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AMUSING PROSE CHAP-BOOKS

AMUSING PROSE CHAP-BOOKS

by Robert Hays Cunningham

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Editor
Cunningham, Robert Hays
Title
Amusing prose chap-books
Credits
Produced by Feòrag NicBhrìde, Ron Stephens, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Chapbooks
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36517
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36517
Release Date
June 25, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AMUSING — PROSE CHAP-BOOKS — Chiefly of Last Century — ROBERT HAYS CUNNINGHAM — LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO GLASGOW: THOMAS D. MORISON 1889
  2. 2.EDITORIAL NOTE. — Amusing — Prose Chap-Books.
  3. 3.COMICAL HISTORY — KING AND THE COBBLER
  4. 4.Chapter I.
  5. 5.Chapter II.
  6. 6.Chapter III.
  7. 7.Chapter IV.
  8. 8.Chapter V.
  9. 9.CELLAR.
  10. 10.Chapter VI.
  11. 11.THE MERRY TALES — OF THE — WISE MEN OF GOTHAM. — Tale I. — Tale II. — Tale III. — Tale IV. — Tale V. — Tale VI. — Tale VII. — Tale VIII. — Tale IX. — Tale X. — Tale XI. — Tale XII. — Tale XIII. — Tale XIV. — Tale XV. — Tale XVI. — Tale XVII. — Tale XVIII. — Tale XIX. — Tale XX.
  12. 12.THE HISTORY — OF — THOMAS HICKATHRIFT
  13. 13.PART THE FIRST.
  14. 14.Chapter I.
  15. 15.Chapter II.
  16. 16.Chapter III.
  17. 17.Chapter IV.
  18. 18.Chapter V.
  19. 19.PART THE SECOND.
  20. 20.Chapter I.
  21. 21.Chapter II.
  22. 22.Chapter III.
  23. 23.Chapter IV.
  24. 24.Chapter V.
  25. 25.Chapter VI.
  26. 26.Chapter VII.
  27. 27.Chapter VIII.
  28. 28.Chapter IX.
  29. 29.THE HISTORY — JACK — GIANT-KILLER
  30. 30.SIMPLE SIMON'S MISFORTUNES — WIFE MARGERY'S CRUELTY
  31. 31.Chapter I.
  32. 32.Chapter II.
  33. 33.Chapter III.
  34. 34.Chapter IV.
  35. 35.Chapter V.
  36. 36.Chapter VI.
  37. 37.Chapter VII.
  38. 38.THE ADVENTURES — BAMFYLDE MOORE CAREW,
  39. 39.KING OF THE BEGGARS.
  40. 40.Chapter I.
  41. 41.Chapter II.
  42. 42.Chapter III.
  43. 43.COMICAL SAYINGS — PADDY FROM CORK
  44. 44.WITH HIS — COAT BUTTONED BEHIND — WITH PADDY'S CATECHISM,
  45. 45.Part I.
  46. 46.Part II.
  47. 47.Part III. — PADDY'S NEW CATECHISM. — PADDY'S HUMBLE PETITION, OR SUPPLICATION.
  48. 48.THE HISTORY — DICK WHITTINGTON — HIS CAT.
  49. 49.Chapter I.
  50. 50.Chapter II.
  51. 51.Chapter III.
  52. 52.Chapter IV.
  53. 53.Chapter V.
  54. 54.Chapter VI.
  55. 55.Chapter VII.
  56. 56.Chapter VIII.
  57. 57.Chapter IX.
  58. 58.Chapter X.
  59. 59.Chapter XI. — TOM TRAM'S
  60. 60.MERRY TALES. — Tale I. — Tale II. — Tale III. — Tale IV.
  61. 61.YORK DIALOGUE — NED AND HARRY:
  62. 62.DANIEL O'ROURKE'S — VOYAGE TO THE MOON. — MOTHER BUNCH'S CLOSET
  63. 63.NEWLY BROKE OPEN; — RARE SECRETS OF NATURE AND ART, — BY LEARNED PHILOSOPHERS, — IN TWO PARTS. — Part I. — Part II.
  64. 64.COMICAL HISTORY — COURTIER AND TINKER
  65. 65.Chapter I.
  66. 66.Chapter II.
  67. 67.Chapter III.
  68. 68.Chapter IV.
  69. 69.HISTORY — FOUR KINGS — Canterbury, Colchester, Cornwall, and Cumberland, — Their Queens and Daughters; — BEING — The Merry Tales of Tom Hodge and his School-Fellows.
  70. 70.The Preface. — Tale I. — Tale II. — Tale III. — Tale IV. — Tale V. — Tale VI. — Tale VII. — Tale VIII. — THE PENNY — BUDGET OF WIT
