Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 371
... Dumfries . They were joined by two other pickpockets , one of whom was hanged shortly after at Glasgow . In Dumfries he picked several pockets , and entered several dwelling- houses , here he fell in with his old friend Barney McGuire ...
... Dumfries . They were joined by two other pickpockets , one of whom was hanged shortly after at Glasgow . In Dumfries he picked several pockets , and entered several dwelling- houses , here he fell in with his old friend Barney McGuire ...
Page 378
... Dumfries . They were three days and three nights on the road , and he experienced great kindness from the officers . On their approach to Dumfries , which was in the dark , there were many thousands of people on the road , many of them ...
... Dumfries . They were three days and three nights on the road , and he experienced great kindness from the officers . On their approach to Dumfries , which was in the dark , there were many thousands of people on the road , many of them ...
Page 425
... Dumfries chapbook production , 17 , 247 market , 134 meal riots ( 1796 ) , 83 Dumfries Courier , 301 Dunbar , chapbook production , 17 , 33 Dunbar , William ( c.1460 - c.1520 ) , 80 , 101 , 195 Duncan , Admiral Adam , 260 , 265–6 Duncan ...
... Dumfries chapbook production , 17 , 247 market , 134 meal riots ( 1796 ) , 83 Dumfries Courier , 301 Dunbar , chapbook production , 17 , 33 Dunbar , William ( c.1460 - c.1520 ) , 80 , 101 , 195 Duncan , Admiral Adam , 260 , 265–6 Duncan ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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