The elegant entertainer, and merry story-teller: being a valuable collection of diverting and instructive tales, fables, and other curious articles, both in prose and verse. Among which are, Many of the best Tales from the Modern Story-Teller, Female Fables, by Mr. Moor, Anecdotes, or secret and curious Histories, from the Tell-Tale, Curious and Instructive Letters from Lady M.W. Montague, Mr. Langhorne, &c. King Charles's Wonderful Escape, by Ld. Clarendon, A Rational Account of the Siege of Troy, Harris on Happiness, Remarkable Voyage to Ceylon in the East Indies, Description of Paris and other Places in France, Swift's Cause of the Dishonesty of British Ministers, Discoveries concerning Bees, Ingenious Essays, Improving Allegories, Uncommon Epitaphs, Improvements in Husbandry, Valuable Receipts in Phisic, With many other Uncommon and Useful Pieces by Authors of the Best Taste.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152,151-158,189-236,137-142,[2]p. )

Other Title:

Elegant entertainer,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for N. Young, under the Royal-Exchange, MDCCLXVII. [1767]

Notes:

The pagination is irregular, but the register is continuous throughout and the text is complete.

With a final contents leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T211627.

OCLC:

642533479