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Camperdown; or, News from our neighbourhood

Chapter 12: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
By Mary Griffith
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About This Book

This collection of sketches portrays life in a small American neighborhood through linked vignettes and a few longer tales. A prominent narrative follows Edgar Hastings, an orphaned traveler who returns home, engages in politics, then retires to improve his estate and contemplates marriage with a local Quaker's daughter. Other pieces offer compact portraits of households, tradespeople, and community scenes—from shanties to shops—examining manners, domestic concerns, local industry, and the quiet interplay between personal ambition and neighborly ties.

THE END.
NEW NOVELS, &c.
LATELY PUBLISHED
BY CAREY, LEA AND BLANCHARD.
DR. BIRD’S NOVELS.

THE HAWKS OF HAWK HOLLOW. A Tradition of Pennsylvania. By the author of “Calavar,” and “The Infidel.” In 2 vols. 12mo.

A second edition of

CALAVAR, OR THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST. A Romance of Mexico. 2 vols. 12mo. By the author of “The Infidel.”

THE INFIDEL, OR THE FALL OF MEXICO. A Romance. In 2 vols. 12mo. By the author of “Calavar.”

PENCIL SKETCHES, OR OUTLINES OF CHARACTER AND MANNERS. By Miss Leslie. In 2 vols. 12mo.

CLINTON BRADSHAW, OR THE ADVENTURES OF A LAWYER. In 2 vols. 12mo.

TALES AND SKETCHES. By the author of “Linwoods,” “Redwood,” &c. 1 vol. 12mo.

THE INSURGENTS. A new American and Historical Novel. 2 vols. 12mo.

DACRE. A Novel. 2 vols. 12mo.

CHANCES AND CHANGES; a Domestic Story, in 2 vols. 12mo.

THE TWO FRIENDS. By Lady Blessington, in 2 vols. 12mo.

ANNE GREY; a Novel. 2 vols. 12mo.

WILL WATCH. By the author of “Cavendish,” “Port Admiral,” &c. in 3 vols. 12mo.

THE MONIKINS. By the author of “The Spy.” In 2 vols. 12mo.

MY COUSIN NICHOLAS, OR THE BULWINKLES OF UNDERDOWN HALL. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE MARDENS AND THE DAVENTRYS. Tales by Miss Pardoe. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE MOST UNFORTUNATE MAN IN THE WORLD. By Captain Chamier. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE MAYOR OF WIND GAP, AND CANVASSING; Tales. By Banim, author of the O’Hara Family, &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

BELFORD REGIS, OR SKETCHES OF A COUNTRY TOWN. By Miss Mitford. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE PRINCESS, OR THE BEGUINE. By Lady Morgan. 2 vols. 12mo.

VATHEK, an Oriental Tale. By Mr. Beckford, author of “Journey to Alcobaco,” &c. 1 vol. 18mo.

ROOKWOOD, a Romance. By W. H. Ainsworth, 12mo.

THE COMIC SKETCH-BOOK. By John Poole, author of Paul Pry, &c. 2 vols. 12mo.

HORSE SHOE ROBINSON, a Tale of the Tory Ascendancy. By the author of “Swallow Barn.” Third Edition. 2 vols. 12mo.

CHAIROLAS; by the author of “Pelham;” and OTHER TALES, by the author of “Vivian Grey,” and others. 1 vol. 12mo.

GILBERT GURNEY. By the author of “Sayings and Doings.” 2 vols. 12mo.

THE EARLY CALLED, THE STOIC, AND THE LANSBYS OF LANSBY HALL. 1 vol.

PETER SNOOK, AND OTHER STRANGE TALES. By the author of “The Invisible Gentleman,” &c. 2 vols. 12mo. (Nearly ready.)

MARGARET RAVENSCROFT, OR SECOND LOVE. By Mr. St. John. 2 vols. 12mo.

AGNES DE MANFELDT. By the author of “Highways and Byways.” 2 vols. 12mo.

TALES OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. By the author of “The Collegians.” 2 vols. 12mo. (Nearly ready.)

HARRY CALVERLY. By the author of “Cecil Hyde.” 2 vols.

BEN BRACE, THE LAST OF NELSON’S AGAMEMNONS. By Captain Chamier. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE EMPRESS. By the author of “The Albanians,” &c. 2 vols.

THE WARLOCK. A Tale of the Sea. By The Old Sailor. (Nearly ready.)

WATKINS TOTTLE, and other Sketches, by Boz. 2 vols. 12mo.

THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER, &c. By the author of “The Warlock,” &c. (Nearly ready.)

THE DEVOTED. By Lady Charlotte Bury. 2 vols. 12mo. (Nearly ready.)

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Added Table of Contents.
  2. Moved ads from beginning two pages to last two pages.
  3. Changed ‘It’s no a Parrot’ to ‘It’s not a Parrot’ on p. 94.
  4. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  5. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.