Chap-books of the Eighteenth CenturyFront matterReading editionChapter navigation142 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterCHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYINTRODUCTION.CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.THE HISTORY OF Joseph and his Brethren, WITH Jacob's Journey into Egypt, AND HIS DEATH AND FUNERAL.THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE History of Joseph of Arimathea.THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA.THE WANDERING JEW; OR, THE SHOEMAKER OF JERUSALEM.THE WANDERING JEW.THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS.The unhappy Birth, wicked Life, and miserable Death of that vile Traytor and Apostle JUDAS ISCARIOT, Who, for Thirty Pieces of Silver betrayed his Lord and Master JESUS CHRIST.A Terrible and seasonable Warning to young Men.THE KENTISH MIRACLE Or, a Seasonable Warning to all SinnersTHE Witch of the Woodlands; OR, THE COBLER'S NEW TRANSLATION.THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS.THE HISTORY OF Dr. John Faustus,THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS.THE HISTORY Of the Learned FRIAR BACON.A Timely Warning To Rash and Disobedient CHILDREN.Bateman's Tragedy, OR THE Perjured Bride justly rewarded; BEING THE HISTORY OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVE OF German's Wife and Young Bateman.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIITHE Miracle of Miracles.A wonderful and Strange RELATION OF A SAILOR IN St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; WHOThe Children's Example.A New Prophesy; or, An ACCOUNTGOD'S JUST JUDGMENT ON BLASPHEMERS,A Dreadful Warning To all Wicked and Forsworn SINNERS.Here is a full and true RELATION OF ONE Mr. RICH LANGLY, a Glazier,A Full, True and Particular ACCOUNTTHE PORTSMOUTH GHOSTTHE GUILFORD GHOST.THE Wonder of Wonders BEINGDreams and Moles WITH THEIR Interpretation and SignificationTHE Old Egyptian Fortune-Teller's Last Legacy CONTAININGA NEW FORTUNE BOOK. Being a new Art of CourtshipTHE HISTORY OF Mother Bunch of the West CONTAINING Many Rarities out of her Golden Closet of Curiosities.THE HISTORY OF MOTHER BUNCHTHE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON.THE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON.NIXON'S CHESHIRE PROPHECY AT LARGE Published from Lady Cowpers correct Copy in the reign of Queen Ann. WITH Historical and Political Remarks; AND Several Instances wherein it has been Fullfilled ALSO HIS LIFEREYNARD THE FOX.THE HISTORY OF Reynard the FoxVALENTINE AND ORSON.THE HISTORY OF Valentine and Orson.FORTUNATUS.THE History of Fortunatus CONTAINING Various Surprising Adventures. Among which he acquired a Purse that could not be emptied. And a Hat that carried him wherever he wished to be.GUY, EARL OF WARWICK.THE HISTORY OF Guy. Earl of WarwickTHE FAMOUS HISTORY OF GUY EARL OF WARWICKTHE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THAT NOBLE KNIGHT SIR BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTONTHE LIFE AND DEATH OF St. George THE NOBLE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.PATIENT GRISSEL.THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE MARQUIS OF SALUS AND Patient GRISSELThe Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTSThe Second Part of JACK and the GIANTS GIVINGTHE HISTORY OF JACK and the GIANTSA pleasant and delightful HISTORY OF Thomas HickathriftTHE HISTORY OF THOMAS HICKATHRIFTTOM THUMB.The Famous History of TOM THUMB Wherein is declared, His Marvellous Acts of Manhood Full of Wonder and MerrimentThe Shoemaker's Glory OR THE PRINCELY HISTORY OF THE GENTLE CRAFT SHEWINGTHE SHOEMAKER'S GLORY. Or, The Princely History of the GENTLE CRAFT SHEWINGThe Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICETHE LOVER'S QUARREL OR CUPID'S TRIUMPH Being the Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF FAIR ROSAMOND WHO WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND.THE HISTORY OF THE KING and the COBLERThe First Part of the FRYAR AND BOY. OR THE