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Feudal Days

Author: Unknown; Publication: 1820s

Set in England, this chapbook features a disgraced outlaw obsessed with his rival’s daughter and a religious Prior determined to right the characters on the path of piety.

The Magician, or the Mystical Adventures of Seraphina

The first page has the full title in the center in various fonts and sizes. The Minerva Press information is at the bottom of the page under a decorative line. A signature is at very top of the page on the right side.

Author: Unknown; Publication: 1804

Sometimes published with “Arabian Lovers,” this chapbook centers on a girl who must resist a man who claims to be her promised husband.

Manfredi; or, The Mysterious Hermit

Author: Unknown; Publication: c. 1790s

A plagiarism of Sarah Lansdell’s “Manfredi, Baron St. Osmund,” this chapbook features romance, betrayal, and an Italian hermit who is more courageous and honorable than he seems.