The Ingoldsby Legends MORRISON AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. [Illustration: REV. RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM. (_Thomas Ingoldsby._)] The Ingoldsby Legends OR Mirth and Marvels _By THOMAS INGOLDSBY Esquire_ WITH EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY CRUIKSHANK, LEECH, ETC. AND PORTRAIT [Illustration: Decoration] LONDON AND NEW YORK FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. 1889 CONTENTS. PAGE MEMOIR, xi PREFACE, xxi FIRST SERIES. THE SPECTRE OF TAPPINGTON, 5 THE NURSE'S STORY--THE HAND OF GLORY, 29 PATTY MORGAN THE MILKMAID'S STORY--"LOOK AT THE CLOCK," 35 GREY DOLPHIN, 41 THE GHOST, 59 THE CYNOTAPH, 69 MRS. BOTHERBY'S STORY--THE LEECH OF FOLKESTONE, 74 LEGEND OF HAMILTON TIGHE, 99 THE WITCHES' FROLIC, 104 SINGULAR PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE HENRY HARRIS, D.D., 118 THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS, 139 A LAY OF ST. DUNSTAN, 145 A LAY OF ST. GENGULPHUS, 153 A LAY OF ST. ODILLE, 162 A LAY OF ST. NICHOLAS, 168 THE LADY ROHESIA, 178 THE TRAGEDY, 185 MR. BARNEY MAGUIRE'S ACCOUNT OF THE CORONATION, 188 THE "MONSTRE" BALLOON, 191 HON. MR. SUCKLETHUMBKIN'S STORY--THE EXECUTION, 194 SOME ACCOUNT OF A NEW PLAY, 198 MR PETERS'S STORY--THE BAGMAN'S DOG, 205 APPENDIX, 218 SECOND SERIES.