Young PIPER'S pleasant Pastime CONTAININGTHE FRIAR AND BOY OR THE Young PIPER'S PLEASANT PASTIME CONTAININGThe Pleasant History of JACK HORNER CONTAININGTHE MAD PRANKS OF TOM TRAM Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH IS ADDED.THE MAD PRANKS OF Tom Tram Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH IS ADDED. His Merry Jests, odd Conceits and pleasant Tales, very delightful to Read.THE Birth, Life, and Death OF JOHN FRANKS With the Pranks he played Though a meer FoolSimple Simon's Misfortunes AND HIS Wife Margery's Cruelty WHICH BEGAN The very next Morning after their MarriageTHE HISTORY OF TOM LONG the CarrierTHE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN OR THE FOLLY OF MAN EXEMPLIFIED IN TWELVE COMICAL RELATIONS UPON UNCOMMON SUBJECTSA Strange and Wonderful RELATION OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO WAS DROWNED AT RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY A Fortnight ago. TO WHICH IS ADDED The Old Woman's Dream, A little after her Death.THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.THE Merry Tales OF THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.JOE MILLER'S JESTS BEING A COLLECTION OF The most Brilliant JESTS and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language— The greater Part of which are taken from the Mouth of that facetious Gentleman whose Name they bear.JOE MILLERA WHETSTONE FOR DULL WITS OR A Poesy OF NEW AND INGENIOUS RIDDLESTHE TRUE TRIAL OF UNDERSTANDING: OR Wit Newly Reviv'd being a BOOK of RIDDLES Adorned with Variety of PICTURES.The whole Trial and Indictment of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt.THE Arraigning and Indicting OF Sir John Barleycorn, Knt. Newly Composed By a Well Wisher to Sir John, and all that love him.LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTER.THE WHOLE Life and Death OF LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTERMERRY FROLICKS OR THE Comical Cheats OF SWALPO A NOTORIOUS PICK POCKET And the Merry Pranks of ROGER the CLOWNTHE Life and Death OF SHEFFERY MORGAN THE Son of Shon ap MorganTHE WELCH TRAVELLER; OR THE Unfortunate WelchmanJOAKS UPON JOAKS. OR No Joak like a true Joak. BEING THE Diverting Humours of Mr. John Ogle a Life Guard Man THE Merry Pranks of Lord Mohun and the Earls of Warwick and Pembroke WITH Rochesters Dream, his Maiden Disappointment and his Mountebanks Speech TOGETHER WITH The diverting Fancies and Frolicks of Charles 2 and his three ConcubinesTHE HISTORY OF Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough. AND William of Cloudeslie.A TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD.THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGER OF BEDNAL GREEN.THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGAR Of Bethnal Green; SHEWING His Birth and Parentage.The HISTORY of The Two Children in the WOOD.The most Lamentable and Deplorable HISTORY OF THE Two Children in the Wood: CONTAINING"THE NORFOLK GENTLEMAN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, ETC.THE HISTORY OF Sir Richard Whittington THRICE Lord Mayor of London.THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER AND JACK STRAW.THE History OF JACK OF NEWBURY CALLED THE CLOTHIER OF ENGLAND.THE Life and Death OF FAIR ROSAMOND CONCUBINE TO King Henry the Second Shewing her being poisoned by Queen Eleanor.THE Story of King Edward III AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURYTHE CONQUEST OF FRANCE With the Life and Glorious Actions of Edward the Black PrinceTHE HISTORY OF JANE SHORE, Concubine to King Edward IV. GIVINGTHE HISTORY Of the most Renowned QUEEN ELIZABETH And her great Favourite THE EARL OF ESSEX.THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MARTYR King Charles the First WITH THEEngland's Black Tribunal; BEING THE Characters of King CHARLES the First, and the Nobility that Suffer'd for him.The Foreign Travels of SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE CONTAININGThe Surprizing LIFE and most Strange ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE