THE

OR,

MINOR LIBRARY OF FICTION.

A COLLECTION OF THE CHOICEST TALES, LEGENDS, AND
TRADITIONS OF ALL NATIONS.

EMBRACING

SPECIMENS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS

TOGETHER WITH

Original Stories and Foreign Tales,

WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK, AND TRANSLATED FOR ITS PAGES IMMEDIATELY AFTER

SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

PUBLISHED IN
WEEKLY PARTS,

1833.

AT 10,

BEAUFORT BUILDINGS.

[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

St768 2.1

TO THE

LIVING AUTHORS,

TO WHOSE PUBLISHED WORKS

THE STORY-TELLER

IS INDEBTED FOR THE ESSENTIAL GRACE AND SPIRIT OF ITS PAGES,

THIS VOLUME

IS GRATEF LLY INSCRIBED BY

THE EDITOR.