Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 [1840], Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe (Nafis & Cornish, New York) [word count] [eaf128].
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Front matter
Covers, Edges and Spine
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Preliminaries
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Hic Fructus Virtutis; Clifton
Waller Barrett
[figure description] Bookplate: heraldry figure with a green tree on top and shield
below. There is a small gray shield hanging from the branches of the
tree, with three blue figures on that small shield. The tree stands on
a base of gray and black intertwined bars, referred to as a wreath in
heraldic terms. Below the tree is a larger shield, with a black
background, and with three gray, diagonal stripes across it; these
diagonal stripes are referred to as bends in heraldic terms. There are
three gold leaves in line, end-to-end, down the middle of the center
stripe (or bend), with green veins in the leaves. Note that the colors
to which this description refers appear in some renderings of this
bookplate; however, some renderings may appear instead in black, white
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Painted by Rob. W. Weir; Eng. by A.B. Durand
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life boat or other small boat), while looking over their shoulders. The
man accompanying the woman is armed with a sword and a sickle (or small
scythe or curved blade). Behind them is a man pushing open a hatch in a
ship's deck from below, who appears to be looking at the man and woman
as they step into the row boat.[end figure description]
Title Page
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TALES FOR THE TIMES:
BEING A SELECTION OF
INTERESTING STORIES.
BY THE AUTHOR OF PETER PARLEY.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY NAFIS & CORNISH,
278 PEARL STREET.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840,
By S. G. Goodrich,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
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CONTENTS.
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Page.
The Lame Pig, - - - 3
A Night's Adventure - - - 12
From the Journal of an Odd Fellow, - - - 15
Madame Brillante, - - - 21
Rumpelstilzchen, - - - 29
The Furlough, - - - 32
Lord Vaporcourt, - - - 34
The Magie Spinning-Wheel, - - - 60
A Rill from the Town Pump, - - - 81
London Omnibusses, - - - 88
The Coach Wheel, - - - 94
The Piper of Neisse, - - - 95
Too Handsome for Any Thing, - - - 106
The Good-Natured Couple, - - - 113
The First Time of Asking, - - - 119
A Legend of Tom Thumb, - - - 127
A Chapter on Ears, - - - 135
Lesson in Biography, - - - 141
Horrors of a Head-Dress, - - - 149
The Last of the Serpents, - - - 162
Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, - - - 164
The Elopement, - - - 179
The Dilemma, - - - 186
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 [1840], Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe (Nafis & Cornish, New York) [word count] [eaf128].
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