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These stories were largely taken from American literature, some 

 times the unvarnished tales, but usually improved by translation into 

 Sam Slick's inimitable lingo. 



" ^N"© man has done more than the facetious Judge Haiiburton, 

 through the mouth of the inimitable ' Sam,' to make the old parent 

 <:ountry recognize and appreciate her queer transatlantic progeny. His 

 collection of comic stories and laughable traits is a budget of fun full of 

 rich specimens of American humour." — Globe (London). 



TITLES OF PIRATED EDITIONS. 



Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories. — See " The Clockmaker," Nos. 36 and 37. 

 The Letters of Sam Slick, or Life in a Steamer. — See " The Letter Bag of the 



Great Western," No. 9. 

 Le Vieux Juge, ou, Esquisses de la vie dans une Colonie. — See " The Old Judge," 



No. 3. 

 Bam Slick in England. — See " The Attaché," Nos. 3 and 7. 

 Sam Slick in Search of a Wife. — See " Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern 



Instances," No. 7. 

 The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, Esq. — Se» " The Clockmaker." No. 40. 

 Wise Saws; or, Sam Slick in Search of a Wife. — See " Sam Slick's Wise Saws 



and Modem Instances," No. 4. 

 Yankee Stories. — Editions of portions of Haliburton's works were published in 



Philadelphia in the years 1846, 1847 and 1852. The editions of 1847 



and 1852 were illustrated. The edition of 1852 was published by 



Lindsay & Blakiston. 

 Yankee Stories and Yankee Letters. — See " Traits of American Humour," No. 2 ; 



and " Americans at Home," No. 3. 

 Yankee Yarns and Yankee Letters. — Extracts from Haliburton's workS; with 



illustrations, were published under this title, by T. B. Peterson, Phila- 

 delphia, in 1852. 



MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 



Sam Slick on the War Qwestion.— Letter, signed " Sam Slick," in The Timet, 



Sept. 24, 1840. 

 Sam Slick, the Yankee Pedler. — A song. [London, 1860.] 

 Smyth, Robert Carmichael. — [Letter to the author of " The Clockmaker,"] 



London, 1849, 8vo. pp. 68. 



The Letter is addressed " To my worthy and much esteemed friend, 



the author of " The Clockmaker." There are 48 pages in the letter, and 



20 pages of notes. 



WORKS ERRONEOUSLY ASCRIBED TO HALIBURTON. 



A General Description of Nova Scotia, illustrated by a new and correct map. 

 Halifax, N.S. Printed at the Royal Acadian School, 1823, Svo. 

 A new edition. Halifax. Printed at the Royal Acadian School. Re- 

 printed for and sold by Clement H. Belcher : 1825, Svo. pp. 200. 



Morgan and others state this to be Haliburton's first literary work. 

 Its real author was Walter Bromley, Master of the Royal Acadian 

 School, Halifax. " The book was published anonymously, but bears 

 marked internal evidence of its authorship." — A. B. de Mille. 