Of the City of York, Mariner. GIVINGA Brief Relation of the ADVENTURES OF M. Bamfyeld Moore Carew For more than forty Years past the KING OF THE BEGGARS.The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate.YOUTH'S WARNING-PIECE or, The Tragical HISTORY OF GEORGE BARNWELL WHO WAS UNDONE BY A STRUMPET THAT CAUSED HIM TO ROB HIS MASTER, AND MURDER HIS UNCLE.THE Merry Life and Mad Exploits OF Capt James Hind The great Robber of England.THE HISTORY OF JOHN GREGG AND HIS FAMILY OF ROBBERS AND MURDERERSTHE BLOODY TRAGEDY OR A Dreadful Warning TO DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN GIVINGThe Unfortunate Family: In Four Parts.THE Horrors of Jealousie OR THE FATAL MISTAKEThe Constant, but Unhappy LOVERS Being a full and true Relation OF ONE Madam ButlerA Looking Glass for Swearers, Drunkards, Blasphemers, Sabbath Breakers, Rash Wishers, and Murderers.Farther, and more Terrible Warnings from God.The Constant Couple. OR THE TRAGEDY OF LOVEThe Distressed Child in the Wood; OR, THE CRUEL UNKLE BEING ATHE LAWYERS DOOM.THE WHOLE Life and Adventures OF Miss Davis COMMONLY CALLED THE BEAUTY IN DISGUISETHE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHRISTIAN BOWMAN, ALIAS MURPHY;THE Drunkard's Legacy. In Four Parts. Giving an AccountGood News for ENGLAND BEINGA DIALOGUE BETWEEN A Blind Man and Death TO WHICH IS ADDED A Heavenly Discourse between A Divine and a Beggar.THE DEVIL upon two STICKS OR THE TOWN UNTIL'DÆSOP'S FABLES.A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COOKERY RECEIPTSThe Pleasant History of TAFFY'S Progress to London; with the WELSHMAN'S Catechism.The Whole Life Character and Conversation of that Foolish Creature called GRANNYA YORK DIALOGUE BETWEEN Ned and Harry OR Ned giving Harry an Account of his Courtship and Marriage State TO WHICH IS ADDED— TWO EXCELLENT NEW SONGS.The French King's Wedding OR THE ROYAL FROLICK Being a Pleasant AccountAPPENDIX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYAll chapters and sections (142)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsCHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYINTRODUCTION.CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.THE HISTORY OF Joseph and his Brethren, WITH Jacob's Journey into Egypt, AND HIS DEATH AND FUNERAL.THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE History of Joseph of Arimathea.THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA.THE WANDERING JEW; OR, THE SHOEMAKER OF JERUSALEM.THE WANDERING JEW.THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS.The unhappy Birth, wicked Life, and miserable Death of that vile Traytor and Apostle JUDAS ISCARIOT, Who, for Thirty Pieces of Silver betrayed his Lord and Master JESUS CHRIST.A Terrible and seasonable Warning to young Men.THE KENTISH MIRACLE Or, a Seasonable Warning to all SinnersTHE Witch of the Woodlands; OR, THE COBLER'S NEW TRANSLATION.THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS.THE HISTORY OF Dr. John Faustus,THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS.THE HISTORY Of the Learned FRIAR BACON.A Timely Warning To Rash and Disobedient CHILDREN.Bateman's Tragedy, OR THE Perjured Bride justly rewarded; BEING THE HISTORY OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVE OF German's Wife and Young Bateman.Chapters1234567Other sectionsTHE Miracle of Miracles.A wonderful and Strange RELATION OF A SAILOR IN St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London; WHOThe Children's Example.A New Prophesy; or, An ACCOUNTGOD'S JUST JUDGMENT ON BLASPHEMERS,A Dreadful Warning To all Wicked and Forsworn SINNERS.Here is a full and true RELATION OF ONE Mr. RICH LANGLY, a Glazier,A Full, True and Particular ACCOUNTTHE PORTSMOUTH GHOSTTHE GUILFORD GHOST.THE Wonder of Wonders BEINGDreams and Moles WITH THEIR Interpretation and SignificationTHE Old Egyptian Fortune-Teller's Last Legacy CONTAININGA NEW FORTUNE BOOK. Being a new Art of CourtshipTHE HISTORY OF Mother Bunch of the West CONTAINING Many Rarities out of