The Court of Cacus; Or, The Story of Burke and Hare

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

First Appearance in Surgeon's Square.

Intercalary.

The Young Amateurs

The Regular Staff.

Sympathising Sextons, Doctors, and Relatives.

Preying on each other

Resumption of the Great Drama.

The Quaternion.

The Opening of the Court The Old Woman of Gilmerton. [5]

The Mother and Daughter.

The Grandmother and the Dumb Boy.

The Stray Waifs

The Relative.

The Study for the Artist.

Daft Jamie.

The Brisk Little Old Woman.

The Discovery.

The Complicity of the Doctors.

The Trial.

The Jail.

Vejove.

The Exhibition.

The Prosecution against Hare.

The Hunt Out.

The Final Cause.

Title: The Court of Cacus

Or The Story of Burke and Hare

Author: Alexander Leighton

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THE COURT OF CACUS;

OR,

The Story of Burke and Hare.

BY
ALEXANDER LEIGHTON,
AUTHOR OF “CURIOUS STORIED TRADITIONS OF SCOTTISH LIFE,” ETC.

LONDON:
HOULSTON AND WRIGHT, PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH: W. P. NIMMO, ST DAVID STREET.
1861.

EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,
PAUL’S WORK.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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