The Ingoldsby Legends

by Richard Harris Barham

FIRST SERIES

• Preface
• Preface to the Second Edition
• The Spectre of Tappington
• The Hand of Glory
• "Look at the Clock!"
• Grey Dobbin: A Legend of Sheppey
• The Ghost
• The Cynotaph
• The Leech of Folkestone
• Legend of Hamilton Tighe
• The Witches' Frolic
• Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor of Divinity
• The Jackdaw of Rheims
• A Lay of St. Dunstan
• A Lay of St. Gengulphus
• A Lay of St. Odille
• A Lay of St. Nicholas
• The Lady Rohesia
• The Tragedy
• Mr. Barney Maguire's Account of the Coronation
• The "Monstre" Balloon
• The Execution: A Sporting Anecdote
• Some Account of a New Play
• The Bagman's Dog
• Appendix

SECOND SERIES

• Preface
• The Black Mousquetaire: A Legend of France
• Sir Rupert the Fearless: A Legend of Germany
• The Merchant of Venice: A Legend of Italy
• The Auto-da-fé: A Legend of Spain
• The Ingoldsby Penance!: A Legend of Palestine and—West Kent
• Netley Abbey: A Legend of Hampshire
• Fragment
• Nell Cook!: A Legend of the "Dark Entry"
• Nursery Reminiscences
• Aunt Fanny: A Legend of a Shirt
• Misadventures at Margate: A Legend of Jarvis's Jetty
• The Smuggler's Leap: A Legend of Thanet
• Bloudie Jacke of Shrewsberrie, the Shropshire Bluebeard: A Legend of "The Proud Salopians"
• The Babes in the Wood; or, The Norfolk Tragedy: An Old Song to a New Tune
• The Dead Drummer: A Legend of Salisbury Plain
• A Row in an Omnibus (Box): A Legend of the Haymarket
• The Lay of St. Cuthbert; or, The Devil's Dinner-Party: A Legend of the North Countree
• The Lay of St. Aloys: A Legend of Blois
• The Lay of the Old Woman Clothes in Grey: A Legend of Dover
• Raising the Devil: A Legend of Cornelius Agrippa
• Saint Medard: A Legend of Afric

THIRD SERIES

• Preface
• The Lord of Thoulouse: A Legend of Languedoc
• The Wedding-day; or, The Buccaneer's Curse: A Family Legend
• The Blasphemer's Warning: A Lay of St. Romwold
• The Brothers of Birchington: A Lay of St. Thomas à Becket
• The Knight and the Lady: A Domestic Legend of the Reign of Queen Anne
• The House-Warming!!: A Legend of Bleeding-Heart Yard
• The Forlorn One
• Jerry Jarvis's Wig: A Legend of the Weald of Kent
• Unsophisticated Wishes
• Hermann; or, The Broken Spear
• Hints for an Historical Play to be called William Rufus; or, The Red Rover
• Marie Mignot
• The Truants
• The Poplar
• My Letter
• New-made Honour
• The Confession
• Song
• Epigram
• Epigram: Eheu Fugaces
• Song
• As I laye a-thynkynge