THE BOOK OF ODDITIES, AND PUNISHMENTS IN THE OLDEN TIME.
BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.
With numerous Illustrations BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, CROWQUILL, CUTHBERT BEDE, AND OTHERS.
Contents:—Revivals after Execution—A Human Pincushion—Female Jockeys—A Blind Road-maker—Odd Showers—Singular Funerals—Whimsical Wills—Curious Epitaphs—People and Steeple Rhymes—Dog-Whippers—Sluggard-Wakers—Playing at Cards for a Town, &c. &c.
"A capitally-written book, containing a vast amount of curious and out-of-the-way information. Mr. Andrews is never for a moment dull, but gives forth his antiquarian gossip with all the enthusiasm and point of a practised raconteur. He tells us all about the ducking-stool, the brank, the pillory, the stocks, the drunkard's cloak, the whipping-post, riding the stang, and other forms of punishment. The book is copiously illustrated and well indexed, and cannot fail to be popular."—Sunday Times.
LONDON: W. SATCHELL AND CO., 19, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.