluding with ironic reversals or practical lessons. Language and illustrations emphasize a folksy, vernacular mood, blending fantasy elements, rural folklore motifs, and anecdotal scenes that vary in length and tone throughout the volume.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  PAGE
Brother Lion watched me. Frontispiece
 
How did you get here? 12
 
She waited a Little While 22
 
Presently they came to a Precipice 32
 
One of them was entirely different from all the Rest 42
 
They saw the Handsome Boy sleeping 52
 
Her Stepmother crept into the Room 66
 
She would have knelt, but he lifted her up 80
 
He went a little Way down one Road 86
 
A Lady, richly dressed, came out of the Woods 96
 
As he did so, a Crow hopped out 114
 
He saw an old Man, no bigger than a Broomstick 124
 
The Wooden Horse had stampeded the Enemy’s Army 142
 
You never heard such Howling since you were born 150
 
He was so weak that he couldn’t get up 174
 
The Monkeys would make Faces and squeal at the Dogs 180
 
“What is the Trouble?” says the Oldest Rabbit 184
 
He rubbed the Side of his Head 204
 
A Queer-looking little Man came jogging along the Road 216
 
Have you seen Anything of a Stray Shoe? 232
 
A Horrible Monster glared at them 244
 
The Boy told Uncle Rain the whole Story 258
 
At last the Robbers managed to escape 274
 
“Hit, Stick! Stick, hit!” she cried 292
 
It made him grin from Ear to Ear 298

MR. RABBIT AT HOME.