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Title: The Witches of Traquair Title Record # 1571138
Author: James Hogg
Date: 1828-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A young Scottish man, born into a family and village filled with witches, sorcerers, and Popery, falls into Devilish ways but is saved by the intervention of two mysterious and magical women. Enraged, the Devil seeks revenge by subjecting the lad to trial as a witch himself, but he defeats the charges and goes on to wealth and happiness.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles
Year Title
1828Bottom of story signed: "Mount Benger, March 10, 1828"
Fairies, Deils and Witches
1828 Fairies, Deils, and Witches [as by The Ettrick Shepherd]
1837 The Witches of Traquair [as by The Ettrick Shepherd]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Shepherd's Calendar: Tales Illustrative of Pastoral Occupations, Country Life, and Superstitions 1828-00-00 James Hogg William Blackwood & T. Cadell      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, April 1828 1828-04-00 ed. Editors of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine William Blackwood & Sons      
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Tales and Sketches 1837-00-00 The Ettrick Shepherd Blackie & Son     352+
354+
359+
360+
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Weird Gathering and Other Tales: "Supernatural" Woman in American Popular FIction, 1800-1850 1979-06-00 ed. Ronald Curran Fawcett Crest 0-449-23994-2
$2.50?$: US dollar
574
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
The Weird Gathering and Other Tales: "Supernatural" Woman in American Popular FIction, 1800-1850 1989-10-00 ed. Ronald Curran Fawcett Crest 0-449-23994-2
$4.95?$: US dollar
574
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
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