Scott's notes by the way for the lantern: the reciter's companion
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Type of text: | compilation |
| Date: | not known (earliest possible: 1875) |
| Publishers: | James Scott and R. Scott |
| Place of publication: | Kingston-upon-Hull and Leeds, England |
| Printer: | M. Harland & Son |
| Main language: | English |
| Retail price at publication: | 1s. 6d. |
| Contents: | General description and statistics of London, pp. 1-15 Edward Farmer, Little Jim, p. 16 James Scott and Robert Scott, The Civil War of the Commonwealth, pp. 17-31 John Hampton's home, pp. 32-34 Jack and the beanstalk, pp. 35-37 Old Mother Hubbard, p. 38 Charles Dickens and Robert Scott, Goblin chimes, pp. 39-56 Henry Gore, From London to the Falls of Niagara, pp. 57-72 John Milton, Milton's Paradise lost: abridged for an evening's reading, pp. 73-98 Mrs S.C. Hall, Boons and blessings, pp. 99-105 Mother's last words, pp. 106-109 The Pilgrim's progress, pp. 109-112 Cinderella: or, the glass slipper, pp. 112-115 European views, pp. 115-117 John Townsend Trowbridge, The vagabonds, pp. 118-120 J.W. McCall, The bottle, pp. 121-125 J.W. McCall, The drunkard's children, pp. 126-128 J.W. McCall, The progress of intemperance, pp. 129-132 Industry and idleness: or the progress of the two apprentices, pp. 133-136 Our baby: a bachelor's experience with it, pp. 137-140 Henry Glassford Bell, Mary, Queen of Scots, pp. 141-143 William B. Fowle, Vat you please, pp. 144-146 ‘Thomas Ingoldsby’, The jackdaw of Rheims, pp. 147-150 Robert Southey, Sir Ralph the Rover, pp. 151-152 ‘Thomas Ingoldsby’, Misadventures at Margate: [a.k.a. The vulgar little boy], pp. 153-155 Gone with a handsomer man, pp. 156-158 Over the hills from the poor-house, pp. 158-160 Charles Mackay, The dream of the reveller: or, the whiskey demon, pp. 161-163 Tom Hood, A sailor's apology for bow-legs, pp. 163-165 Beautiful snow: an American poem, pp. 166-167 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The charge of the Light Brigade, p. 168 Thomas Greenbury, Dreams at sea, p. 169 Robert Southey, The well of St. Keyne, pp. 170-171 Pussy's transgression, p. 171 Azorl: or Much ado about nothing, p. 172 The boy highwayman, p. 172 William Tell, p. 173 The reward of covetousness, p. 173 The critics, p. 174 The barred window, p. 174 The sledge party, p. 175 The stolen sausage, p. 175 The lazy traveller, p. 176 Dr Spiritus and the moon, p. 176 ‘The Wharfedale poet’, The outcast, pp. 177-178 Thomas Campbell, The soldier's dream, p. 178 Henry Clay Work, Come home, father: little Mary's song, p. 179 Samuel Rogers, The misletoe bough, pp. 180-181 Thomas Haynes Bayley and Henry Bishop, The mistletoe bough, pp. 181-182 Little Snow-white, pp. 182-183 William Cowper, Androcles and the lion, pp. 184-185 William Shakespeare, The seven ages of man, p. 185 ‘R.D.S.’, Brown and the bear, p. 186 ‘Lindon Meadows’, Dame Perkins and her grey mare, p. 187 Simon and his pig, p. 188 The juvenile smokers, p. 189 Sir Isaac Newton and the apple, p. 189 The gossips, p. 190 Midnight adventures with a flea, pp. 190-191 Death of the bluebottle, p. 191 The hollow tooth, p. 192 The mouse-hunt, p. 193 The settler and the savages: or, ingratitude punished, p. 194 Bret Hart, That heathen Chinee, p. 195 The power of music: or Fiddler Podger and the crocodile, p. 196 The sensational novel, p. 197 Reynard the fox, pp. 198-199 William Cowper, Johnny Gilpin, pp. 200-201 Five senses, p. 201 Diogenes and the naughty boys of Corinth, pp. 202-203 The elephant's revenge, pp. 204-206 The miller and ass, pp. 206-207 The story of the old man, his son, and ass, p. 208 The tiger and tub, pp. 209-211 ‘C.C.J.’, The hostile neighbours: or, the musician and the painter, pp. 212-213 Johnny Sands, p. 214 |
| Related text: | see also Miscellaneous tales: no. 3 |
| Associated slide sets: | N/A (see individual reading titles) |
