The Modern story-teller; : being a collection of merry, polite, grave, moral, entertaining and improving tales.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38275.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Brigands and robbers--Juvenile fiction.

Brigands and robbers.

Rogues and vagabonds--Juvenile fiction.

Rogues and vagabonds.

Cruelty--Juvenile fiction.

Cruelty.

Revenge--Juvenile fiction.

Revenge.

Atheists--Juvenile fiction.

Atheists.

Legal stories.

Illness anxiety disorder.

Judges.

Judges--Juvenile fiction.

Illness anxiety disorder--Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Legal stories.

Juvenile literature -- 1816.

Anthologies.

Chapbooks -- 1816.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

142 pages ; 11 cm

Other Title:

Story teller.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie [N.Y.]: : Published by Paraclete Potter, P. & S. Potter, printers., 1816.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Contents: Gordon, the highwayman

A major's cruelty punished

The crafty and valiant Welchman

The wise Irishman and his sallad [sic] oil

The old woman basted with butter

The bold Staffordshire girl

The sharpers and the publican

The merry revenge

Once a rogue, always a rogue

The atheist

The highwayman and the drover

The magistrate's lady; or A new quirk for the lawyers

The Middlesex justice

The hypocondriac: or The force of imagination.

Notes:

Running title: Story teller.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38275).

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