CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| 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.
NORTHUMBERLAND
It is generally admitted that your Northumbrian pre-eminently possesses the quality which the pious but worldly Scotchman was used to pray for, namely, ‘a guid conceit o’ hissel’.’
It is the more unfortunate, therefore, that of late years a considerable landslip should have taken place in the ground whereon his reputation rested.
The local poet no longer hymns the ‘Champions o’ Tyneside,’ for Chambers and Renforth and other heroes have long since departed, leaving ‘no issue.’