A Romany Life
eBook - ePub

A Romany Life

  1. 420 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Romany Life

About this book

Originally published early 1900's. The story of Gipsy Petulengro's early life in his own words. The illustrated contents deal with Romany Ways - Poaching - Horse Secrets - Making Caravans - Romany Fights - The English Romany - Romance - Gypsy Magic - Romany Cures - Music - Romany Ways with Dogs - Romany Charms etc. etc. Many of the earliest gypsy books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. I. By The Blue Danube
  5. II. Romany Ways
  6. III. The Big ‘Trek’
  7. IV. The Admonishment of Mascka
  8. V. Mascka, The Magician
  9. VI. Gipsy Mother
  10. VII. Rough House
  11. VIII. How a Romany Fights
  12. IX. Frontiers and Farewells
  13. X. England and The English Romany
  14. XI. Alphabet and Tears
  15. XII. Alas, Poor Wally!
  16. XIII. Peddling Young
  17. XIV. By Their Fruits
  18. XV. Pets and People
  19. XVI. Women’s Hearts
  20. XVII. Psychology Without Tears
  21. XVIII. Dandelion Coffee
  22. XIX. ‘Hotchi-Witchi’
  23. XX. First Catch Your Hare
  24. XXI. Take Trout
  25. XXII. The Magic Nettle
  26. XXIII. A Contrast in Manners
  27. XXIV. The Young Contractor
  28. XXV. Chinese Polish
  29. XXVI. Hoddy, The Samphire Man
  30. XXVII. Horse Secrets
  31. XXVIII. Rough on Rough Jack
  32. XXIX. ‘Sweetheart or Murder?’
  33. XXX. ‘We Tame Lions Here’
  34. XXXI. Furs are not for Romanys
  35. XXXII. My Father Finds Rest
  36. XXXIII. Making a Caravan
  37. XXXIV. Education Again
  38. XXXV. My First Books
  39. XXXVI. Petticoat Lane
  40. XXXVII. A Sale to King Leopold
  41. XXXVIII. Herbs for London
  42. XXXIX. Money From Weeds
  43. XL. Sight for Sore Eyes
  44. XLI. Healing the Sick
  45. XLII. Romany Names
  46. XLIII. The Big Eating
  47. XLIV. The Blood-Mingling
  48. XLV. A Broken Romance
  49. XLVI. Truth for The Novelists
  50. XLVII. Romany V. Gorgio Eugenics
  51. XLVIII. Romance and Reality
  52. XLIX. Dominoes for a Girl
  53. L. A Sentimental Schoolmistress
  54. LI. Advice to a Virago
  55. LII. Love-Philtres and Wishbones
  56. LIII. Woman should Propose
  57. LIV. Professor Copsie
  58. LV. Off to Philadelphia
  59. LVI. ‘The Magic Reproducer’
  60. LVII. ‘Dr. Thompson-Thompson’ in the U.S.A.
  61. LVIII. Petulengro, The Seer
  62. LIX. Plantation Doctor
  63. LX. Rosalie
  64. LXI. Music and Warning
  65. LXII. The Call from the Dead
  66. LXIII. A Wise Mother
  67. LXIV. Prophecy and Death
  68. LXV. Luck of the Road
  69. LXVI. A Parson and an Artist
  70. LXVII. Tramps and Trades
  71. LXVIII. The Shallow-Runners
  72. LXIX. Derby Day Swindles
  73. LXX. The Romany Way with Dogs
  74. LXXI. Horse Sense
  75. LXXII. Romany Charms
  76. LXXIII. Shop Life
  77. LXXIV. Customers and Buyers
  78. LXXV. Birds Sing Sweetest to a Gipsy
  79. Glossary