Who would believe what strange bugbears
Mankind creates itself of fears ?

HUDIBRAS.

LONDON :

CHARLES OLLIER,

SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND.

1848.

With one exception, the following papers appeared four or five years ago in successive numbers of “ Ainsworth's Magazine." They are now collected and reprinted (after revision and enlargement) by the courteous permission of William Harrison Ainsworth, Esquire.

OSBORNE NORTHBROOKE, A STORY OF LIFE-IN-DEATH... 177

THE DISINTERMENT

205

THE FARM-HOUSE, A STORY OF MONOMANIA

229

ENGRAVINGS.

By George Measom.
THE MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS

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THE YOUTH, THE COFFIN, AND THE PHANTOM..

15

A DREAM VISION

71

LS