Original Plays, Second SeriesGilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)
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Original Plays, Second Series
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck)
English drama; Operas -- Librettos
NEW SERIES OF TWO-SHILLING NOVELS.
Picture cloth boards, flat backs.
=The Constable of St. Nicholas.= By EDWIN LESTER ARNOLD.
=St. Katherine’s by the Tower.= By Sir WALTER BESANT.
=Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective.= By MCD. BODKIN, K.C.
=Vincent Trill, Detective.= By DICK DONOVAN.
=Dark Deeds.= By DICK DONOVAN.
=A Crimson Crime.= By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.
=The Red Shirts.= By PAUL GAULOT.
=The Track of a Storm.= By OWEN HALL.
=In a Hollow of the Hills.= By BRET HARTE.
=A Sappho of Green Springs.= By BRET HARTE.
=The Lady from Nowhere.= By FERGUS HUME.
=Plotters of Paris.= By EDMUND MITCHELL.
=The Temple of Death.= By EDMUND MITCHELL.
=Towards the Eternal Snows.= By EDMUND MITCHELL.
=The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley.= By BERTRAM MITFORD.
=His Own Ghost.= By D. CHRISTIE MURRAY.
=The Waters of Edera.= By OUIDA.
=A Modern Dick Whittington.= By JAMES PAYN.
=The Drift of Fate.= By DORA RUSSELL.
=In London’s Heart.= By G. R. SIMS.
=The Tale of the Serpent.= By SUNDOWNER.
=Citoyenne Jacqueline.= By SARAH TYTLER.
=Joan, the Curate.= By FLORENCE WARDEN.
=Sport and Spangles.= By BYRON WEBBER.
UNWIN BROTHERS, Printers, 27, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C.
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Transcriber’s note:
Archaic and unusual spellings have been maintained. Various characters
speak in dialect.
Some obvious misprints have been corrected as detailed below.
Errors in the alphabetization of the book catalog were not corrected.
Some authors are alphabetized by first name rather than last. In some
cases, the alphabetization on the second letter of the author’s name is
incorrect.
In ‘BROKEN HEARTS’
On page 18: Whoever has the veil is using it.
Originally: Whovever has the veil is using it.
On page 32: My brain is filled with foolish fantasies
Originally: My brain is filled with foolish fantasties
In ‘ENGAGED’
On page 47: _Sym._ Well, here we are at last----
Originally: _Symp._ Well, here we are at last----
On page 47: _Sym._ My dear nephew, you would travel third
Originally: _Symp._ My dear nephew, you would travel third
On page 67: _Bel._ Never more serious in my life.
Originally: _Bel._ Never more serious in my live.
In ‘SWEETHEARTS’
On page 108: _Spread._ No, no, Jane, the play is _not_ over--
Originally: _Spread._ No, no, Janet, the play is _not_ over--
In ‘GRETCHEN’
On page 194: SCENE.--_Room in MARTHA’S cottage; a couch_
Originally: _Room in MARTHA’S cottage; a couch_
In ‘TOM COBB; OR, FORTUNE'S TOY’
On page 226: Answer me that. Come, Gineral, no evasion,
Originally: Answer me that. Gome, Gineral, no evasion,
In ‘THE SORCERER’
On page 264: then exit with a sigh. MR. WELLS, who
Originally: then exit with a sigh. MR. WELLS, wh
In ‘H.M.S. PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR’
On page 281: Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
Originally: Stick close to your deck and never go to sea,
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