Lob Lie By the Fire, The Brownies and Other Tales
Contributors: George Cruikshank (Illustrator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780548028018
Subjects: Short Stories (single author); Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Fiction - General
First sentence: LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE-the Lubber fiend, as Milton calls him-is a rough kind of Brownie or House Elf, supposed to haunt some north-country homesteads, where he does the work of the farm laborers, for no grander wages than "-to earn his cream-bowl duly set."