The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- The Book of Wonderful Characters
- Preliminary, With a few Words upon Pig-faced Ladies
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Francis Battalia, The Stone-Eater
- Miss Whitehead, The Bank Nun
- Daniel Dancer, The Remarkable Miser
- Chevalier Desseasau, The Vain Dwarf
- Matthew Lovat
- Baron D'Aguilar, Of Starvation Farm
- Old Boots, Of Ripon in Yorkshire
- Wylbrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf
- Jacob Hall, The Rope-Dancer
- Henry Constantine Jennings, The Remarkable Virtuoso
- Henry Lemoine, An Eccentric Bookseller
- Matthew Buchinger, The Little Man of Nuremburg
- Henry Jenkins, The Modern Methusaleh
- Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus
- Lord Rokeby, Of Singular Eccentricity
- Foster Powell, The Astonishing Pedestrian
- Toby, A Begging Impostor
- Joseph Boruwlaski, The Polish Dwarf
- Ann Moore, The Fasting Woman
- Floram Marchand, The Great Water-Spouter
- Jane Lewson, An Eccentric Old Lady
- Peter the Wild Boy, Of the Woods of Hamelin
- William Stevenson, A Notorious Beggar
- John Broughton, A Notorious Pugilist
- Joseph Clark, The Posture-Master
- Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller
- Nathaniel Bentley, The Well-known “Dirty Dick”
- Jeffrey Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat
- Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garrat
- George Morland, A Celebrated Painter
- Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic
- Thomas Laugher, Commonly called “Old Tommy”
- Margaret M'Avoy, The Blind Girl
- Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars
- Thomas Cooke, The Notorious Islington Miser
- Eve Fleigen, Who lived on the smell of Flowers
- Mary Anne Talbot, The Female Sailor
- Renwick Williams, Commonly called the Monster
- Jenny Darney, A Character in Cumberland
- Samuel Terry, The Botany Bay Rothschild
- Daniel Lambert, Of surprising Corpulency
- Thomas Britton, The Musical Small-coal Man
- Elizabeth Woodcock, Buried in Snow nearly Eight Days
- John Elwes, The Remarkable Miser
- Jeffery Hudson, Dwarf to Charles I
- Nice New, A well-known Character at Reading
- John Valerius, Born without Arms
- MISS BIFFIN, born without Arms
- ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG, executed for Cruelty and Murder
- John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse
- Thomas Hills Everitt, The Enormous Baby
- Elias Hoyle, Of Sowerby, Yorkshire
- Joseph Capper, The Enemy of Flies
- Margaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies
- Miss Hawtin, Born without Arms
- Charles Domery, The Remarkable Glutton
- Thomas Parr, Who died at the age of 152 Year
- Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes
- Claude Ambroise Seurat, The Living Skeleton
- George Romondo, An Eccentric Mimic
- Francis Trovillou, The Horned Man
- Samuel M'Donald, Commonly called “Big Sam”
- Miss Harvey, The Beautiful Albiness
- Sam House, The Patriotic Publican
- Barbara Urslerin, The Hairy-faced Woman
- Mary East, Alias James How.
- Daniel Cuerton, And his Astonishing Feats
- Jemmy Gordon, An Eccentric Character of Cambridge
- The Chevalier D'Eon, Who passed as a Woman
- Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity and Sufferings
- Madam Teresia, The Corsican Fairy
Henry Jenkins, The Modern Methusaleh
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- The Book of Wonderful Characters
- Preliminary, With a few Words upon Pig-faced Ladies
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Francis Battalia, The Stone-Eater
- Miss Whitehead, The Bank Nun
- Daniel Dancer, The Remarkable Miser
- Chevalier Desseasau, The Vain Dwarf
- Matthew Lovat
- Baron D'Aguilar, Of Starvation Farm
- Old Boots, Of Ripon in Yorkshire
- Wylbrand Lolkes, The Dutch Dwarf
- Jacob Hall, The Rope-Dancer
- Henry Constantine Jennings, The Remarkable Virtuoso
- Henry Lemoine, An Eccentric Bookseller
- Matthew Buchinger, The Little Man of Nuremburg
- Henry Jenkins, The Modern Methusaleh
- Bertholde, Prime Minister to Alboinus
- Lord Rokeby, Of Singular Eccentricity
- Foster Powell, The Astonishing Pedestrian
- Toby, A Begging Impostor
- Joseph Boruwlaski, The Polish Dwarf
- Ann Moore, The Fasting Woman
- Floram Marchand, The Great Water-Spouter
- Jane Lewson, An Eccentric Old Lady
- Peter the Wild Boy, Of the Woods of Hamelin
- William Stevenson, A Notorious Beggar
- John Broughton, A Notorious Pugilist
- Joseph Clark, The Posture-Master
- Thomas Wood, The Abstemious Miller
- Nathaniel Bentley, The Well-known “Dirty Dick”
- Jeffrey Dunstan, Mayor of Garrat
- Henry Dimsdale, Mayor of Garrat
- George Morland, A Celebrated Painter
- Joanna Southcott, An Extraordinary Fanatic
- Thomas Laugher, Commonly called “Old Tommy”
- Margaret M'Avoy, The Blind Girl
- Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars
- Thomas Cooke, The Notorious Islington Miser
- Eve Fleigen, Who lived on the smell of Flowers
- Mary Anne Talbot, The Female Sailor
- Renwick Williams, Commonly called the Monster
- Jenny Darney, A Character in Cumberland
- Samuel Terry, The Botany Bay Rothschild
- Daniel Lambert, Of surprising Corpulency
- Thomas Britton, The Musical Small-coal Man
- Elizabeth Woodcock, Buried in Snow nearly Eight Days
- John Elwes, The Remarkable Miser
- Jeffery Hudson, Dwarf to Charles I
- Nice New, A well-known Character at Reading
- John Valerius, Born without Arms
- MISS BIFFIN, born without Arms
- ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG, executed for Cruelty and Murder
- John Smith, Better known by the name of Buckhorse
- Thomas Hills Everitt, The Enormous Baby
- Elias Hoyle, Of Sowerby, Yorkshire
- Joseph Capper, The Enemy of Flies
- Margaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies
- Miss Hawtin, Born without Arms
- Charles Domery, The Remarkable Glutton
- Thomas Parr, Who died at the age of 152 Year
- Thomas Hudson, Remarkable for his Misfortunes
- Claude Ambroise Seurat, The Living Skeleton
- George Romondo, An Eccentric Mimic
- Francis Trovillou, The Horned Man
- Samuel M'Donald, Commonly called “Big Sam”
- Miss Harvey, The Beautiful Albiness
- Sam House, The Patriotic Publican
- Barbara Urslerin, The Hairy-faced Woman
- Mary East, Alias James How.
- Daniel Cuerton, And his Astonishing Feats
- Jemmy Gordon, An Eccentric Character of Cambridge
- The Chevalier D'Eon, Who passed as a Woman
- Peter Williamson, Remarkable for his Captivity and Sufferings
- Madam Teresia, The Corsican Fairy
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- The Book of Wonderful CharactersMemoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries, pp. 81 - 82Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1869