author
active approximately 1808 Tom Tit
An early-19th-century writer remembered for a single surviving book, this elusive figure is credited with a lively collection of children's verse about birds and disguise. Almost nothing certain is recorded beyond the 1808 publication of The Eagle's Masque.
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The eagle's masque
by active approximately 1808 Tom Tit
About the author
Very little firm biographical information appears to survive for this author. Library and public-domain records list the name as Tom Tit, active approximately 1808, which suggests the date is based on publication evidence rather than a well-documented life story.
The work most clearly associated with this name is The Eagle's Masque, published in London in 1808 and described in catalog records as children's poetry centered on birds. Because the surviving records are so sparse, it is safest to treat "Tom Tit" as an obscure literary name from the early nineteenth century rather than assume further personal details.
That obscurity gives the book a certain charm today: it comes down to modern readers as a small, surviving fragment of the children's literature of its time, with the author still largely hidden behind the pen name on the title page.