The Spook Ballads
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About This Book
Excerpt from The Spook Ballads The Honest Young Cashier; The Road To London; Antediluvian Pat O'Toole; The Lucky Sixpence; A Wallflower Sonnet; Paradoxical Words; A Cantabile On Music, Art And Law; Woman's Tears; Heraldic Fruits; The Polis And The Princess Granauille; A Horror Of London Town; A Confidential Sonnet; A Tram Car Ghost; Margate Sands; John Mckune; I'll Go For A Sojer; Ode Here!; The Smugglers Fate; The Late Fitz-Binks; A Fugitive Kiss; The Bedroom Curse; A Gun Solo; The Semi-Grand Piano; Canticrank; An Ill Wind Blew Him Good; A Kleptomaniac's Doom; Caught In The Breach; The Ghost ...
Chapters (278)
- THE SPOOK BALLADS.
- THE SPOOK BALLADS
- CONTENTS.
- BOHEMIANS, HAIL!
- THE GHOSTS OF HAMPTON COURT
- YE FILIAL SACRAFICE
- MADAM STIFFIN'S GHOST
- SONNET ON PARTING
- HIS BOUQUET
- THE GIRL OF CASTLEBAR
- THE GERMAN BAND
- OUT OF PLUMB.
- A WARD IN THE CHANCERIE
- THE FAIRY QUEEN
- THE DEVIL IN RICHMOND PARK
- SAVED!
- A MOST REMARKABLE CASE
- A TOUR TO SVITSERLAND
- JOY! ON SEEING A FLYING SPRING.
- THE MATE OF THE MARY ANNE
- AN UMBRELLA CASE.
- THE SPOOK OF ROTTEN ROW
- THE MAGIC SPECS
- YE CURIOUS TAYLE OF YE UNCIVIL FIGHT OF YE CIVIL WARRE
- LEATHER VERSUS LAW
- HEADS AND TAILS
- THE COLONEL AND THE COOK
- THE SPIRIT THAT HELD HIM DOWN
- HIS FUTURE STATE.
- A FIGHT IN THE PHŒNIX PARK
- THE ABDICATED CROWN.
- TEARS-IN-LAW
- HE FOLLOWED THE FOX
- THE HONEST YOUNG CASHIER
- THE ROAD TO LONDON
- ANTEDILUVIAN PAT O'TOOLE AND ALL HIS FLEET OF SAIL
- SONNET ON SHARES.
- THE LUCKY SIXPENCE
- A WALL FLOWER SONNET.
- PARADOXICAL WORDS
- A CANTABILE ON MUSIC, ART, AND LAW.
- WOMAN'S TEARS.
- HERADIC FRUITS OF A FAMILY TREE
- THE POLIS AND THE PRINCESS GRANAUILLE
- A HORROR OF LONDON TOWN.
- A CONFIDENTIAL SONNET
- A TRAM CAR GHOST.
- MARGATE SANDS.
- JOHN MC KUNE
- I'LL GO FOR A SOJER.
- ODE HERE!
- THE SMUGGLER'S FATE
- THE LATE FITZ-BINKS.
- A FUGITIVE KISS.
- THE BEDROOM CURSE AND THE MURDERED COCKATOO
- A GUN SOLO.
- THE SEMI-GRAND PIANO
- CANTICRANK.
- CAUGHT IN THE BREACH.
- A KLEPTOMANIAC'S DOOM.
- AN ILL WIND BLEW HIM GOOD!
- THE GHOST OF HIRAM SMIKE.
- WHY DID YE DIE?
- A PRETTY LITTLE LAND I KNOW
- HOW THEY ENLIST
- THE KINDERGARTEN WAY.
- OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE BARNEY BRADEY BROCHURES BY WM. THEODORE PARKES.
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