Stories from the state papers
"Most of the 'Stories' were originally contributed to the various magazines--to 'Fraser', 'Cornhill', 'Temple Bar' and the 'Gentleman's'."--Pref v. 1. Our waste paper [State paper] office. The youth of Henry the Fifth. The captive [Juana] of Castile. A love match. The sweating sickness. A holy mission. A princess of the period [Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn] The invincible Armada. The Earl of Essex's rebellion.--v. 2. The gunpowder plot. A perished kernel [Robert Carr, earl of Somerset] The massacre of Amboyna. The gathering of the storm. The Lancashire witches. The great fire of London. A national scare [1667]
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