One Hundred Romances of Real Life

Leigh Hunt

Whittaker & Company, 1846 - Anecdotes - 132 pages

Contents

• Mr Barnard and the Duke of Marlborough 2 Stories of Madonna Pia and of a Lady: 2
• Piedmont: 3
• The Tragedy of Guernsey: 4
• Two Stories of Reversion Clerical: 5
• Fiscal: 6
• St André the Surgeon: 7
• Madame Villacerfe and M Festeau: 8
• A Prince against his Will 10 Chidiock Tichbourne: 10
• One of the Shortest and Sweetest of all Stories 12 Another of the same Cast 13 The Black Assize: 15
• A Youth in Civilized Life who lived in Trees and Rocks: 16
• The Bridal of Camiola Turinga: 17
• The Fortunes of Coningsmark: 18
• Lady Arabella Stuart: 19
• Orator Henley: 25
• George Psalmanazar the Literary Impostor: 27
• Adventures of Eustachio Cherubini: 28
• Henrietta of Bourbon: 32
• History of the late Mr Combe: 34
• A Gamester with a Wife too good for: 35
• Story of Mademoiselle de Tournon: 36
• A Serious Joke seriously returned: 38
• A Recluse in the thick of London: 39
• School Friendship Remembered 28 The Dutchman and his Horse: 40
• Heroisın of a MaidServant 30 A Persevering Impostor: 41
• Tragedy in the Family of Kyte: 42
• Execution of Captain Dawson: 44
• Cruelty towards a Whig: 45
• Cruelty towards a Jacobite 35 Escape of the Earl of Nithsdale from the Tower: 46
• History of Arnold du Tilb: 49
• Five Stories of Thievery: 52
• The Life of a Young Jacobite saved by Mrs Garrick: 54
• Story of Firmien da Costa: 55
• Case of John Ayliffe: 56
• Awful Obedience or the Cup of Poison taken Four Times: 57
• Trial of Spencer Cowper: 58
• The Conspiracy of Fiesco: 60
• Adam Fleming and Helena Irving: 61
• History of the Marchioness des Ganges 46 Adventures of Riperda: 64
• The First Female Accoucheur: 66
• A Lesson to Vulgar Mistake: 67
• History of Felix Peretti: 68
• Mysterious Occurrence at the Mauritius: 74
• Origin of Mallets Edwin and Emma 52 Goëthes Adventure with his Dancing Masters Daughters: 76
• A Tragedy of the War in Spain: 77
• Living under Ground 55 Singular Outrage in a Duel 56 A Private Gentleman obstinately resists being made a King: 80
• Honest UltraDevotion: 82
• Her Imperial Highness Madame DAuband: 84
• a Martyr to Vanity: 85
• A Human Wild Beast: 87
• The Murderer who was no Murderer: 88
• Remarkable Instance of Recovery from the Grave 63 Story of the Families of Calas and Sirven: 89
• William and Catherine Shaw: 92
• A Tale of old Italian Revenge: 93
• Generous Children generously Helped: 94
• Revenge and Assassination in a Church: 95
• Marriage after Burial: 96
• a Puzzle for Conjecture: 97
• A Gentlemans Revenge: 98
• Sandy Wood or Inveteracy in a Good Heart: 99
• A Modern BlueBeard 75 Head Sense wanting Heart Wisdom: 101
• The Shepherd Lord: 103
• Sandy Wright and the Orphan: 104
• Real History of the Duchess of C: 106
• A Man Imprisoned Forty Years without being declared Guilty 80 Tragical Death of a Tragical Writer: 107
• An Undeniable Apparition: 108
• Fatal Mistake of Morbid Egotism for Love: 109
• Life and Adventures of Mulld Sack 84 Story of John Feddes: 111
• A Modern Amazon: 112
• The celebrated Case of Anglade: 113
• Story of Renée Corbeau 88 Earl Ferrers: 118
• The Twins of Ravenna: 120
• TragiComedy of the MajorDomo: 122
• Sharpsightedness of a Blind: 123
• Tragedy of Absurdity: 124
• Brinvilliers the Female Poisoner 94 Singular Detection and Sudden and Frightful Catastrophe: 126
• A Victim to the BullFight 96 The Mother accorded with and made: 127
• Story of Coucy: 128
• The Duke of Alva at a Breakfast: 130
• Boissis Attempt at Suicide: 131

Bibliographic information

• Title: One Hundred Romances of Real Life; Popular library of modern authors
• Editor: Leigh Hunt
• Compiled by: Leigh Hunt
• Publisher: Whittaker & Company, 1846
• Original from: the Complutense University of Madrid
• Digitized: Oct 9, 2008
• Length: 132 pages