- Publication: Tales for Winter Nights: A Choice Collection of Interesting Adventures, Marvellous Stories, Anecdotes, &c. &c. &c.Publication Record # 710021
- Editor: uncredited
- Date: date unknown
- Publisher: J & J. L. Gihon
- Pages: 288
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
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Notes: Bleiler lists the publication date as c. 1860, Worldcat has it as "between 1850 and 1853"
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External IDs:
- Bleiler Supernatural: 1572
- OCLC/WorldCat: 499460074
Anthology Title:
Tales for Winter Nights: A Choice Collection of Interesting Adventures, Marvellous Stories, Anecdotes, &c. &c. &c. • anthology by uncredited
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 3 • The Field of Terror • (1823) • short story by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué?Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouque(trans. of Das Schauerfeld 1814) [as by uncredited]
- 17 • Legend of the Wandering Jew • essay by Matthew Paris (monk) [as by uncredited]
- 20 • Fable Concerning Christ's Raising Japhet, the Son of Noah • short story by Matthew Paris (monk) [as by uncredited]
- 22 • The Apparition • short story by uncredited
- 25 • Archy Tait, the Village Chronicle • poem by Juvenalis Junior [as by uncredited]
- 33 • Terrific Spectre in Switzerland • (1800) • short story by uncredited
- 35 • The False Guardian • (1800) • short story by uncredited
- 36 • The Fiery Ordeal • essay by uncredited
- 37 • The Boar Wolf • short story by A. Apel (trans. of The Boarwolf 1833) [as by uncredited]
- 57 • Dumb Prophets • essay by uncredited
- 59 • The Abbe at Calvados • short story by uncredited
- 61 • Adventures of Basil Lee on One of the Hebrides • short story by James Hogg (variant of The Renowned Adventures of Basil Lee 1820) [as by uncredited]
- 74 • A Miracle of Monger • essay by uncredited
- 75 • Jeffery Hudson • essay by uncredited
- 76 • Supernatural Warning • short story by uncredited
- 79 • The Ghost • short story by uncredited
- 83 • The Mountain Doctor • short story by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (variant of With Fools, Talk Like One 1822) [as by uncredited]
- 84 • Singular Will • essay by uncredited
- 85 • The Bottle Imp • novelette by Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué?Baron Friedrich de La Motte Fouque(trans. ofDas Galgenmännlein?Das Galgenmaennlein1814) [as by uncredited]
- 113 • Renee Corbeau • (1819) • essay by François Gayot de Pitaval (trans. of Histoire de Renée Corbeau 1734) [as by uncredited]
- 118 • A Song on the Murder of Mrs. Hayes • (1824) • poem by Jonathan Swift
- 121 • The Fly-Maker • (1841) • short story by uncredited
- 127 • Mischievous Monkeys • essay by uncredited
- 129 • Superstitions of New-England • (1841) • essay by Joseph R. Chandler (variant of New-England Superstitions no.1 1824) [as by uncredited]
- 131 • The Unconscious Poet • (1841) • essay by uncredited
- 133 • The Flying Dutchman • (1833) • short story by John Howison (variant of Vanderdecken's Message Home; Or, the Tenacity of Natural Affection 1821) [as by uncredited]
- 142 • Cross Readings in Verse • poem by uncredited
- 144 • The Butterfly • (1824) • poem by uncredited
- 145 • Peter Rugg, the Missing Man • (1833) • novelette by William Austin [as by uncredited]
- 178 • Anecdote of King George III • essay by uncredited
- 178 • Expression of Compassion at a Card Table • essay by uncredited
- 180 • Petrified Corpse • (1824) • essay by uncredited
- 181 • The Ghost of My Uncle • short story by William Harrison Ainsworth (variant of The Test of Affection 1822) [as by uncredited]
- 192 • Sir Richard Steele and the Seven Bulls • (1840) • essay by uncredited
- 193 • The Bleeding Finger • short story by Thomas Holcroft (variant of The Story-Teller. (Numbers 1-2) 1784) [as by uncredited]
- 215 • Witchcraft • essay by uncredited (variant of An ANECDOTE relative to Lord Chief-justice Holt 1764)
- 217 • The Mysterious Pack • short story by James Hogg (variant of The Long Pack 1817) [as by uncredited]
- 230 • The Conjuror • (1801) • short story by uncredited
- 236 • Extracts from a Cynic's Vocabulary • (1824) • essay by uncredited
- 239 • Henry VIII and the Abbot of Reading • essay by Thomas Fuller (variant of A pleasant Story of Henry VIII and the Abbot of Reading. He proves a good Physician 1655) [as by uncredited]
- 240 • Parliamentary Error • (1813) • essay by uncredited
- 241 • The Golden Tooth: A North End Legend • (1840) • short story by uncredited
- 260 • The Parricide Punished • (1784) • short story by M** à un de ses Amis (trans. of Avanture Singuliere 1766) [as by uncredited]
- 264 • Horse and Oysters • (1822) • short story by uncredited
- 265 • Communicative Pockets • short story by August von Kotzebue (trans. of Die redenden Taschen 1812) [as by uncredited]
- 279 • The Pig: A Tale • poem by Samuel Wesley, Jr. [as by uncredited]
- 284 • The Gauger of Garstang • poem by Risus [as by uncredited]
Secondary Verifications
Source | Status | Verifier | Date |
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Bleiler Supernatural | Verified | Rtrace | 2019-03-31 07:56:15 |
Bleiler78 | Verified | Rtrace | 2019-03-31 07:56:15 |
OCLC/Worldcat | Verified | Rtrace | 2019-03-31 07:56:15 |