CONTENTS

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NORTHUMBERLAND[1]
‘A LONG MAIN’[7]
THE SQUIRE’S LAST RIDE[29]
À L’OUTRANCE[41]
‘T’OWD SQUIRE’[59]
AN ‘AMMYTOOR’ DETECTIVE[79]
‘IN MEMORIOV’M’[109]
‘THE HECKLER’ UPON WOMENFOLK[121]
THE ‘CALEB JAY’[133]
GEORDIE ARMSTRONG ‘THE JESU-YTE’[147]
‘GEORDIE RIDE-THE-STANG’[165]
YANKEE BILL AND QUAKER JOHN[187]
THE PROTÉGÉ[209]
THE SPANISH DOUBLOON[243]
FOOTNOTES[...]

The tales that go to make up this small volume have already appeared in print: the first part of the Introduction, ‘A Long Main,’ ‘In Memoriov’m,’ in the National Observer; ‘The Protégé,’ in the Queen; ‘Quaker John and Yankee Bill,’ ‘T’Owd Squire,’ ‘An Ammytoor Detective,’ in the Newcastle Courant; ‘À l’Outrance,’ in the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle; and the remaining six in the Newcastle Daily Leader. I desire to tender my thanks herewith to the various editors concerned.


TALES OF NORTHUMBRIA