Popular stories, or, Entertaining tales : &. &c., volume 2
Dateapproximately 1820
Names
Alternate Title
- Entertaining tales
Format
Each volume embellished with six engravings.
A collection of over thirty stories, anecdotes and poems.
Imperfect copy: one plate in the second volume is wanting.
The plates, engraved by Ray, Sharpe, Hull, Potts and others after W. Grainger, were published by and for I. Roe in 1805 and 1806.
(Partial contents): Vol. 1. The water spectre / by Sarah Wilkinson -- The history of Fair Rosamond -- Love and madness : an elegy / written by T. Campbell, in 1795 -- Vol. 2. Albert of Werdendorff, or, The midnight embrace / by S. Wilkinson -- The captive mother / by Helena Maria Williams -- The sleeping beauty in the wood / by Sarah Wilkinson -- The travellers, or, Prince of China / by Sarah Wilkinson -- The maid of Sicily, or, The lady of the tomb / by Sarah Wilkinson -- Vol. 3. Hunter of the Alps / by Sarah Wilkinson -- Blue Beard, or, Female curiosity / corrected and enlarged by S. Wilkinson -- The shepherdess of the Alps / by M. Marmontel -- The foundling of the forest, or, The brother & sister / by Sarah Wilkinson.
Medium
Number of Volumes3
DimensionsCover size: 14 cm x 9 cm (5 1/2 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Extent
- 3 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations
Language
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession Number37131053604534D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=287449
approximately 1820
approximately 1820