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Edwin Waugh

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(1817 - 1890)

Edwin Waugh was a British printer, poet, author, and early sociologist. He has been called “the Lancashire Burns.”



Bibliography

The Chimney Corner (1883)

Over forty Lancashire tales, largely in dialect.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine (1881)

A description of conditions in the English cotton mill towns during the Civil War in America when no cotton reached them because of the Northern blockade. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Irish Sketches and Miscellany (1882)

Travel sketches from Ireland.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Lancashire Sketches (1881)

A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Lancashire Sketches, Second Series (1892)

A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works. The title page vignette is repeated from Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Limping Pilgrim on His Wanderings (1883)

A collection of travel pieces, including one on the Island of Rum.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Poems and Songs (1883)

Dialect poems by the “Lancashire Burns.” Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

Rambles in the Lake Country and Other Travel Sketches (1882)

Essays and travel sketches of the English Lake Country. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

Tufts of Heather Volume 1 (1881)

A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1881)

A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.

Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1882)

A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. A new edition, this includes a different image on the title page.

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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