Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog - Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott

This story, ''An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog'', was originally published in 1879 as one of Randolph Caldecott''s sixteen ''Picture Books''. These were published in pairs each Christmas from 1877 until Caldecott''s death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, wi...