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Scottish chapbook literature

LIST OF CHAPBOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PAGES.

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Aberdeen Almanac, 101

Accomplished Courtier; or, a New School of Love, 68, 100

Account, an Interesting, of Robert Burns, 87

Account of the Last Words of Christian Kerr, 96

Account of the Massacre of Captain Porteous, 79

Address to the Town Council of Edinburgh, 30

Akenstaff, 25

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 106, 127

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 106

Allan Barclay, 106

Ancient King Crispin, 79

Art of Courtship, 68, 100

Auld Lang Syne, 21

Baron Munchausen, 106

Battle of Bothwell Bridge, the, 72, 73

Battle of Drumclog, the, 72, 73

Battle of Killiecrankie, 72

Battle of Otterburn, the, 72

Beauty and the Beast, 106

Blind Allan, 106

Blithesome Bridal, the, 15

Blue Beard, 33

Brief Memoir of Urcilla Gebbie, 96

Broken Heart, the, a Tale of the Rebellion of 1745, 106

Brownie of Badenoch, the, 25

Buchanan’s Almanac, 101

Caledonian Classics of the Common People, 26

Choice Drop of Honey, a, 89

Christ’s Glorious Appearance to Judgment, 89

Coalman’s Courtship to the Creelwife’s Daughter, 43, 139

Collection of Scotch Proverbs, 27, 98, 101

Comical History of the King and the Cobbler, 33, 106, 122, 127

Comical Notes and Sayings of Mr. John Pettigrew, 70

Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork, 33, 56, 70

Comical Transactions of Lothian Tom, 56, 139

Comical Tale of Margaret and the Minister, 67

Devil upon Two Sticks, the, 25

Dialogue between John and Thomas, 98

Dick Whittington and his Cat, 33, 106

Diverting Courtship, a, 69

Divine Songs for the Use of Children, 90, 139

Dominie, the, Deposed, with a Sequel, 67

Duncan Campbell and his Dog Oscar, 103, 105

Edinburgh, 72

Edinbury (sic) Gleaner, the, 31

Elegy in Memory of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, 111

Entertaining Exploits of George Buchanan, 56, 57, 70

Evan’s Sketch of All Religions, 95

Executions in Scotland from the year 1600, 72

Expiring Groans, Death, and Funeral Procession of the Beacon Newspaper, 79

Fables of Æsop, 99

Fishwives of Buckhaven, the, 25

Gauger’s, the, Journey to the Land of Darkness, 64

Gentle Shepherd, the, 22, 119

Ghaist of Firenden, the, 25

Ghost of my Uncle, 106

Gilderoy, 25

Glasgow and the High Church, 72

God’s Little Remnant Keeping their Garments Clean, 86

Golden Dreamer, the, or Dreams Realised, 114

Grannie M’Nab’s Lecture on the Women, 64

Grave, the, 95

Grinning made easy, 70

Grones of Believers Under their Burdens, 89

Gude and Godlie Ballates, 19

Gulliver’s Travels, 106

Hero and Leander, 106

History of the Rebellion of 1745, 25, 36, 37, 51, 74, 78

History of Sir William Wallace, the Renowned Scottish Champion, 24, 84

History of the Haverel Wives, 48, 57

History of James Allan, 29

History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, 33

History of the Great Warrior, Robert Bruce, 84

History of the Black Douglas, 85

History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 85

History of the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland, 86

History of Paul Jones the Pirate, 87

History of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 90, 93, 96

History of Joseph and His Brethren, 91, 93, 100

History of Moses, 92, 93

History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers, 111

Housekeeper, the, 100

Housewife’s Cookery Book, 99

Jack the Giant Killer, 33, 104, 106

Janet Clinker’s Oration, 63

Jockey and Maggy’s Courtship, 38, 41, 43, 57, 139, 141

John Cheap the Chapman, 35, 53, 57, 127, 130

John Falkirk, the Merry Piper, 56

Jonah’s Mission to the Ninevites, 93

John Hetherington’s Dream, 106

Leper the Taylor, 35, 57, 58

Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, 33

Life and Death of Judas Iscariot, 94

Life and History of Mary Queen of Scots, 85

Life and Meritorious Transactions of John Knox, 85

Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Lang, 111

Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Osborne, 111

Life, Journeyings, and Death of the Apostle Paul, 94

Loss of the Pack, the, 14

Long Pack, the, or the Robber Discovered, 29, 103, 105

Maggie Lauder, 21

Magic Pill, the, or Davie and Bess, 67

Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, 33, 64, 103

Man’s Great Concernment, 89

Massacre of Glencoe, the, 72

Memoirs of the late John Kippen, 134

Mother Bunch’s Closet Newly Broke Open, 33

Mother Bunch’s Golden Fortune Teller, 114

Murder Hole, the, 106

Napoleon Bonaparte’s Book of Fate, 114

New Academy of Compliments; or, the Complete English Secretary, 68, 100

New Pictorial Bible, 89, 93, 94, 95, 102, 144

New Fortune Book, or the Conjuror’s Guide, 114

Night frae Hame, 98

Odds and Ends, or a Groat’s Worth of Fun for a Penny, 29, 70

Oration on Teetotalization, 98

Orr’s Scottish Almanac, 102

Paisley Repository, the, 32

Particular Account of the Great Mob at Glasgow, 79

Penny Budget of Wit, the, 33

Pilgrim’s Progress, the, 95

Pleasures of Matrimony, the, 69

Plant of Renown, 89

Poor Robin’s Almanac, 101

Prayer-Book, a, for Families and Private Persons, 91

Protest Against Whisky, 98

Prophecies of “Hawkie,” a Cow, 64

Rob Roy, the celebrated Highland Freebooter, 87

Rebellion of 1745-46, 72

Reprieve, a, from the Punishment of Death, 80

Satan’s Invisible World Discover’d, 107, 108

Scotch Haggis, the, 29, 70

Scotland, 72

Scotland’s Skaith, 97

Select Collection, 31

Siege of Troy, the, 106

Simple John, 56

Simple Simon, 33

Sinbad the Sailor, 106

Sins and Sorrows Spread before God, 90

Sir James the Rose, 25, 127

Spaewife, the; or, Universal Fortune Teller, 114

Stone, the, rejected by the Builders, 90

Strange Adventures of Tam Merrilees, 106

Surprising Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 88, 106

Tam o’ Shanter, 13, 111

Thrummy Cap and the Ghost, 25, 66

Trial of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt., the, 117

True Fortune Teller, the; or, the Universal Book of Fate, 114

Valentine Writer, the, 100

Watty and Meg; or, The Wife Reformed, 66

Willie Lawson’s Courtship of Bess Gibb, 68

Wedding Ring fit for the Finger, 89

West Port Murders! a Full Account of the Trial of William Burke, etc., 84

Witchcraft Detected and Prevented, 111

Witchcraft Proven, Arraign’d, and Condemned, 141

Wonderful Advantages of Drunkenness, 96

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