The magic pill; or, Davie and Bess : A tale. Relating Davie's courtship to Bess, and how he forsook her. How Nanse, Bessie's mother, went to the doctor for a pill, which she got, with directions how to use it. - How it had the desired effect, by being put into Davie's pouch by Bess, at a wedding, which discovered Davie's love to Bess, and they were married. Likewise how Nanse, being a widow, went to the doctor with twa fat hens, to return thanks for the pill, and how she wanted to buy a pill for herself, to gain a neibour [sic] carle she liked: with an account what the doctor said to her, and a recipe how to make up this pill, and an advice to all young women how to use it.
Paisley : Printed by J. Neilson, for George Caldwell, bookseller,
1819.
Colophon on p. 8 reads : J. Neilson, printer.
Scotland Paisley.