Select tales. Being a compilation of singular, interesting, remarkable and authentic narratives, ancient and modern. Selected principally from the most esteemed and popular literary works, European and American, the greater part of which have never before been offered to the public in book form.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction.

American fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

424 pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : Published by J. Martin, printed by Watson & Tompkins, 1833.

Contents:

1st. The first and last kiss: an affecting narrative of David Morgan.

2d. Esther Wharncliff: her remarkable escape from being burnt. A tale of the reign of Mary by the Rev. George Croley.

3d. The wife of seven husbands: a singular legend of ancient London.

4th. The boat on the ocean: an extraordinary and affecting tale.

5th. The murderer's last night: a singular narrative.

6th. Judicial recollections; or, The trial, sentence and premature death of Rebecca Harmon.

7th. Mitchell's singular narrative: of misfortunes and adventures, encountered in the abduction of his wife and child, by a peculiar race of Orang-Outang, or Wild Men of the Woods, in Southern Africa. Communicated by Mr. Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd.

8th. The first and last crime; or, The confession and tragical end of James Morely, the murderer.

9th. The merchant's clerk: a tragical legend of the old time in London.

10th. The cavern of death: a narrative of Border Warfare.

11th. The thunder-struck: a pathetic tale, being the first of new series from the diary of a late London physician.

12th. Job Oxleigh: the accomplished knave.

13th. The red man of the Red Sea: a pleasing and interesting tale by a modern Pythagorean.

Notes:

14th. A remarkable vision of Charles the Eleventh of Sweden.--15th. An awful and authentic narrative of the monster Benito de Soto, the pirate of the Morning Star.--16th. The first and last sacrifice: an adventure at Muder Creek. A tale of the wilderness.--17th. The tiger's cave; or, The melancholy and tragical fate of Captains Wharton and Lincoln.--18th. The first and last love: an extraordinary and affecting tale.--19th. The Scottish landlady, and her lodgers: a pathetic and beautifully told tale by Mr. Galt.--20th. Traditionary anecdotes of the Countess of Stair: from the Scottish Rebellions.--21st. First and last love: Agnes Fitzroy.--22nd. The death of Alice Bland: a pathetic tale by the author of the Tales of a pilgrim--23d. Herby and his twelve wives: a most singular and tragical story.--24th. The murder hole: a traditionary tale.--25th. A remarkable trial of murders from French Criminal Trials.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has photostats of the t.p., t.p. verso, p. 4, and p. 337-348.

Culture Class Collection copy has additional typed t.p. laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has annotations and mathematical calculations.

OCLC:

7681078