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Fun Upon Fun; or, Leper, the Tailor. In Two Parts: With a Selection of Entertaining Anecdotes

Woodcut on title page portraying Beehive with motto: Industry, Honesty, and Integrity

Tags: Animal: bee(s), Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: wit & humor, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Nature: flower(s), Outdoor Scene

The plant of renown: being two sermons, preached by the Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, late minister of the gospel in Stirling.

Woodcut on title-page portraying an old man wearing a wig and dressed in a coat and collar

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: religion & morals, Chapbook Genre: sermon, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): religious, Gender: man/men, occupation: clergy, Portrait: Ebenezer Erskine

The Way to Wealth, with maxims for married ladies and gentlemen, &c.

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Animal: horse(s), Architecture: chimney(s), Architecture: house, Architecture: window(s), Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: religion & morals, Chapbook Genre: wit & humor, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Gender: man/men, Gender: woman/women, Outdoor Scene, Transportation: carriage

The Way to Wealth; or Poor Richard's Maxims Improved, &c.

This is a Scottish imprint of part of Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack. Written in the first person by Benjamin Franklin, aka Richard Saunders, the author presents a collection of quotations and selections from his own almanacs as the…

The Life and Adventures of David Haggart. Written by himself, while under sentence of death; With an account of his execution.

A biography of David Haggart, including detailed descriptions of the many crimes committed by him throughout his life, as well as various trials, escapes, and his conviction and execution. Also included are a few verses attributed to Haggart, written…

The Long Pack; or, The Robbers Discovered: A Scottish Story.

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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 History of Duncan Campbell, and his dog Oscar.

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The History of Duncan Campbell, and his dog Oscar, and the Courtship of Duncan and Mary; An interesting Scottish Tale.

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The history of the Haverel wives, or The folly of witless women displayed. Written by Humphray Clinker the clashing wives clerk. Being a comical conference between Maggy and Janet his two old aunts. With Janet's advice to Maggy, concerning marriage, with the manner in which she courted her husband, which began by her taking him by the twa lugs and kissing him. To which is added, an oration on the virtues of the old women and the pride of the young. Dictated by Janet Clinker, and written by Humphray Clinker, the clashing wives' clerk.

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Rugantino, The Bravo of Venice.

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