A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore: In Prose and Poetry

Samuel Adams Drake

Singing Tree Press, 1901 - Folklore - 477 pages

Contents

• The Solitary of Shawmut J L Motley: 3
• Boston Common O W Holmes: 10
• The Death of Rainsborough: 22
• The Case of Mistress Ann Hibbins: 28
• Mary Dyer: 36
• The Kings Missive: 46
• The Quaker Prophetess: 56
• Calef in Boston J G Whittier: 65
• Duc dAnvilles Descent: 71
• Christ Church Edwin B Russell: 77
• Peter Rugg: 90
• 11: 103
• A Legend of the Old Elm Isaac McLellan: 105
• Roxbury PuddingStone: 111
• 15: 115
• The Last of the Highwaymen: 119
• LYNN AND NAHANT LEGENDS: 127
• The Devils Pulpit Nahant Mass: 129
• The Pirates Glen: 134
• Elizabeth F Merrill: 141
• The SeaSerpent: 156
• Egg Rock and the SeaSerpent: 157
• Swampscott Beach: 162
• 58: 164
• The Escape of Philip English: 176
• Candlestick Bible and Spec: 177
• Cassandra Southwick: 183
• The Duel on the Common: 191
• Giles Corey the Wizard: 194
• How George Burroughs Rode to his Doom: 201
• Boston from Breeds Hill: 205
• Grenadier 1775: 212
• Peter Rugg and the Thunder: 222
• HalfWay Rock: 233
• Captain John Smith: 243
• The Swan Song of Parson Avery: 252
• The Garrison of Cape Ann J G Whittier: 258
• Hannah Binding Shoes: 267
• Ipswich: 273
• Heartbreak Hill: 279
• Lord Timothy Dexter: 289
• The Old Elm of Newbury: 301
• The DoubleHeaded Snake: 307
• Telling the Bees: 314
• Hampton: 319
• Goody Cole: 328
• Lady Wentworth: 337
• Isles of Shoals: 345
• The Spanish Wreck: 352
• Agamenticus York Maine: 358
• Hanging by Proxy: 365
• The Old Oaken Bucket Samuel Woodworth: 374
• Mary Chilton George Bancroft Griffith: 380
• The Pilgrim Fathers Percival Pierpont Hemans Sprague: 389
• The Phantom Ship: 417
• The Charter Oak poem L H Sigourney: 427
• The MoneyDiggers J G Brainard: 435
• Nantucket Legends: 443
• The Dead Ship of Harpswell J G Whittier: 457
• The Silver Image of St Francis: 464
• A Legend of Ticonderoga: 472
• 100: 475
• 128: 476

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore: In Prose and Poetry
• Author: Samuel Adams Drake
• Editor: Samuel Adams Drake
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Singing Tree Press, 1901
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 5, 2014
• ISBN: 0810338297, 9780810338296
• Length: 477 pages