It cannot rain but it pours: or, London strow'd with Rarities. Being, An Account of the Arrival of a White Bear, at the House of Mr. Ratcliff in Bishopsgate-Street: As also of the Faustina, the celebrated Italian Singing Woman; And of the Copper-Farthing Dean from Ireland. And Lastly, Of the wonderful Wild Man that was nursed in the Woods of Germany by a Wild Beast, hunted and taken in Toyls; how he behaveth himself like a dumb Creature, and is a Christian like one of us, being call'd Peter; and how he was brought to Court all in Green, to the great Astonishment of the Quality and Gentry.

People / Organizations

• John Arbuthnot (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane, MDCCXXVI. [1726]

Publication year

1726-1726

ESTC No.

T9689

Grub Street ID

316341

Description

10,[2]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Probably started by John Arbuthnot, but completed by another hand.

Doubtfully attributed to Dean Swift by Teerink in the first edition of his bibliography but ascribed to Arbuthnot et al. in the second edition.

Uncontrolled note

NUC = Arbuthnot