Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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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Appendix to the Almanacks , or Observations on the Weather , by A Gentleman , who has paid many Years particular Attention to the Subject . EDINBURGH : Printed by J. Robertson , Horse - Wynd . [ Price One Penny ] Then , as now ...
Appendix to the Almanacks , or Observations on the Weather , by A Gentleman , who has paid many Years particular Attention to the Subject . EDINBURGH : Printed by J. Robertson , Horse - Wynd . [ Price One Penny ] Then , as now ...
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If the Moon change , be at the Full , or enter either of the Quarters between the Hours of four and six in the Afternoon , you may expect the Weather will be more favourable than it was when it changed , was at the Full or entered ...
If the Moon change , be at the Full , or enter either of the Quarters between the Hours of four and six in the Afternoon , you may expect the Weather will be more favourable than it was when it changed , was at the Full or entered ...
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expect Showers in the Afternoon , but if a Rainbow appear in the Evening , it is not always a sure Sign of Rain , but sometimes of fair Weather . Of the Wind Of the Wind I may safely say , that it is for the most Part , so uncertain and ...
expect Showers in the Afternoon , but if a Rainbow appear in the Evening , it is not always a sure Sign of Rain , but sometimes of fair Weather . Of the Wind Of the Wind I may safely say , that it is for the most Part , so uncertain and ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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