TALES FROM CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. OUR FEATHER FARM AND OTHER STORIES. London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, n.d. [1884]. Small octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-144, original orange wrappers printed in black, side stapled. First edition. An anthology of short stories, all presented anonymously. "Our Feather Farm" is set in South America and involves Ostrich farming. "The Phantom of Deadmoor Tower" is a rationalized ghost story. "The Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy" is a nautical story set in the South China sea. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL (1832-1956), a Scottish penny paper, was the direct inspiration for Dickens's HOUSEHOLD WORDS and ALL THE YEAR ROUND. A fine copy. (#169908).
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