  71. 71.PACKAGE OF DROLLERY. — Scottish Prudence. — Scottish Atmosphere. — Liberty of the Press. — Donald and the Laird. — How to read a Sign-Board. — How to Escape Robbery. — Daft Will Speirs. — How to find Work. — Will Scott. — Grave-Digger of Sorn. — Scottish Parrot. — The Restless Haggis. — Expense of a Wife. — An Honest M'Gregor. — Negro and the Musquito. — A Brush for the Barber. — The Kellochsyde Grace. — New Method of Teaching Music. — Long-Winded Preacher. — Distinction of Sons and Daughters. — Patrimony and Matrimony. — An Officer's Wife. — Highlander and Parrot. — An Irishman. — Captain Silk. — A Clever Son. — Breaking the Commandments. — Not Lost but Drowned. — A Just Remark. — Scotchman and Irishman. — Charity. — Shooting the Devil. — Long Credit. — Bird's Nest. — Elder's Hours. — The Thistle. — Cold Gentleman. — Dougal Graham. — A New Way to Wauken Sleepers in Church. — Sage Instruction. — The Purse and the Penny Siller. — Lump of Old Wood. — The Great Want. — The Devil Defined. — Mark me Well. — Death of a Watch. — Our Lawful Sovereign. — Down the Rotten Row. — Resurrection Men. — March of Intellect. — TOM LONG
  72. 72.Chapter I.
  73. 73.Chapter II.
  74. 74.Chapter III.
  75. 75.Chapter IV.
  76. 76.Chapter V.
  77. 77.Chapter VI.
  78. 78.Chapter VII.
  79. 79.Chapter VIII.
  80. 80.Chapter IX.
  81. 81.Chapter X.
  82. 82.Chapter XI.
  83. 83.Chapter XII.
  84. 84.Chapter XIII.
  85. 85.Chapter XIV. — BLUE BEARD — MANSIE WAUCH — PETER WILLIAMSON — ROBIN HOOD
  86. 86.Chapter I.
  87. 87.Chapter II.
  88. 88.Chapter III.
  89. 89.Chapter IV.
  90. 90.Chapter V.
  91. 91.Chapter VI.
  92. 92.Chapter VII.
  93. 93.Chapter VIII.
  94. 94.Chapter IX.
  95. 95.Chapter X. — DR. FAUSTUS
  96. 96.Chapter I.
  97. 97.Chapter II.
  98. 98.Chapter III.
  99. 99.Chapter IV.
  100. 100.Chapter V.
  101. 101.Chapter VI.
  102. 102.Chapter VII.
  103. 103.Chapter VIII.
  104. 104.Chapter IX.
  105. 105.Chapter X.
  106. 106.Chapter XI.
  107. 107.Chapter XII.
  108. 108.Chapter XIII.
  109. 109.Chapter XIV. — LONG MEG
  110. 110.Chapter I.
  111. 111.Chapter II.
  112. 112.Chapter III.
  113. 113.Chapter IV.
  114. 114.Chapter V.
  115. 115.Chapter VI.
  116. 116.Chapter VII.
  117. 117.Chapter VIII.
  118. 118.Chapter IX.
  119. 119.Chapter X.
  120. 120.Chapter XI.
  121. 121.Chapter XII.
  122. 122.Chapter XIII. — FRIAR BACON
  123. 123.Chapter I.
  124. 124.Chapter II.
  125. 125.Chapter III.
  126. 126.Chapter IV.
  127. 127.THE HISTORY — THE BLIND BEGGAR
  128. 128.OF BETHNAL GREEN,
  129. 129.Chapter I.
  130. 130.Chapter II.
  131. 131.Chapter III.
  132. 132.Chapter IV.
  133. 133.Chapter V.
  134. 134.Chapter VI.
  135. 135.Chapter VII.
  136. 136.Chapter VIII.
  137. 137.Chapter IX.
  138. 138.Chapter X. — OLD MONFORD'S SONG.
  139. 139.PLEASANT HISTORY — POOR ROBIN — MERRY SADDLER OF WALDEN
  140. 140.Chapter I.
  141. 141.Chapter II.
  142. 142.Chapter III.
  143. 143.Chapter IV.
  144. 144.Chapter V.
  145. 145.Chapter VI.
  146. 146.Chapter VII.
  147. 147.Chapter VIII.
  148. 148.Chapter IX.
  149. 149.Chapter X.
  150. 150.Chapter XI.
  151. 151.Chapter XII.
  152. 152.Chapter XIII.
  153. 153.Chapter XIV.
  154. 154.Chapter XV.
  155. 155.Chapter XVI.
  156. 156.Chapter XVII. — The End.

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