Bottrell. Stories of West Cornwall

Today's free book is Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall by William Bottrell (1870-1880). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Sacred Texts; see links below for the individual volumes (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Volume 1
Legends of the West-Country Giants
The Giants of Towednack
The Giants of Carn Galva
The Giants of Trecrobben and the Mount
The Giant Wrath of Portreath
The Giant Bolster, of Saint Ann's
The Piskey-Led Commercial Traveller's Ride over the Hills
Uter Bosence and the Piskey
The Old Wandering Droll-Teller of the Lizard, and his Story of the Mermaid and the Man of Cury
The White Witch, or Charmer of Zennor
The Sailors History
Annual Visit of the West-Country Folks to the Pellar of Helston, to have their Protection Renewed
The Pellar and Tom Treva's Cows
The Ghost of Stythians
The Ghost-Layer
Betty Toddy and her Gown; A St. Just Droll
Sketches In Penzance
The Old Market-House, and its Surroundings
The Self-Taught Architect of the Land's-End
The School-Days and Home of Pellew
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse
Cornish Pulpit Retorts, Forty Years Ago
The Ghosts of Chapel-Street and St. Mary's Chapel-Yard
Newlyn
A Legend of Tolcarn
Newlyn; Our Jan's Brath; and the Particular Lodger
Mousehole
Nancy Trenoweth, the Fair Daughter of the Miller of Alsia
Sequel
Sarah Polgrain
The Dwelling of Chenance
Lamorna Cove: The Dwelling of Chenance: Joan's Trip to Penzance on Christmas Eve
The Dwelling of Chenance, Part II
Bosava: The Demon Mason; and Lenine the Cobbler
Trewoof and the Old Mansion of the Levelis
The Haunted Chamber and the Maltsman
The Gardens of Trewoof
The Haunted Mill-Pool of Trove; and the Crusaders

Volume 2
Duffy and the Devil (An Old Christmas Play)
Celtic Monuments Of Boleigh And Rosemodrass
Boleigh or Boleit
Menheres
Holed Stones, &c
The Last Cardew, of Boskenna, and the Story of Nelly Wearne
Story of Nelly Wearne
The Witch of Burian Church-Town
The Story of Madam Noy
A Modern Sancreed Witch
A Queen's Visit to Baranhual
The Small People's Cow
Tom of Chyannor, the Tin-Streamer
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor
The I’an's House of Treen
The I’ans Quit Treen
Unexpected Visitors
The Proud Pendars
The I’an's Ghosts
Castle Treen and its Legends
The Key of the Castle
Giants of Castle Treen
Dan Dynas
The Small People (Fairies)
St. Levan Witches
Traditions of Pacurno
Legends of St. Levan
St. Levan and His Sister
Johanna's Garden
The St. Levan Stone
Parchapel Well
A Legend of Pargwarra
An’ Pee Tregeer's Trip to Market on Hallan Eve
Pendeen of Old
An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just about sixty years ago
The Fairy Master, or Bob o’ the Carn
A Tinner's Fireside Stories
The Knockers of Ballowal
Tom and the Knackers
Old Songs and Nicknames
An Excursion to Chapel Uny Well
The Changeling of Brea Vean
Betty Stogs's Baby
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife
How A Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Will in his Pocket
The Smugglers of Penrose
Tregagle
West Country Superstitions
Devil's Money
The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear
The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel
A Night's Ride to Scilly
Ancient Bridal Customs
Madron Well
The Crick-Stone, or Men-an-tol
Charms
The Fairy Tribes
Mermaids and the Hooper
The Wrecker and the Death Ship
The Sun Never Shines on Those Who Have Sworn Away A Life
A Legend of Pengersec
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes
Miracle Plays, Christmas Plays, &c.
The Levelis, of Trewoof
Duffy and the Devil
Pendre and Baranhual
The Danes Landing on the Cornish Coast for Plunder
St. Levan's Path
A Ghostly Ship's-Bell
Brea and Pendeen, in St. Just
The Burning of Vellan-Dreath
The Men-an-tol, Constantine Tolmen
Divination by Rushes and Ivy-Leaves
Recent Ill-Wishing
Midsummer Bonfire
The Mermaid of Zennor

Volume 3

Legends of Ladock 
The Prize Wrestler and Demon
The Feathered Fiend 
The Ghosts of Kenegie 
Laying Wild Harris's Ghost
Cornish Castles 
The Haunted Lawyer 
Hallantide
Mill Stories
A Poor Tinner's Feast 
An old Droll about a Poor Tinner's Feast 
A Madron Feast of fifty years ago 
Zennor Hearthside Stories 
The Seaman's Ghost
The Old Woman's Ghost
The Mutton Feast of St. Ives
The Witch of Kerrow
Fairies on the Eastern Green
The last Threatened Invasion 
Mai Treloare and Sandry Kemp 
The Earl of Stairs' Son
From Penzance to Carn Galva 
Madron 
Madron Well
Madron Chapel 
Lanyon Quoit
Lanyon Town Place and House 
The Crick-stone 
Men Scryfa 
The Pour Parishes
The Giant of Cam Galva 
The Penzance of our Grandfathers
The Old Market-House 
The Self taught Architect
The Bustle of a Market Day
Madam Trezillian's Head-Dress 
The Ancient Fish-Women pf Penzance 
The School -days and Home of Pellew 
The Western Approach to Penzance
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse and Dog
The Rev. James Bevan
Old Christmas Carols
Ancient mode of conducting Funerals
Former means of information among the people 
The Astrologers of the West
Conjurors and their Spoils 
Old Justice Jones
Tho Vingoos of Treville 
Pellew and his Cornish crow 
Ancient Games 
Old methods of Conveyance— Riding Pillion 
Popular Songs
Green Lanes and Footpaths
Pack-Saddles
Going to Town on Market-day 
Early part of this Century 
An old-fashioned greeting 
The Ghosts of Chapel-street and St. Mary's Chapel-yard 
Local Nicknames 
A Cornish Droll : Betty Toddy and her Gown
The Ghost-layer
Cornish Dialogue between two old men
A Dialogue between Gracey Penrose and Mally Trevisky
Christmas Carols
Ancient Midsummer Customs
The"Hilla"
The Ancient Cornish Language in the Colonies
Cornish observances with regard to the Sun and Moon
Cornish Conjurors' Charms against Witchcraft
All on one side, like Smoothy's wedding
Piskies 
Old Cornish Words