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The Wise men of Gosmanthorpe : a tale.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3991.A1 W55 1801
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- Great Britain -- London -- 19th century.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 206 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Bunney and Gold, Shoe-Lane, for T. Reynolds, 1801.
- Contents:
- Sect. I. Introduction
- II. The history
- III. Digression I: On the shapes, and races of men
- IV. The history continued
- V. Digression II: Of the use and antiquity of pocket handkercheifs
- VI. The history continued
- VII. Digression III: On the nature and effects of flogging
- VIII. The history continued
- IX. Digression IV: On the origin, decline, and advantages of bull-baiting
- X. The history concluded.
- Notes:
- Advertisements: p.[1] at end.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Cited in:
- English novel, 1770-1829, 1801:14
- Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.). p.347
- OCLC:
- 77188112
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