The Penny Dreadful; Or, Strange, Horrid & Sensational Tales!

Contains twenty-three stories from Victorian magazines & serial novels with original illustrations.CONTENTSIntroduction - Peter HainingAnon - The Monster Of Scotland (from "The Terrific Register")Anon - The Dead Alive ("The Calendar Of Horrors")Anon - The Robbery Of The Astrologer ("The Life Of Dick Turpin") Pierce Egan jnr. - The Ambush Of Death ("Robin Hood")Renton Nicholson - The Actor's Tale ("Dombey And Daughter")G. W. M. Reynolds - The Body-Snatchers ("Mysteries Of London")Thomas Peckett Prest - The Last Batch Of Pies ("Sweeney Todd")James Malcolm Rymer - The Resuscitation Of A Vampyre ("Varney The Vampyre")Percy B. St. John - Buried Alive! ("Jessie, The Mormon's Daughter")Hannah Maria Jones - The Life Of A Murderer ("The Shipwrecked Stranger")Thomas Frost - The Abduction ("Paul The Poacher")James Lindridge - The Episode Of The Knights Of The Round Table ("The Merry Wives Of London") Paul de Kock - Sister AnneEugene Sue - The Raft Of DeathNed Buntine - The Mad WolfJ. H. Ingraham - The League Of 'The Thirty'Anon - Confessions Of A Deformed Lunatic ("The People's Periodical")Anon - The Rosicrucian ("Reynolds Miscellany")Anon - Stanfield Hall ("London Journal")Anon - "Jack Rushton: or, Alone In The Pirates' Lair ("Boys Of England")Anon - Caractacus, Champion Of The Arena ("The Arena Of Blood")G. A. Sala - The Vault Of Death ("Guy Fawkes")Bracebridge Hemyng - Jack Harkaway ("The Road To Adventure")Appendices:James Greenwood - "Penny Packets Of Poison"" Horrible Murder And Human Pie-Makers"George Reynolds - To My ReadersBibliography