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The Little Story-Teller

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 12, Activity: reading, Bib Context: cover, Chapbook Date: 1821-1830, Chapbook Genre: children's instruction book, Chapbook Publisher - Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Fashion (Clothing): breeches, Fashion (Clothing): cape, Fashion (Clothing): children's clothes, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): upper class, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Furniture: stool(s), Furniture: table(s), Gender: girl(s), Gender: man/men, Indoor Scene, Object: book(s), Object: hourglass(es)

Rob Roy Macgregor, To which are added, Mrs. F.'s Delight The Highland Laddie, Billy ad Nancy's Parting, Together let us Range.

Woodcut on title-page portraying two men dueling wearing hats and long coats

Four Favourite Comic Songs. The cork leg and steam arm. The great sea snake. The sailor's consolation. The wonderful nose.

Woodcut on title-page portraying a dancing man wearing hat and open jacket with raised hand

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

The Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off when a child from Aberdeen and sold for a slave.

Told in first person, this autobiographic tale describes the life and miseries of Peter Williamson, who was kidnapped by slavers from the docks of Aberdeen when he was a child. Taken by the slavers to America, he was sold into bondage to a gentleman…

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

Harry Bluff. Logie o' Buchan. Within a mile of Edinburgh town. Oh! No, we never mention her. Oh, say not womam's [sic] love is bought. Dearest maid, my heart is thine. Meet me in the moonlight. Tell me why men will deceive us.

Woodcut on title-page portraying dancing sailor wearing a hat and open jacket with raised hand

Tags: Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth; or the constant lovers, a tragical ballad

The subject of this ballad is parental opposition to the lovers, Jemmy and Nancy. Returning to England from a forced voyage to Barbados, Jemmy is pushed overboard by a fellow crewman on instructions from Nancy’s father. His ghost appears to Nancy,…

Tags: Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1831-1840, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

Young Lochinvar; To which are added, The Rose of Dunmore, Scottish Whisky, Blythe was She But and Ben, Sleeping Maggie, Shepherds, I Have Lost My Love

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A collection of songs, from love stories to drinking songs. The first tells the tale of the Lord of Lochinvar who, after his courtship is rejected by his love’s father, steals the bride right from her wedding. In the second song, a young man meets a…

Tags: # of Woodcuts: 1, Architecture: city view, Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1821-1830, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): bonnet (military), Fashion (Clothing): breeches, Fashion (Clothing): cocked hat, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): military, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Gender: man/men, Nature: flower(s), Nature: hill(s), Nature: tree(s), Occupation: soldier, Outdoor Scene

Margaret And The Minister; A True Tale, To Which is Added, Soda Water

Tags: Activity: dining, Animal: dog(s), Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: no date, Chapbook Publisher - Paisley: G. Caldwell, Fashion (Clothing): breeches, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): upper class, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Food & Drink, Furniture: chair(s), Furniture: table(s), Gender: man/men, Indoor Scene

The Humourous Adventure of Jump Jim Crow

Woodcut on title-page of a dancing sailor wearing a hat and open jacket with raised hand.

"Jump Jim Crow" or "Jim Crow" is a song and dance from 1828 that was done inblackfaceby white minstrel performerThomas Dartmouth (T. D.) "Daddy" Rice. The song is speculated to have been taken fromJim Crow(sometimes called Jim Cuff or Uncle Joe), a…

Tags: Bib Context: title-page, Chapbook Date: 1841-1850, Chapbook Genre: ballads & songs, Chapbook Publisher - Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, Fashion (Clothing): jacket, Fashion (Clothing): pants, Fashion (Clothing): sailor uniform, Fashion (Clothing): scarves, Fashion (Clothing): top hat, Fashion (Clothing): waist coat, Fashion (Clothing): working class, Gender: man/men, Occupation : sailor, Outdoor Scene

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