The book of my lady : a melange / by A bachelor knight [i.e., William Gilmore Simms].
| Author/creator | Simms, William Gilmore |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Key & Biddle, 1833 (A. Waldie) |
| Description | 334, [2] p. ; 18 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Prefatory epistle to my lady -- A dream of the earth -- Chatelard -- The forest maiden -- Ponce de Leon -- The Venetian bridal -- Vasco Nunez -- The death of a fairy -- A story of the sea -- The broken arrow -- Haiglar, a story of the Catawba -- The mental prism -- The Red Cross Knight -- Missouri, the captive of the Pawnee -- La Pola -- Metacom of Montaup -- The children of the sun -- The young Sioux -- A tale of faerie -- The fearful memory -- A legend of the Pacific -- The green corn dance -- A scene of the Revolution -- The Choctaw criminal -- The spirit bridegroom -- Cleopatra -- The festival of Isis -- The last of the Yemassees -- The opportunity -- Dreams and dreaming. |
| Local note | Arts and Literature. |
| Local note | 2009A497400. |
| General note | Attributed to William Gilmore Simms. |
| General note | "The following sketches are now, for the first time, collected in form. Several of them have, at various periods in a short life, found their way into print--in one magazine or another."--Advertisement, p. [9]. |
| General note | Publisher's advertising: [2] p., 2nd count. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 81193. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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