Popular tales and romances of the northern nations . VOL. : PRINTED FOR W. S1MPKIN, AND R. MARSHALL, STATIONERS HALL COURT, LUDGATE STREET; AND J. H. BOHTE, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1823. ..........,,\s^uw»TL ttitUoO »&T T8I CONTENTS. 7Vtc Spectre Barber 1 The Magic Dollar 115 The Colliers Family 147 The Victim of Priestcraft 177 Kibitz 305 THE SPECTRE BARBER JMaNY years ago there lived in the goodtown of Bremen, a rich merchant, namedMelchior, who was wont to stroke his chinand smile scornfully whenever he heard the par-son read in the gospel of the rich man, whom, incomparison wi
Popular tales and romances of the northern nations . VOL. : PRINTED FOR W. S1MPKIN, AND R. MARSHALL, STATIONERS HALL COURT, LUDGATE STREET; AND J. H. BOHTE, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1823. ..........,,\s^uw»TL ttitUoO »&T T8I CONTENTS. 7Vtc Spectre Barber 1 The Magic Dollar 115 The Colliers Family 147 The Victim of Priestcraft 177 Kibitz 305 THE SPECTRE BARBER JMaNY years ago there lived in the goodtown of Bremen, a rich merchant, namedMelchior, who was wont to stroke his chinand smile scornfully whenever he heard the par-son read in the gospel of the rich man, whom, incomparison with himself, he regarded as a merepedlar. In those rude times there prevailed aspecies of luxury as well as at present, thoughthe people then looked more than their descen-dants to things of solid worth, and Melchior wasso wealthy, that he had the floor of his banquet-ting room paved with dollars. Although the fel-low citizens and friends of our merchant weremuch displeased at this piece of ambitious dis-play, as they called it, yet it was,populartalesroma02musaiala
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