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Cornish Characters and Strange Events

Cornish Characters and Strange Events

by S. Baring-Gould

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Author
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924
Credits
Produced by Douglas L. Alley, III, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Cornwall (England : County) -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
41775
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41775
Release Date
January 4, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS — BY THE SAME AUTHOR — DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS — CORNISH CHARACTERS — AND STRANGE EVENTS BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS — CORNISH CHARACTERS
  6. 6.WILLIAM PENGELLY, GEOLOGIST
  7. 7.SIR CHARLES WILLS, K.B.
  8. 8.LIEUTENANT GOLDSMITH AND THE LOGAN ROCK
  9. 9.HUGH PETERS, THE REGICIDE
  10. 10.JAMES POLKINGHORNE, THE WRESTLER
  11. 11.HENRY TRENGROUSE, INVENTOR
  12. 12.THE BOTATHAN GHOST
  13. 13.JOHN COUCH ADAMS, ASTRONOMER
  14. 14.DANIEL GUMB
  15. 15.LAURENCE BRADDON
  16. 16.THOMASINE BONAVENTURA
  17. 17.THE MURDER OF NEVILL NORWAY
  18. 18.SIR WILLIAM LOWER, KNT.
  19. 19.THE PIRATES AT PENZANCE
  20. 20.DAME KILLIGREW
  21. 21.TWO NATURALISTS IN CORNWALL
  22. 22.SIR JOHN CALL, BART.
  23. 23.JOHN KNILL
  24. 24.THOMAS TREGOSS
  25. 25.ANTHONY PAYNE
  26. 26.NEVIL NORTHEY BURNARD
  27. 27.SIR GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY, KNT., INVENTOR
  28. 28.THE JANES
  29. 29.THE PENNINGTONS
  30. 30.DOCTOR GLYNN-CLOBERY
  31. 31.THREE MEN OF MOUSEHOLE
  32. 32.DOLLY PENTREATH
  33. 33.ROBERT JEFFERY OF POLPERRO
  34. 34.ADMIRAL RICHARD DARTON THOMAS
  35. 35.COMMANDER JOHN POLLARD
  36. 36.THE CASE OF BOSAVERN PENLEZ
  37. 37.SAMUEL FOOTE
  38. 38.THE LAST LORD MOHUN
  39. 39.THE LAST LORD CAMELFORD
  40. 40.WILLIAM NOYE
  41. 41.WILLIAM LEMON
  42. 42.SAMUEL DREW
  43. 43.THE SIEGE OF SKEWIS
  44. 44.THE VOYAGE OF JOHN SANDS
  45. 45.CHARLES INCLEDON
  46. 46.THE MURDER OF RICHARD CORYTON
  47. 47.SIR JAMES TILLIE, KNT.
  48. 48.LIEUTENANT JOHN HAWKEY
  49. 49.DR. DANIEL LOMBARD
  50. 50.THE DREAM OF MR. WILLIAMS
  51. 51.SIR ROBERT TRESILIAN
  52. 52.PIRATE TRELAWNY
  53. 53.JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM
  54. 54.MARY ANN DAVENPORT, ACTRESS
  55. 55.THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PRUSSIA
  56. 56.CAPTAIN RICHARD KEIGWIN
  57. 57.THE LOSS OF THE "KENT"
  58. 58.VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES V. PENROSE
  59. 59.SIR CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, BART.
  60. 60.ANNE JEFFERIES
  61. 61.THOMAS KILLIGREW, THE KING'S JESTER
  62. 62.NICOLAS ROSCARROCK
  63. 63.LIEUTENANT PHILIP G. KING
  64. 64.HICKS OF BODMIN
  65. 65.CAPTAIN TOBIAS MARTIN
  66. 66.THE MAYOR OF BODMIN
  67. 67.JOHN NICHOLS TOM, — alias SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, K.M.
  68. 68.THE BOHELLAND TRAGEDY
  69. 69.MARY KELYNACK
  70. 70.CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROGERS
  71. 71.JOHN BURTON, OF FALMOUTH
  72. 72.THE FATE OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL
  73. 73.FRANCIS TREGIAN
  74. 74.ANN GLANVILLE
  75. 75.JONATHAN SIMPSON, HIGHWAYMAN
  76. 76.DAVIES GILBERT
  77. 77.JAMES HOSKIN, FARMER
  78. 78.JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET
  79. 79.EDWARD CHAPMAN
  80. 80.JOHN COKE, OF TRERICE
  81. 81.THOMAS PELLOW, OF PENRYN
  82. 82.THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBARTES FAMILY
  83. 83.THEODORE PALEOLOGUS
  84. 84.INDEX
  85. 85.THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE
  86. 86.NOTICE
  87. 87.LIVING MASTERS OF MUSIC
  88. 88.A CATALOGUE OF MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC. — WORKS UPON NAPOLEON — FOOTNOTES:
  89. 89.Transcriber's Notes:

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