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Title: The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales

Author: Hannah More

Release Date: March 18, 2010 [EBook #31697]

Language: English

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THE
SHEPHERD OF SALISBURY PLAIN,
AND OTHER TALES.

BY
HANNAH MORE.

NEW YORK:
DERBY & JACKSON, 119 NASSAU STREET.
1859.

STEREOTYPED BY
THOMAS B. SMITH,
82 & 84 Beckman Street.

PRINTED BY
GEO. RUSSELL & CO.
Beckman St.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Tales for the Common People.

The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain 7

The Two Shoemakers 41

The History of Tom White, the Post Boy 119

The Sunday School 152

The History of Hester Wilmot, being the sequel to the
Sunday School 166

The History of Betty Brown, the St. Giles's Orange Girl;
with some account of Mrs. Sponge, the Money-Lender 191

Black Giles the Poacher; containing some account of a
family who had rather live by their wits than their work 204

Tawney Rachel, or the Fortune-Teller; with some account of
Dreams, Omens, and Conjurers 230

Stories for Persons of Middle Rank.

The History of Mr. Fantom (the new-fashioned Philosopher),
and his man William 245

The Two Wealthy Farmers; or the History of Mr. Bragwell 276

'Tis all for the best 387

A Cure for Melancholy 405

Allegories.

The Pilgrims 423

The Valley of Tears