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The Wandering Young Gentlewoman, or the Cat-Skins' Garland: in five parts.
A Cinderella-type story wherein the daughter of a squire is cast off at birth by her father for being born a girl and not a son. Her mother sends her to the country but makes certain she is well-clothed and educated. As a young woman, she dresses…
The Village Curate: An interresting [sic] Tale.
This short story tells the tale of a well-off Lord who pretends to have lost his fortune in order to distinguish his true friends from the flatterers. When all but one of his friends abandon him, he decides that none of the upper-class ladies are…
The Irish Assassin, or the misfortunes of the Family of O'Donnel.
A tale of love, tragedy, and despair in Ireland. The son of a lord falls in love with the daughter of a poor ex-soldier. He marries her in secret because he knows his father will never approve of the match. While he is away in Dublin, the corrupt…
The Virgin's Choice; or Youth preferred to Old Age. To which are added, Let Ambition Fire Thy Mind. Fidele's Tomb. Tarry Woo. Love and Despair. The Queen of France's Lamentation.
A collection of ballads and songs on a variety of topics. The first is a short song about a young woman comparing the two men who are courting her, one old and rich and the other poor and young, which alludes to the common theme of the sexual…
The Humours of Glasgow Fair and The Comical Song of Auld John Paul.
The chapbook contains two humorous songs in Scots. The first describes the adventures of a group of friends attending a fair in Glasgow, including quite a bit of drinking, eating, dancing, flirting, fighting, and other tom-foolery, including the…
Twine weel the Plaiden. Beadle of the Parish. O Jeanie there's naehing to fear ye. The Irish Fisherman. Meeting of the Waters. The Deer Hunter. Native Land.
A collection of several short ballads and songs on a variety of topics, including: a tale of a tryst that ends in betrayal and the loss of certain articles of clothing; a humorous song portrayal of a minor church official who is overzealous in his…
Two Favourite Ballads. The Babes in the Wood. Lord Gregory.
Two ballads are included in this chapbook. The first is a rather long moral tale that tells of two children whose parents die of illness and who are consequently to be raised by their uncle until they come into their inheritance. The uncle, scheming…
Two Favourite Songs. Sheriff-Muir. The Bonny Boatman.
The first of the two songs is a Jacobite ballad on the battle of Sheriff-Muir, with a detailed description of the parts played by many individuals, including Rob Roy. The second song is of the singer’s longing for her sailor lover to return to her.…
Two New Songs. L, A, W, LAW. And Jock and Nelly's Courtship; or The Old Folks Outwitted.
Two satirical songs. The first mocks the judicial process at all levels, emphasizing the corruption, greed, and idiocy of the various parties involved, as well as the inefficiency of the court process itself. The second is a humorous song about a…
The Tragical History of Gill Morice, an Ancient Ballad.
This tells the tragic tale of a Gill Morice, who is the illegitimate child of the wife of a nearby Baron. He sends for his mother to visit him in the woods, but the Baron, mistaking the summons to be the summons of a young lover, goes himself and…
