A collection of songs and ballads, most of which focus on love, beauty, and courtship. The first describes the childhood and youth of a young couple and the wish of the singer to return to those days of love and joy, while the second is a song by…
This chapbook includes a divination manual called the Oraculum, which was reputed to have been used by Napoleon, and predicted the future through a series of marks. The predictions are associated with a number of provided questions, focusing on…
A collection of mostly humorous ballads and songs, including a satirical song about the latest fashions and hair styles of both aristocrats and commoners; a funny song about a barber who proposes to shave different parts off of a variety of different…
This chapbook presents a variety of reputed fortune-telling and divination methods, including the reading of cards, the significance of the presence and placement of moles upon the body, dream interpretation, palm reading, and physiognomy.…
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