Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE SHEPHERD OF SALISBURY PLAIN, AND OTHER TALES. BY HANNAH MORE. NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, 119 NASSAU STREET. 1859. STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 82 & 84 Beckman Street. PRINTED BY GEO. RUSSELL & CO. Beckman St. CONTENTS PAGE Tales for the Common People. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain 7 The Two Shoemakers 41 The History of Tom White, the Post Boy 119 The Sunday School 152 The History of Hester Wilmot, being the sequel to the Sunday School 166 The History of Betty Brown, the St. Giles's Orange Girl; with some account of Mrs. Sponge, the Money-Lender 191 Black Giles the Poacher; containing some account of a family who had rather live by their wits than their work 204 Tawney Rachel, or the Fortune-Teller; with some account of Dreams, Omens, and Conjurers 230 Stories for Persons of Middle Rank. The History of Mr. Fantom (the new-fashioned Philosopher), and his man William 245 The Two Wealthy Farmers; or the History of Mr. Bragwell 276 'Tis all for the best 387 A Cure for Melancholy 405 Allegories. The Pilgrims 423 The Valley of Tears 437 The Strait Gate and the Broad Way 444 Parley the Porter 456 The Grand Assizes; or General Jail Delivery 470 The Servant Man turned Soldier, or the Fair-weather Christian 479 TALES FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE. "Religion is for the man in humble life, and to raise his nature, and to put him in mind of a state in which the privileges of opulence will cease, when he will be equal by nature, and may be more than equal by virtue."--_Burke on the French Revolution._ ADVERTISEMENT.