her Golden Closet of Curiosities.THE HISTORY OF MOTHER BUNCHTHE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON.THE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON.NIXON'S CHESHIRE PROPHECY AT LARGE Published from Lady Cowpers correct Copy in the reign of Queen Ann. WITH Historical and Political Remarks; AND Several Instances wherein it has been Fullfilled ALSO HIS LIFEREYNARD THE FOX.THE HISTORY OF Reynard the FoxVALENTINE AND ORSON.THE HISTORY OF Valentine and Orson.FORTUNATUS.THE History of Fortunatus CONTAINING Various Surprising Adventures. Among which he acquired a Purse that could not be emptied. And a Hat that carried him wherever he wished to be.GUY, EARL OF WARWICK.THE HISTORY OF Guy. Earl of WarwickTHE FAMOUS HISTORY OF GUY EARL OF WARWICKTHE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THAT NOBLE KNIGHT SIR BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTONTHE LIFE AND DEATH OF St. George THE NOBLE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.PATIENT GRISSEL.THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE MARQUIS OF SALUS AND Patient GRISSELThe Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTSThe Second Part of JACK and the GIANTS GIVINGTHE HISTORY OF JACK and the GIANTSA pleasant and delightful HISTORY OF Thomas HickathriftTHE HISTORY OF THOMAS HICKATHRIFTTOM THUMB.The Famous History of TOM THUMB Wherein is declared, His Marvellous Acts of Manhood Full of Wonder and MerrimentThe Shoemaker's Glory OR THE PRINCELY HISTORY OF THE GENTLE CRAFT SHEWINGTHE SHOEMAKER'S GLORY. Or, The Princely History of the GENTLE CRAFT SHEWINGThe Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICETHE LOVER'S QUARREL OR CUPID'S TRIUMPH Being the Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF FAIR ROSAMOND WHO WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND.THE HISTORY OF THE KING and the COBLERThe First Part of the FRYAR AND BOY. OR THE Young PIPER'S pleasant Pastime CONTAININGTHE FRIAR AND BOY OR THE Young PIPER'S PLEASANT PASTIME CONTAININGThe Pleasant History of JACK HORNER CONTAININGTHE MAD PRANKS OF TOM TRAM Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH IS ADDED.THE MAD PRANKS OF Tom Tram Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH IS ADDED. His Merry Jests, odd Conceits and pleasant Tales, very delightful to Read.THE Birth, Life, and Death OF JOHN FRANKS With the Pranks he played Though a meer FoolSimple Simon's Misfortunes AND HIS Wife Margery's Cruelty WHICH BEGAN The very next Morning after their MarriageTHE HISTORY OF TOM LONG the CarrierTHE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN OR THE FOLLY OF MAN EXEMPLIFIED IN TWELVE COMICAL RELATIONS UPON UNCOMMON SUBJECTSA Strange and Wonderful RELATION OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO WAS DROWNED AT RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY A Fortnight ago. TO WHICH IS ADDED The Old Woman's Dream, A little after her Death.THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.THE Merry Tales OF THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.JOE MILLER'S JESTS BEING A COLLECTION OF The most Brilliant JESTS and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language— The greater Part of which are taken from the Mouth of that facetious Gentleman whose Name they bear.JOE MILLERA WHETSTONE FOR DULL WITS OR A Poesy OF NEW AND INGENIOUS RIDDLESTHE TRUE TRIAL OF UNDERSTANDING: OR Wit Newly Reviv'd being a BOOK of RIDDLES Adorned with Variety of PICTURES.The whole Trial and Indictment of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt.THE Arraigning and Indicting OF Sir John Barleycorn, Knt. Newly Composed By a Well Wisher to Sir John, and all that love him.LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTER.THE WHOLE Life and Death OF LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTERMERRY FROLICKS OR THE Comical Cheats OF SWALPO A NOTORIOUS PICK POCKET And the Merry Pranks of ROGER the CLOWNTHE Life and Death OF SHEFFERY MORGAN THE Son of Shon ap MorganTHE WELCH