The quadroon, or, The fortunes of a governess : and other tales / by eminent authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saint-Lambert, Jean-François de, 1716-1803, author.

Kotzebue, August von, 1761-1819, author.

Contributor:

Cameron and Ferguson, publisher.

Dunn and Wright, printer.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Ocean travel--Fiction.

Ocean travel.

Shipwrecks--Fiction.

Shipwrecks.

Maroons--Jamaica--Fiction.

Maroons.

West Indies--Fiction.

West Indies.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Stephens, J. F. (James Frederick), 1853-1927 (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

77, [1] pages ; 16 cm

Manufacture:

Glasgow : Dunn and Wright.

Contained In:

The brides of the Bahamas, or, The ocean spectres. 31198074602793

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Cameron and Ferguson, 88 West Nile Street, [18--]

Language Note:

"Zimeo" is an English translation of "Zimeo par George Filmer, né primitif" by François de Saint-Lambert. "The revenge" is an English translation of "Die Rache" by August von Kotzebue.

Contents:

(from title leaf) I. The quadroon

II. My trip to St. Thomas's

III. Zimeo

IV. The revenge.

Notes:

"The quadroon" previously published under title "The planter" in Friendship's offering (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1831). "My trip to St. Thomas's" previously published under title "The nocturnal separation" in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine (v. 12, no. 66, July 1822).

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy imperfect: pages 5-12, 51-62, and 69-76 wanting.

Schimmel Collection copy bound with: Hazelton, Harry. The brides of the Bahamas, or, The ocean spectres. Glasgow : Cameron and Ferguson, 88 West Nile Street, [not before 1865].

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has stamp ("J F Stephens") of James Frederick Stephens (1853-1927) on title leaf.

OCLC:

1420496932