The ghost of my uncle. To which is added, the outwitted tax-gatherer

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24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six loose bifolia, as issued. A trifle creased. A Glasgow printed chapbook comprised of three short stories. The first is a supernatural tale, with decidedly Gothic overtones, in which, the night following the death of his uncle, a young man is disgusted to find his relatives mocking the character of the deceased. The rowdy party is duly visited by an apparition who chastises them for their behaviour, driving them from the premises. The young man is then shocked when confronted by the figure of his uncle, seemingly returned from the grave. He is soon disabused of his spectral supposition upon discovering that his uncle had been alive and well the entire time, the ghostly goings on merely a ruse to ascertain which of members of his family deserved to inherit his property. The second story, set on an islet in the midst of Strangford Lough, Ireland, concerns the failed attempt of taxman to collect a considerable sum from the sole resident, a wily old dealer in rabbit skins. The final tale, 'Scarlet Discovered', is an amusing comedy of manners in which a Highlander outwits a Perth haberdasher who jeeringly mocks his intelligence, a broken bloodily nose his reward. Size: 12mo. N° de ref. del artículo AQ28597

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