The Widow S Walk Or The Mystery Of Crime Translated From The French

Excerpt from The Widow's Walk: Or the Mystery of Crime Late in the evening of a cold day in the month of January, 1804, a fiddler and a clarionet-player, attached to the orchestra of the celebrated Cafe des Aveugles, turned their steps towards the home afforded them at the public expense, in the national hospital of the Quinze-Vingts. The fiddler was called Michel, and the name of the clarionet-player was Corniquet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Widow's Walk: Or the Mystery of Crime Connoisseurs in snuff, the two worthies never quitted their musical den without stopping at the celebrated tobacconist's shop, the Civet, which was already at that time in high repute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Penny dreadfuls - sensational stories published in weekly parts - were an important feature of Victorian popular literature. They were often anonymous, and inspired by the melodramas of the day. This is the catalogue of a comprehensive collection bequeathed by music-hall performer Barry Ono.