INTRODUCTION.
CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN.
THE HISTORY OF Joseph and his Brethren, WITH Jacob's Journey into Egypt , AND HIS DEATH AND FUNERAL.
THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN. JACOB'S LOVE TO JOSEPH, WITH JOSEPH'S FIRST DREAM.
THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE History of Joseph of Arimathea.
THE HOLY DISCIPLE; OR, THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA. (2)
THE WANDERING JEW; OR, THE SHOEMAKER OF JERUSALEM.
THE WANDERING JEW.
THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS.
The unhappy Birth, wicked Life, and miserable Death of that
A Terrible and seasonable Warning to young Men.
THE KENTISH MIRACLE Or, a Seasonable Warning to all Sinners
THE Witch of the Woodlands; OR, THE COBLER'S NEW TRANSLATION .
THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS.
THE HISTORY OF Dr. John Faustus, (2)
THE HISTORY OF DR. JOHN FAUSTUS. Chap. 1. The Doctor's Birth and Education.
THE HISTORY Of the Learned FRIAR BACON.
A Timely Warning To Rash and Disobedient CHILDREN.
Bateman's Tragedy , OR THE Perjured Bride justly rewarded;
THE Miracle of Miracles.
A wonderful and Strange RELATION OF A SAILOR IN St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London ; WHO
The Children's Example.
A New Prophesy; or, An ACCOUNT
GOD'S JUST JUDGMENT ON BLASPHEMERS,
A Dreadful Warning To all Wicked and Forsworn SINNERS.
Here is a full and true RELATION OF ONE Mr. RICH LANGLY, a Glazier ,
A Full, True and Particular ACCOUNT
THE PORTSMOUTH GHOST
THE GUILFORD GHOST.
THE Wonder of Wonders BEING
Dreams and Moles WITH THEIR Interpretation and Signification
THE Old Egyptian Fortune-Teller's Last Legacy CONTAINING
A NEW FORTUNE BOOK . Being a new Art of Courtship
THE HISTORY OF Mother Bunch of the West CONTAINING Many
THE HISTORY OF MOTHER BUNCH
THE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON.
THE HISTORY OF MOTHER SHIPTON. (2)
NIXON'S CHESHIRE PROPHECY AT LARGE Published from Lady Cowpers
REYNARD THE FOX.
THE HISTORY OF Reynard the Fox
VALENTINE AND ORSON.
THE HISTORY OF Valentine and Orson.
FORTUNATUS.
THE History of Fortunatus CONTAINING Various Surprising
GUY, EARL OF WARWICK.
THE HISTORY OF Guy. Earl of Warwick
THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF GUY EARL OF WARWICK
THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THAT NOBLE KNIGHT SIR BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTON
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF St. George THE NOBLE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND.
PATIENT GRISSEL.
THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE MARQUIS OF SALUS AND Patient GRISSEL
The Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTS
The Second Part of JACK and the GIANTS GIVING
THE HISTORY OF JACK and the GIANTS
A pleasant and delightful HISTORY OF Thomas Hickathrift
THE HISTORY OF THOMAS HICKATHRIFT
TOM THUMB.
The Famous History of TOM THUMB Wherein is declared , His
The Shoemaker's Glory OR THE PRINCELY HISTORY OF THE GENTLE CRAFT SHEWING
THE SHOEMAKER'S GLORY. Or, The Princely History of the GENTLE CRAFT SHEWING (2)
The Famous History of the Valiant LONDON PRENTICE
THE LOVER'S QUARREL OR CUPID'S TRIUMPH Being the Pleasant and
THE HISTORY OF THE KING and the COBLER
The First Part of the FRYAR AND BOY. OR THE Young PIPER'S pleasant Pastime CONTAINING
THE FRIAR AND BOY OR THE Young PIPER'S PLEASANT PASTIME CONTAINING
The Pleasant History of JACK HORNER CONTAINING
THE MAD PRANKS OF TOM TRAM Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH IS ADDED.
THE MAD PRANKS OF Tom Tram Son in Law to Mother Winter TO WHICH (2)
THE Birth, Life, and Death OF JOHN FRANKS With the Pranks he played Though a meer Fool
Simple Simon's Misfortunes AND HIS Wife Margery's Cruelty WHICH
THE HISTORY OF TOM LONG the Carrier
THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN OR THE FOLLY OF MAN EXEMPLIFIED IN
A Strange and Wonderful RELATION OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO WAS
THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.
