Author: [ Berens, E ] & Cruikshank, George [illustrator]
Title: Christmas Stories, Containing John Wildgoose The Poacher, The Smuggler And Good Nature; Or, Parish Matters
Description: printed for J G & F Rivington, 1835, 4th edition. Black Leather, VG. 159pp, 3 b/w woodcut illustrations by Cruikshank, a few pages yellowed due to cheap paper being used, top of spine chipped. Upper board embossed with the SPCK name. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An collection of 3 tales exposing the injustices which so easily could befall the honest & pious should they wander from the straight & narrow. The first & last tale are concluded with a short essay explaining points riased by the tales - such as the poaching laws in the case of the first.

Keywords: literature, poaching, illustrated