Twenty thousand copies of "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit" were published in panorama format in November and December 1906 in exactly the same measurements as "Miss Moppet". Both were later published in a small-book format. "The Sly Old Cat" was scheduled for publication in 1907 but fell victim to the pressures exerted by booksellers. It was set aside, but was proposed for publication in 1916 as "The Story of the Sly Old Cat". Potter's eyesight was failing and she refused to develop it. The story was published in book format with Potter's 1906 rough sketches for the first time in 1971. It is not included in the standard 23-volume Peter Rabbit library.