TRAVELLER; OR THE Unfortunate WelchmanJOAKS UPON JOAKS. OR No Joak like a true Joak. BEING THE Diverting Humours of Mr. John Ogle a Life Guard Man THE Merry Pranks of Lord Mohun and the Earls of Warwick and Pembroke WITH Rochesters Dream, his Maiden Disappointment and his Mountebanks Speech TOGETHER WITH The diverting Fancies and Frolicks of Charles 2 and his three ConcubinesTHE HISTORY OF Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough. AND William of Cloudeslie.A TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD.THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGER OF BEDNAL GREEN.THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGAR Of Bethnal Green; SHEWING His Birth and Parentage.The HISTORY of The Two Children in the WOOD.The most Lamentable and Deplorable HISTORY OF THE Two Children in the Wood: CONTAINING"THE NORFOLK GENTLEMAN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, ETC.THE HISTORY OF Sir Richard Whittington THRICE Lord Mayor of London.THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER AND JACK STRAW.THE History OF JACK OF NEWBURY CALLED THE CLOTHIER OF ENGLAND.THE Life and Death OF FAIR ROSAMOND CONCUBINE TO King Henry the Second Shewing her being poisoned by Queen Eleanor.THE Story of King Edward III AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURYTHE CONQUEST OF FRANCE With the Life and Glorious Actions of Edward the Black PrinceTHE HISTORY OF JANE SHORE, Concubine to King Edward IV. GIVINGTHE HISTORY Of the most Renowned QUEEN ELIZABETH And her great Favourite THE EARL OF ESSEX.THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MARTYR King Charles the First WITH THEEngland's Black Tribunal; BEING THE Characters of King CHARLES the First, and the Nobility that Suffer'd for him.The Foreign Travels of SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE CONTAININGThe Surprizing LIFE and most Strange ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE Of the City of York, Mariner. GIVINGA Brief Relation of the ADVENTURES OF M. Bamfyeld Moore Carew For more than forty Years past the KING OF THE BEGGARS.The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate.YOUTH'S WARNING-PIECE or, The Tragical HISTORY OF GEORGE BARNWELL WHO WAS UNDONE BY A STRUMPET THAT CAUSED HIM TO ROB HIS MASTER, AND MURDER HIS UNCLE.THE Merry Life and Mad Exploits OF Capt James Hind The great Robber of England.THE HISTORY OF JOHN GREGG AND HIS FAMILY OF ROBBERS AND MURDERERSTHE BLOODY TRAGEDY OR A Dreadful Warning TO DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN GIVINGThe Unfortunate Family: In Four Parts.THE Horrors of Jealousie OR THE FATAL MISTAKEThe Constant, but Unhappy LOVERS Being a full and true Relation OF ONE Madam ButlerA Looking Glass for Swearers, Drunkards, Blasphemers, Sabbath Breakers, Rash Wishers, and Murderers.Farther, and more Terrible Warnings from God.The Constant Couple. OR THE TRAGEDY OF LOVEThe Distressed Child in the Wood; OR, THE CRUEL UNKLE BEING ATHE LAWYERS DOOM.THE WHOLE Life and Adventures OF Miss Davis COMMONLY CALLED THE BEAUTY IN DISGUISETHE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHRISTIAN BOWMAN, ALIAS MURPHY;THE Drunkard's Legacy. In Four Parts. Giving an AccountGood News for ENGLAND BEINGA DIALOGUE BETWEEN A Blind Man and Death TO WHICH IS ADDED A Heavenly Discourse between A Divine and a Beggar.THE DEVIL upon two STICKS OR THE TOWN UNTIL'DÆSOP'S FABLES.A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COOKERY RECEIPTSThe Pleasant History of TAFFY'S Progress to London; with the WELSHMAN'S Catechism.The Whole Life Character and Conversation of that Foolish Creature called GRANNYA YORK DIALOGUE BETWEEN Ned and Harry OR Ned giving Harry an Account of his Courtship and Marriage State TO WHICH IS ADDED— TWO EXCELLENT NEW SONGS.The French King's Wedding OR THE ROYAL FROLICK Being a Pleasant AccountAPPENDIX.Front CoverA CHAPMAN.A CHAPMAN.From "The Cries and Habits of the City of London," by M. Lauron, 1709.◇CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY →
