• Publication: Essays and TalesPublication Record # 12576
• Author: John Sterling
• Date: 1848-00-00
• Publisher: John W. Parker
• Pages: ccxxxii+504+649
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes:

  • Data via the Internet Archive:
    • Vol. I.
    • Vol. II.
  • Edited by Julius Charles Hare.
  • Vol I:
    • p.i: Sketch of the author's life (p. i-ccxxxii)
    • p.1: Shades of the dead (reprinted from the Athenæum for 1829).
    • p.99: Critical essays.
    • p.463: Lecture, on the worth of knowledge.
  • Vol II:
    • p.1: Fragments from The Travels of Theodore Elbert, a Young Swede (reprinted from The Athenæum for 1828).
    • p.93: Thoughts (reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine for 1837, 1838 and 1839).
    • P.195: Tales and Apologues.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Supernatural: 1525
  • LCCN: 29003587
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 467121
  • Open Library: OL6724748M

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• i • Sketch of the Author's Life • essay by Julius Charles Hare
• 3 • Alexander the Great • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 20 • Joan of Arc • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 30 • Wycliffe • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 46 • Columbus • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 60 • Gustavus Adolphus • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 73 • Milton • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 87 • Burns • (1829) • essay by John Sterling
• 101 • On Coleridge's Christabel • essay by John Sterling
• 111 • On the Broad Stone of Honour • essay by John Sterling
• 120 • On Napier's War in the Peninsula • essay by John Sterling
• 129 • On Montaigne • essay by John Sterling
• 188 • On Simonides • essay by John Sterling
• 252 • On Carlyle • essay by John Sterling
• 382 • Characteristics of German Genius • essay by John Sterling
• 422 • On Tennyson's Poems • essay by John Sterling
• 463 • Lecture, on the worth of knowledge • essay by John Sterling
• 3 • London • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 15 • The Streets of London • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 25 • The State of Society in England • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 34 • English Society • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 45 • The English Periodical Press • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 63 • A Meditation at Netley Abbey • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 64 • The Isle of Wight • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 95 • Crystals from a Cavern • (1837) • essay by John Sterling
• 151 • Thoughts and Images • (1838) • essay by John Sterling
• 167 • Sayings and Essayings • (1839) • essay by John Sterling
• 197 • The Shell • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 202 • The Caterpillar: An Unpublished Episode from the Royal Histories of Abu Taleb • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 207 • The Last of the Giants • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 220 • Zamor • (1828) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 238 • The Lycian Painter • (1829) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 250 • Melita • (1829) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 262 • Cydon • (1829) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 290 • The Substitute for Apollo (excerpt from Arthur Coningsby) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 297 • The Crystal Prison (excerpt from Arthur Coningsby) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 300 • The Sons of Iron (excerpt from Arthur Coningsby) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 308 • The Palace of Morgana • [Legendary Lore • 1] • (1837) • short story by John Sterling
• 320 • The Suit of Armour and the Skeleton • [Legendary Lore • 3] • (1838) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 340 • Land and Sea • [Legendary Lore • 4] • (1838) • short fiction by John Sterling
• 371 • A Chronicle of England • [Legendary Lore • 6] • (1840) • short story by John Sterling
• 394 • The Onyx Ring • [Legendary Lore • 5] • novel by John Sterling