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Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Detailing the particulars of Strange Pranks Played by the Devil, together with a particular account of several apparition's, witches, and invisible spirits, to which is added The marvellous history of Major Weir and His Sister.
This chapbook contains excerpts from George Sinclair’s Satan’s Invisible World Discovered, specifically the section detailing the life and crimes of Major Thomas Weir—a seventeenth-century minister, preacher, and conventicler—and his sister, who were…
The Prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer, and the comical story of Thrummy Cap & the Ghaist.
The chapbook begins with a short history of some of the reputed prophecies by Sir Thomas Learmant, commonly known as Thomas the Rhymer, who was a 13th century laird and knight under Alexander III. Supposedly, Thomas’ prophecies have been linked to a…
The Long Pack; or, The Robbers Discovered: A Scottish Story.
This 24 page chapbook contains a print of James Hogg’s tale, The Long Pack, originally published under his pseudonym, the Ettrick Shepherd. In this tale, a peddler arrives at the country home of a wealthy Colonel who is absent on a visit to London.…
The Iron Shroud; or, Italian Revenge.
An Italian prisoner is made to undergo the evilly ingenious torture of imprisonment in an iron room which slowly contracts over several days until he is crushed by the walls of his prison. His thoughts and desperation are described as he realizes his…
History of James Allan, The Celebrated Northumberland Piper. Giving an account of his parentage, education, extraordinary adventures and exploits; his numerous enlistings and wonderful escapes: -with a brief narrative of his last confinement and death in Durham Gaol, which happened in 1810.
Allan [Allen], James [Jimmy] (1734–1810), Northumbrian piper and rogue, was born at Hepple, Northumberland, probably in March 1734, and baptized at Rothbury, Northumberland, on 21 April 1734, the son of William Allan or Allen, also known as Wull Faa,…
History of Paul Jones, The Pirate.
This is the story of Paul Jones, a Scot who turned pirate early in life and who raided along the coast of Great Britain. Accounts are given of many of his attacks, including a letter purportedly written by an officer who observed his attacks on the…
