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Delve into the enchanting world of the Ingoldsby Legends, a captivating collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poetry. Penned under the whimsical pseudonym of Thomas Ingoldsby by Richard Harris Barham, these tales first graced the pages of Bentleys Miscellany in 1837 and later appeared in the New Monthly Magazine. Accompanied by the artistic talents of John Leech and George Cruikshank, these legends captured the imaginations of readers throughout the Victorian era. Compiled into books published in 1840, 1842, and 1847 by Richard Bentley, the collection remains a treasure trove of ...

Richard Harris Barham was born in Canterbury, England, on 6th December 1788. His father died when he was seven, leaving him a small estate, including the manor of Tappington of Denton in Kent. In 1826 Barham first contributed to Blackwood's Magazine; and in 1837 he began to write, for the recently founded magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, a series of tales and poems known as ‘The Ingoldsby Legends’. These became very popular and were later published in book form.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the 18th Century and its male authors whose time has now come again.