From Shadowland
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Description
J. H. Pearce's Drolls from Shadowland, published in New York in 1893, is a book of Cornish fantasy tales. Pearce, known for novels of Cornish life, writes drolls in which ordinary people meet strange bargains, witches, and wonders.
Stories include a miner who coins his blood into gold. Another man learns the language of birds, only to find they talk of food and nests. A third desires to be a tree. An unchristened child, a man who met hate, and a haunted house complete the set. The tales mix mining life, dialect, and eerie humor.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 104 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |