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The Monkey and the Cat

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Poem details

The Monkey and the Cat

METADATA

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The Monkey and the Cat

Poet(s)

de la Fontaine, Jean

Credits

Translator

Hardinge, William Money

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

The Nineteenth Century 9:51, 822–823, May 1881.

First line

Bertrand the wily ape, and Master Puss the cat

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

Original language

French

Document status

Generated: The file was automatically generated from metadata in the project metadata database.

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Notes and attribution research

Poem included in the article French Verse in English (812-37) by William M. Hardinge. (HR)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 7912

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The Monkey and the Cat,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.9beta, University of Victoria, 18th March 2024, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/nineteenthcentury/1881/pom_7912_the_monkey_and_the_cat.html.

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