一般注記In verse.
Title, imprint statement, and series transcribed from upper cover. Series transcribed from between "Mousers" and "tea" on cover.
Variant issues: another issue has a cover picture of a female cat shaking paws with a feline guest; a publisher's advertisement is on lower cover. First page of text is on p. [4]. This issue has a cover picture of a female cat sitting aloof from two suitors; on the lower cover is a picture of a female cat sitting at a writing desk conferring with a standing female kitten. First page of text is on p. [3].
The series Uncle Johns drolleries (including Dash's holiday) was advertised in McLoughlin Bros., Inc. publisher's catalogues between 1876 and at least 1886. Issue in hand has chromolithographed pictures on upper and lower cover. This style of pictorial binding is similar to another title in the Uncle John's drolleries series, Dash's holiday, that was issued ca. 1884.
Cover and illustrations chromolithographed.