A Book for a CornerReprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost. |
Contents
NATURE OF THE PRESENT WORK AND A FEW REMARKS ON ITS READ | 9 |
LETTER TO A NEWBORN CHILD | 22 |
Horace Walpole | 42 |
PETER WILKINSS DISCOVERY OF THE FLYING WOMAN Robt Pultock | 73 |
GIL BLAS AND THE PARASITE | 96 |
LUDOVICO IN THE HAUNTED CHAMBER From the Mysteries | 104 |
THE WARNING From the Novel of Nature and Art Mrs Inchbald | 128 |
JOHN BUNCLE | 137 |
DELIGHTS OF BOOKS OF TRAVEL | 149 |
66 | 180 |
A SHIPWRECK A SEA VOYAGE AND AN ADVENTURE BY THE WAY | 189 |
BUSINESS BOOKS AND AMUSEMENT Passages from his Autobiogra | 217 |
46 | 170 |
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