S Baring Gould: 61 books

     "I can believe it without weighing the bottle," I replied.     "And only four sous—twenty centimes left!" exclaimed the old gentleman, meditatively. "But four sous is four sous. It is de price of mine paper"—brightening in his reflections—"I can...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In a tale of the West of England in which are introduced some of the lowest types of rustic humanity to be found there, it is impossible to avoid the use of the local dialect. This dialect has, however, been modified, as much as possible to render it intelligible without transforming it into the language...

It is advisable that all should have a clear understanding as to the nature of Conscience, the dangers to which Conscience is liable, the Nature of Sin, and the Effects of Sin. Too many people go on easily from day to day making no spiritual advance, because they do not know what ails their Consciences,...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS A Swiss Passion Play A Northern Raphael The Poisoned Parsnips The Murder of Father Thomas in Damascus Some Accusations against Jews The Coburg Mausoleum Jean Aymon The Patarines of Milan The Anabaptists of Münster

In the second century Lyons was the Rome of Gaul as it is now the second Paris of France. It was crowded with temples and public monuments. It was moreover the Athens of the West, a resort of scholars. Seated at the confluence of two great rivers, the Rhône and the Sâone, it was a centre of trade....

WHAT was the world coming to? The world—the centre of it—the Isle of Ely? What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before? What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'Cambridge and Ely Post,' in his wildest flights of imagination, conceived...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of In the Roar of the Sea. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by S. (Sabine)...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Cornish Characters - and Strange Events. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Curiosities of Olden Times. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by S. (Sabine)...

Sabine Baring-Gould's vampire story is a lost classic of the genre. Whilst bellringing in Dartmoor's Brentor church on Christmas Eve, the heir of the Rosedhu family encounters an undead woman who has been condemned to eternal life without eternal youth. The other five stories are not supernatural,...

The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould was one of the Victorian age's most notable writers of supernatural fiction. An early pioneer of the 'antiquarian' ghost story, he also published tales of vampires and witches - often complementing the horror with wry humour. Containing more than thirty stories, this...