Research Catalog

Title

Peculiar : a tale of the great transition / by Epes Sargent.

Author

Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880.

Publication

New York : Carleton, publisher, 413 Broadway, MDCCCLXIV [1864]

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Additional Authors

• Carleton, George Washington, 1832-1901, publisher.
• University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
• Welch, Bigelow & Co., stereotyper, printer.

Description

iv, 500 p.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• Slavery > United States > Fiction
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction

Note

• "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Epes Sargent, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "University Press: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Cambridge."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• "Cambridge: Stereotyped and printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co."--colophon, p. 500.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1851-1875

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. A glance in the mirror -- ch. 2. A matrimonial blank -- ch. 3. The wolf and the lamb -- ch. 4. The fugitive chattel -- ch. 5. A retrospect -- ch. 6. Pin-holes in the curtain -- ch. 7. An unconscious heiress -- ch. 8. A descendant of the Cavaliers -- ch. 9. The upper and the lower law -- ch. 10. Groups on the deck -- ch. 11. Mr. Onslow speaks his mind -- ch. 12. The story of Estelle -- ch. 13. Fire up! -- ch. 14. Waiting for the summoner -- ch. 15. Who shall be heir? -- ch. 16. The vendue -- ch. 17. Shall there be a wedding? -- ch. 18. The unities disregarded -- ch. 19. The white slave -- ch. 20. Encounters at St. Charles -- ch. 21. A monster of ingratitude -- ch. 22. The young lady with the carpet-bag -- ch. 23. Will you walk into my parlour? -- ch. 24. Confessions of a mean white -- ch. 25. Meetings and partings -- ch. 26. Clara makes an important purchase -- ch. 27. Delight and duty -- ch. 28. A letter of business -- ch. 29. The woman who deliberates is lost -- ch. 30. A feminine Van Amburgh -- ch. 31. One of the institutions -- ch. 32. A double victory -- ch. 33. Satan amuses himself -- ch. 34. Light from the pit -- ch. 35. The committee adjourns -- ch. 36. The occupant of the White House -- ch. 37. Comparing notes -- ch. 38. The lawyer and the lady -- ch. 39. Seeing is believing -- ch. 40. The remarkable man at Richmond -- ch. 41. Hopes and fears -- ch. 42. How it was done -- ch. 43. Making the best of it -- ch. 44. A domestic reconnoissance -- ch. 45. Another descendant of the Cavaliers -- ch. 46. The night cometh -- ch. 47. An autumnal visit -- ch. 48. Time discovers and covers -- ch. 49. Eyes to the blind.

Call Number

Sc Rare Fic-S (Sargent, E. Peculiar. 1864)

OCLC

• 390549
• NYPGR390549-B

Author

Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880.

Title

Peculiar : a tale of the great transition / by Epes Sargent.

Imprint

New York : Carleton, publisher, 413 Broadway, MDCCCLXIV [1864]

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9131

Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1851-1875, 2153

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-S (Sargent, E. Peculiar. 1864) (accession no. B545604) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro F-14737.

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Added Author

Carleton, George Washington, 1832-1901, publisher.

University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.

Welch, Bigelow & Co., stereotyper, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare Fic-S (Sargent, E. Peculiar. 1864)

NBO (Sargent, E. Peculiar. 1864)