THE Merry Tales OF THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.
JOE MILLER'S JESTS BEING A COLLECTION OF The most Brilliant
JOE MILLER
A WHETSTONE FOR DULL WITS OR A Poesy OF NEW AND INGENIOUS RIDDLES
THE TRUE TRIAL OF UNDERSTANDING: OR Wit Newly Reviv'd being a
The whole Trial and Indictment of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt.
THE Arraigning and Indicting OF Sir John Barleycorn, Knt. Newly
LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTER.
THE WHOLE Life and Death OF LONG MEG OF WESTMINSTER
MERRY FROLICKS OR THE Comical Cheats OF SWALPO A NOTORIOUS PICK
THE Life and Death OF SHEFFERY MORGAN THE Son of Shon ap Morgan
THE WELCH TRAVELLER; OR THE Unfortunate Welchman
JOAKS UPON JOAKS. OR No Joak like a true Joak . BEING THE
THE HISTORY OF Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough. AND William of Cloudeslie .
A TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD.
THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGER OF BEDNAL GREEN. Young Monford
THE HISTORY OF THE BLIND BEGGAR Of Bethnal Green ; SHEWING His Birth and Parentage .
The HISTORY of The Two Children in the WOOD.
The most Lamentable and Deplorable HISTORY OF THE Two Children in the Wood : CONTAINING
"THE NORFOLK GENTLEMAN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, ETC.
THE HISTORY OF Sir Richard Whittington THRICE Lord Mayor of London.
THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER AND JACK STRAW.
THE History OF JACK OF NEWBURY CALLED THE CLOTHIER OF ENGLAND .
THE Life and Death OF FAIR ROSAMOND CONCUBINE TO King Henry the
THE Story of King Edward III AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY
THE CONQUEST OF FRANCE With the Life and Glorious Actions of Edward the Black Prince
THE HISTORY OF JANE SHORE, Concubine to King Edward IV. GIVING
THE HISTORY Of the most Renowned QUEEN ELIZABETH And her great Favourite THE EARL OF ESSEX.
THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MARTYR King Charles the First WITH THE
England's Black Tribunal; BEING THE Characters of King CHARLES
The Foreign Travels of SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE CONTAINING
The Surprizing LIFE and most Strange ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE Of the City of York, Mariner. GIVING
A Brief Relation of the ADVENTURES OF M. Bamfyeld Moore Carew
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Who was Born in Newgate .
YOUTH'S WARNING-PIECE or, The Tragical HISTORY OF GEORGE
THE Merry Life and Mad Exploits OF Capt James Hind The great Robber of England .
THE HISTORY OF JOHN GREGG AND HIS FAMILY OF ROBBERS AND MURDERERS
THE BLOODY TRAGEDY OR A Dreadful Warning TO DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN GIVING
The Unfortunate Family : In Four Parts .
THE Horrors of Jealousie OR THE FATAL MISTAKE
The Constant, but Unhappy LOVERS Being a full and true Relation OF ONE Madam Butler
A Looking Glass for Swearers, Drunkards, Blasphemers, Sabbath Breakers, Rash Wishers, and Murderers.
Farther, and more Terrible Warnings from God.
The Constant Couple. OR THE TRAGEDY OF LOVE
The Distressed Child in the Wood ; OR, THE CRUEL UNKLE BEING A
THE LAWYERS DOOM .
THE WHOLE Life and Adventures OF Miss Davis COMMONLY CALLED THE BEAUTY IN DISGUISE
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CHRISTIAN BOWMAN, ALIAS MURPHY;
THE Drunkard's Legacy. In Four Parts. Giving an Account
Good News for ENGLAND BEING
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A Blind Man and Death TO WHICH IS ADDED A
THE DEVIL upon two STICKS OR THE TOWN UNTIL'D
AESOP'S FABLES.
A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COOKERY RECEIPTS
The Pleasant History of TAFFY'S Progress to London; with the WELSHMAN'S Catechism.
The Whole Life Character and Conversation of that Foolish Creature called GRANNY
A YORK DIALOGUE BETWEEN Ned and Harry OR Ned giving Harry an
The French King's Wedding OR THE ROYAL FROLICK Being a Pleasant Account
APPENDIX. List of Chap-Books published in Aldermary and Bow
From "The Cries and Habits of the City of London," by M. Lauron, 1709.
WITH
FACSIMILES, NOTES, AND INTRODUCTION
BY
JOHN ASHTON
London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1882
(All rights reserved)
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.
