The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment.
Subtitle: Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. : The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts.
By: By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. ; [Eight lines of verse]
Contributors: Oulton, Walley Chamberlain, 1770?-1820?, comp
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 32623
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Bumstead. Sold by Thomas & Andrews, E. Larkin, Wm. P. & L. Blake, J. Nancrede, and J. Bumstead.
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 321
Notes: "Partly selected from the works of our most ancient authors, and partly original, being written on purpose by several well-known characters (both ladies and gentlemen) for this valuable undertaking ..."--Preface

"Poetical selection. With several originals."--p. [269]-321

"Contents."--p. [322-324]

Evans 32623

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