The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots

"Puss in Boots" is an Italian fairy tale, later spread throughout the rest of Europe and retold by Charles Perrault, about an cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master. The Animedia Company ebook edition is magnificently illustrated by Sarah Noble Ives (1864–1944). The tale is translated by Charles Welsh (1850–1914).