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    The Laird o' Coul's Ghost
    The Laird o' Coul's Ghost
    The Laird o' Coul's Ghost
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    The Laird o' Coul's Ghost

    By Rev. Dr. Gordon

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Laird o' Coul's Ghost - Rev. Dr. Gordon

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Laird o' Coul's Ghost, by Anonymous

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      Title: The Laird o' Coul's Ghost

      Author: Anonymous

      Other: Rev. Dr. Gordon

      Release Date: June 16, 2010 [EBook #32841]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAIRD O' COUL'S GHOST ***

      Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.

      The Laird o’ Coul’s Ghost.

      AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHAP-BOOK.

      The Laird o’ Coul’s Ghost.

      FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. IN THE POSSESSION OF

      THE REV. DR. GORDON, ST. ANDREW’S, GLASGOW.

      LONDON:

      ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.

      1892.

      INTROIT.

      The MS. of Coul’s Ghost was found among the Papers of Collector Hamilton, of Dalzell (pronounced Dëëll), who died in the summer of 1788, aged 91 years. This incident made him 25 years old when this Story was fledged, which was in 1722. In 1733 Lady Anne Spencer, Duchess of Hamilton, came to Hamilton Palace, and the Collector gave to Her Grace this Story to read. The Duke, to play a practical joke on the Collector, caused one of his servants to whisper to him while at supper, that there was a Gentleman calling, who desired to see him immediately. Being asked Who he was, the valet answered, "The Laird o’ Coul. The Guests were all amused at the Collector’s embarrassment, who sat still and allowed the Gentleman" to await in the Hall!

      The Laird o’ Coul’s Ghost first appeared in type in 1750, and was eagerly bought by all and sundry from the Flying Stationers who hawked it about the country. Mrs. Ogilvie delivered it to Watkins, the King’s Printer, which was Published from Newcastle. In 1788 a fanatical character, Mrs. Elizabeth Steuart, of Coltness, termed Aunt Betty, became a convert to the Halcyon notions of Emmanuel Swedenborg, founder of the New Jerusalem Sect. This personage was related to Henry Erskine, Lord Advocate for Scotland, and was enraptured with the Penny Chap-Book: so much so that she embodied it in her Remarks and Illustrations of the World of Spirits, which she strictly enjoined her Nephew to print after her decease. Not a Copy of this Brochure of 206 pages is in any of our University Libraries; and a few weeks ago £3 3s. were paid for a soiled copy. Aunt Betty does not miss to note one point in The Laird o’ Coul’s Ghost that may insinuate her imaginations about Angels and the Unseen; while she adverts to the Ghosts

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