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Evening Tales for the Winter, Volume One

Originally published as Volume One of Tales of Terror, or the Mysteries of Magic (1833); reprinted here in 1856.

Link to Volume One at Internet Archive (starts on page 8 of the PDF scan).

Story links below will lead to posts about the individual stories. The first link in each post is a link to the story.


Table of Contents and Attributions

The Magic Dice: Translation by Thomas de Quincey, of "Die Glückswürfel" by Friedrich Laun (pen name of Friedrich August Schulze), from Laun's collection Die Traumdeutung, Herr Blitz, und Die Glückswürfel (1814). [Bridgwater, De Quincey's Gothic Masquerade, p 57; ISFDB].

The Gored Huntsman: Published anonymously in The Keepsake for 1828 (Vol 1, Nov. 1827). [Own research]

The Nikkur Holl: By Robert Pearse Gillies, from Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, Volume I (1826). [Own research]

Der Freischutz; or, The Magic Balls: Translation by Thomas de Quincey (as "The Fatal Marksman") of "Der Freischütz" by Johann August Apel, from Gespensterbuch, Volume One (1810) [ISFDB]

The Story of Judar: From A Thousand and One Nights (Nights 606-624). Translated into English by George Lamb, from the manuscript of German orientalist Joseph von Hammer. Published in New Arabian Nights' Entertaiments, Vol 1, 1826. [Own research]

The Boarwolf: By Robert Pearse Gillies, from Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, Volume III (1826). Allegedly based on an (unspecified) original story by Johann August Apel. [Own research; ISFDB, Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997]

The Cavern of Death: Anonymous Gothic novel from 1794, probably originally in English. Possibly one of the abridged chapbook editions of 1802 or 1830 (the latter more likely, from the title). [Grove, Introduction to the Valancourt Books 2005 edition of Cavern of Death]

The Mysterious Bell: By "B." Earliest known appearance in The New-York Statesman, April 29, 1825. [Own research; Christopher Philippo]

The Dervise Alfouran: By James Ridley from The Tales of the Genii, Volume 1 (1764). Purported to be a translation from the Persian by "Sir Charles Morell". [ISFDB, Wikipedia]

Hassan Assar, Caliph of Bagdat: By James Ridley from The Tales of the Genii, Volume 1 (1764). Purported to be a translation from the Persian by "Sir Charles Morell". [ISFDB, Wikipedia]