PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS
AND STRANGE EVENTS WILLIAM PENGELLY, GEOLOGIST
SIR CHARLES WILLS, K.B.
LIEUTENANT GOLDSMITH AND THE LOGAN ROCK
HUGH PETERS, THE REGICIDE
JAMES POLKINGHORNE, THE WRESTLER
HENRY TRENGROUSE, INVENTOR
THE BOTATHAN GHOST
JOHN COUCH ADAMS, ASTRONOMER
DANIEL GUMB
LAURENCE BRADDON
THOMASINE BONAVENTURA
THE MURDER OF NEVILL NORWAY
SIR WILLIAM LOWER, KNT.
THE PIRATES AT PENZANCE
DAME KILLIGREW
TWO NATURALISTS IN CORNWALL
SIR JOHN CALL, BART.
JOHN KNILL
THOMAS TREGOSS
ANTHONY PAYNE
NEVIL NORTHEY BURNARD
SIR GOLDSWORTHY GURNEY, KNT., INVENTOR
THE JANES
THE PENNINGTONS
DOCTOR GLYNN-CLOBERY
THREE MEN OF MOUSEHOLE
DOLLY PENTREATH
ROBERT JEFFERY OF POLPERRO
ADMIRAL RICHARD DARTON THOMAS
COMMANDER JOHN POLLARD
THE CASE OF BOSAVERN PENLEZ
SAMUEL FOOTE
THE LAST LORD MOHUN
THE LAST LORD CAMELFORD
WILLIAM NOYE
WILLIAM LEMON
SAMUEL DREW
THE SIEGE OF SKEWIS
THE VOYAGE OF JOHN SANDS
CHARLES INCLEDON
THE MURDER OF RICHARD CORYTON
SIR JAMES TILLIE, KNT.
LIEUTENANT JOHN HAWKEY
DR. DANIEL LOMBARD
THE DREAM OF MR. WILLIAMS
SIR ROBERT TRESILIAN
PIRATE TRELAWNY
JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM
MARY ANN DAVENPORT, ACTRESS
THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PRUSSIA
CAPTAIN RICHARD KEIGWIN
THE LOSS OF THE "KENT"
VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES V. PENROSE
SIR CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS, BART.
ANNE JEFFERIES
THOMAS KILLIGREW, THE KING'S JESTER
NICOLAS ROSCARROCK
LIEUTENANT PHILIP G. KING
HICKS OF BODMIN
CAPTAIN TOBIAS MARTIN
THE MAYOR OF BODMIN
JOHN NICHOLS TOM, alias SIR WILLIAM COURTENAY, K.M.
THE BOHELLAND TRAGEDY
MARY KELYNACK
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROGERS
JOHN BURTON, OF FALMOUTH
THE FATE OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL
FRANCIS TREGIAN
ANN GLANVILLE
JONATHAN SIMPSON, HIGHWAYMAN
DAVIES GILBERT
JAMES HOSKIN, FARMER
JOHN HARRIS, THE MINER POET
EDWARD CHAPMAN
JOHN COKE, OF TRERICE
THOMAS PELLOW, OF PENRYN
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROBARTES FAMILY
THEODORE PALEOLOGUS
INDEX
THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE
NOTICE
LIVING MASTERS OF MUSIC
A CATALOGUE OF MEMOIRS, BIOGRAPHIES, ETC. WORKS UPON NAPOLEON
Transcriber's Notes:
CORNISH CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
DEVONSHIRE CHARACTERS AND STRANGE EVENTS
With 55 Full-page Illustrations Reproduced from Old Prints, etc.
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[Pg iv]
THOMAS PITT, LORD CAMELFORD
THOMAS PITT, LORD CAMELFORD
CORNISH CHARACTERS
AND STRANGE EVENTS BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.
WITH 62 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED FROM OLD PRINTS, ETC.
"We all are men,
In our own natures frail, and capable
Of our flesh; few are angels."
Henry VIII (Act V, Sc. 2).
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