The factor's garland : a pathetic history. Giving an account of an English factor being in Turkey, who sees the dead body of a Christian lying in the streets, and refused burial -- causes the body to be interred. On going a little further, he finds a beautiful young woman, held as a slave, about to be strangled - he ransomes her, and brings her to England as his housekeeper. The young woman turns out to be a foreign princess! The factor cast out on a desolate island, from which he is afterwards rescued by the arrival of a supernatural-looking being in a boat, who is found out to be the ghost of the Christian, whose burial he had obtained in Turkey. --The factor and princess arrive at her father's court -- their reception, marriage, re-appearance of the ghost, and other particulars. Also, The tragedy of Sir James the Rose.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Newcastle] :
Printed & sold by W. & T. Fordyce, 48, Dean Street, Newcastle, and 43, Myton Gate, Hull,
[between 1832 and 1837?]
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| Item Description: | Dates derived from Hunt, C.J. 'The book trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860' (1975). Illustration on title page, page 14 and page 23. 'Tragedy of Sir James the Rose' is by Michael Bruce. Advertisement: "Cheap editions of standard works, published and sold by W. & T. Fordyce, 48, Dean-street, Newcastle, and 43, Myton Gate, Hull ..."--Page [24]. The Cushing Library/Sports/Mitchell Boxing copy is bound in a single volume which contains the following 11 titles: History of Stoney Bowes (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Robert Burns, the celebrated Ayrshire poet (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Art & practice of self-defence; or, Scientific mode of boxing (Newcastle and Hull : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of James Allan, the celebrated Northumberland piper (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- The singular life, adventures, and depredations of David Haggart, the murderer (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Wat Tyler (Newcastle : W. Fordyce, [1830?]) -- The factor's garland (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of Carlisle, ancient and modern (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- History of the Earl of Derwentwater (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832) -- Remarkable & memorable history of Sir Robt. Bewick and the Laird Graham (Newcastle : W. & T. Fordyce, 1832). |
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| Physical Description: | 24 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | England -- Newcastle. |