Research Catalog

Title

Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry / by William Carleton ; with illustrations by W.H. Brooke.

Author

Carleton, William, 1794-1869.

Publication

London : Baldwin and Cradock ; Dublin : William F. Wakeman, 1836

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Additional Authors

• Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860.
• Roe, William.
• Cook, John William.

Description

25 pts. (5 v.) : ill., port.; 17 cm.

Subjects

• Ireland > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction
• Peasants > Ireland > Fiction

Note

• Each part in the original illustrated light green paper covers, as issued "every alternate Saturday." Title page and other preliminaries for v. 1 and preface to the first ed. in pt. 5; t.p. and other preliminaries for v. 2 in pt. 10; t.p. and other preliminaries and preface to the second ed. in pt. 15; t.p. and other preliminaries for v. 4 in pt. 16; t.p. and other preliminaries for v. 5 in pt. 25. Publisher's advertisement on p. [3-4] of covers, pts. 1-25.
• Edition statement on covers: "The fourth edition, corrected."
• Vol. 1: viii, 339 p., [7] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 371 p., [6] leaves of plates; v. 3: x, 364 p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 4: [3], 375 p., [5] leaves of plates; v. 5: [3], 342 p., [6] leaves of plates.
• Reissue of the 4th ed. of the 1st series and the 2nd ed. of the 2nd series of Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry; first collected edition of both series. Cf. Sadleir, M. 19th century fiction, I, no. 520; Hayley, B. Carleton, 10a.
• Illustrations: 18 prints : etching ; full-page. Designed and etched by W.H. Brooke. -- 13 prints : wood engraving ; full-page. -- 1 print : stipple engraving ; full-page. Carleton's portrait, by J.W. Cook after W. Roe. -- Wood-engraved vignette on title pages and covers; wood-engraved tailpiece to v. 4.

Contents

v. 1. Ned M'Keown ; The three tasks, or, The little house under the hill ; Shane Fadh's wedding ; Larry M'Farland's wake ; The battle of the factions -- v. 2. The party fight and funeral ; The hedge school ; The station -- v. 3. The midnight mass ; The Donagh, or, The horse-stealers ; Phil Purcel, the pig driver ; The geography of an Irish oath ; An essay on Irish swearing -- v. 4. The Lianhan Shee ; The poor scholar ; Wildgoose Lodge ; Tubber Derg, or, The red well -- v. 5. Denis O'Shaughnessy going to Maynooth ; Phelim O'Toole's courtship.

Call Number

Arents BIP (Carleton, W. Traits 1836) 99-75

OCLC

• 4206152
• NYPG99-B237

Author

Carleton, William, 1794-1869.

Title

Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry / by William Carleton ; with illustrations by W.H. Brooke.

Imprint

London : Baldwin and Cradock ; Dublin : William F. Wakeman, 1836 ([London] : W. Clowes and Sons)

Edition

4th ed.

Local Note

Arents copy incomplete: Front cover to pt. 3 and covers to pt. 17 wanting.

Arents copy partly unopened.

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Added Author

Brooke, William Henry, 1772-1860.

Roe, William.

Cook, John William.

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Carleton, W. Traits 1836) 99-75