The Belfry Rock, Or, The Pixies' Revenge : The Belfry Rock; or, The Pixies' Revenge THE PIXIES' REVENGE ON the borders of Dartmoor, in days of yore, there lived a rich old farmer, in one of the fields near whose house, stood a very curious object, a large moor-stone rock, shaped by nature so much like an ancient Gothic church with a tower...
The Three Trials, Or, The Story Of Crabby Cross : The Three Trials; or, The Story of Crabby Cross THE THREE TRIALS ON the stormy coast of Cornwall there stand, at the summit of the cliffs, the ruins of the castle of Tintagel; a place so ancient that it is said originally to have been built by Prince Arthur, the famous king of the Britons...
Introduction : INTRODUCTION DARTMOOR DESCRIBED.--THE PIXIES SAID TO MAKE IT THEIR HAUNT.--WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND WHAT THEY DO. IN this most pleasant part of England, the county of Devon, we have many hills and rivers, with plenty of woods, and fields, and birds, and flowers. And we have a large tract...
Advertisement : ADVERTISEMENT In a work of mine, addressed in a series of letters to the late lamented poet Laureate, Robert Southey, entitled "The Borders of the Tamar and the Tary," I gave an account of many of our local superstitions, and related several legends and traditions, peculiar to this delightful...
Dedication : TO MY DEAR NIECE, JESSY CAROLINE DAVIES, WHO, BY EXPRESSING A WISH THAT I WOULD WRITE A BOOK FOR "LITTLE PEOPLE," LIKE HERSELF, FIRST SUGGESTED TO ME THE COMPOSITION OF THE FOLLOWING TALES, THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED BY HER AFFECTIONATE AUNT, ANNA ELIZA BRAY. THE VICARAGE, TAVISTOCK, "August 5th"...
Untitled : Title Page Dedication Advertisement Introduction Pixy Gathon, or, the Tailor's Needle The Three Trials, or, the Story of Crabby Cross The Seven Crosses of Tiverton, or, The Pixy Picket Background Notes on the Seven Crosses of Tiverton Fontina, or, The Pixies' Bath The Lady of the Silver Bell...
The Lady Of The Silver Bell : THE LADY OF THE SILVER BELL THE LADY OF THE SILVER BELL I HAVE already told you, my young friends, a story in connexion with Tintagel; and now purpose to relate to you another; the events of which occurred in the same place, though at a somewhat more recent period, when a certain Baron was Lord...
Fontina, Or, The Pixies' Bath : Fontina; or, The Pixies' Bath THE PIXIES BATH PART I DURING the latter part of the turbulent reign of John, king of England, Sir Roger de Stevenson became the guardian, appointed by that sovereign, of the young Henry de Bath, the orphan heir of the honourable house of Bathon, or Bath; whose...
Title Page : A PEEP AT THE PIXIES; OR, LEGENDS OF THE WEST. BY MRS. BRAY, Author of "THE BORDERS OF THE TAMAR AND THE TAVY, LIFE OF STOTHARD, TRELAWNY, TRIALS OF DOMESTIC LIFE," ETC. ETC. ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HABLOT K. BROWNE (PHIZ) LONDON; GRANT AND GRIFFITH (SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS) CORNER...
The Seven Crosses Of Tiverton, Or, The Pixy Picket : The Seven Crosses of Tiverton; or, The Story of Pixy Picket THE SEVEN CROSSES OF TIVERTON THE events I am now about to relate occurred soon after that cruel king, the crook-backed Richard, was slain-in the battle of Bosworth Field; and the Earl of Richmond, who won the day, ascended the throne...
Pixy Gathon, Or, The Tailor's Needle : Pixy Gathon; or, The Tailor's Needle PIXY GATHON "BAD times! Master Trickett," said Betsy Humming, as she turned her wheel, at which she was most industriously spinning, "bad times! for tho' I be at work from morning to night, and do spin as fine Kersey, tho' I say it who ought not to say it...
Background Notes On The Seven Crosses Of Tiverton : BACKGROUND NOTES NOTES TO "THE SEVEN CROSSES OF TIVERTON; OR, THE STORY OF PIXY PICKETT." "The quaint old author, Westcote, above mentioned, gives the following account of the Seven Crosses of Tiverton. He begins by stating, that a poor labouring man of that town had, by his wife, seven sons...
Appendix. Notes : APPENDIX NOTES TO "PIXY GATHON; OR, THE TAILOR'S NEEDLE." Ill-wishing in the West of England is to this day an expression used to denote the mischievous and wicked designs of witchcraft. To be "ill-wished "by an old woman, signifies neither more nor less than to be bewitched by her. Sometimes...
