List of Tales

This list gives all the Tales published in the 312 separate weekly broadsheets from November 8th 1834 until October 24th 1840. You will see that Issue1, for instance, contained 3 Tales, Issue 2, 4 Tales, and so on. A Catalogue number is shown. This is assigned by the Project and serves to identify Tales uniquely where, in some editions, they were renamed. Where the author is known, it is shown.
The list below shows Tales listed by Author.
Note that subsequent to the original set of Tales in broadsheet form, further Tales were added to collections published in book form. Research is ongoing.

Issue Date Cat No Title author
1.1 8/11/1834 1012 The Vacant Chair John Mackay Wilson
1.2 8/11/1834 1019 Tibby Fowler John Mackay Wilson
1.3 8/11/1834 1026 My Black Coat John Mackay Wilson
2.1 15/11/1834 1033 We’ll Have Another John Mackay Wilson
2.2 15/11/1834 1040 The Soldier’s Return x
2.3 15/11/1834 1047 The Red Hall John Mackay Wilson
2.4 15/11/1834 1054 Grizel Cochrane.  John Mackay Wilson
3.1 22/11/1834 1061 Sayings and Doings of Peter Paterson John Mackay Wilson
4.1 29/11/1834 1068 The Prodigal Son John Mackay Wilson
4.2 29/11/1834 1075 Sir Patrick Hume:The House of Marchmont John Mackay Wilson
4.3 29/11/1834 1082 Charles Lawson John Mackay Wilson
5.1 6/12/1834 1089 The Orphan John Mackay Wilson
5.2 6/12/1834 1096 Squire Ben John Mackay Wilson
5.3 6/12/1834 1103 The Fair John Mackay Wilson
6.1 13/12/1834 1110 Archy Armstong John Mackay Wilson
6.2 13/12/1834 1117 The Widow’s Ae Son John Mackay Wilson
6.3 13/12/1834 1124 An Old Tar’s Yarn x
6.4 13/12/1834 1131 The Death of the Chevalier de la Beauté John Mackay Wilson
7.1 20/12/1834 1138 The Procrastinator John Mackay Wilson
7.2 20/12/1834 1145 Ups and Downs John Mackay Wilson
8.1 27/12/1834 1152 The Adopted Son John Mackay Wilson (66)
8.2 27/12/1834 1159 The Sisters – x
9.1 3/1/1835 1166 The First-Foot John Mackay Wilson
10.1 10/1/1835 1173 The Persecuted Elector x
10.2 10/1/1835 1180 The Order of the Garter.  John Mackay Wilson
11.1 17/1/1835 1187 The Seeker John Mackay Wilson
11.2 17/1/1835 1194 The Siege John Mackay Wilson
12.1 24/1/1835 1201 Lottery Hall John Mackay Wilson
13.1 31/1/1835 1208 The Cripple John Mackay Wilson
13.2 31/1/1835 1215 The Broken Heart.  A Tale of the Rebellion John Mackay Wilson
14.1 7/2/1835 1222 The Leveller John Mackay Wilson
15.1 14/2/1835 1229 The Bride John Mackay Wilson
15.2 14/2/1835 1236 The Henpecked man John Mackay Wilson
16.1 21/2/1835 1243 The Smuggler John Mackay Wilson
17.1 28/2/1835 1250 The Dominie’s Class John Mackay Wilson
18.1 7/3/1835 1257 The Doom of Soulis John Mackay Wilson
18.2 7/3/1835 1264 The One-Armed Tar x
19.1 14/3/1835 1271 The Poachers Progress x
19.2 14/3/1835 1278 I Canna be Fashed; John Mackay Wilson
20.1 21/3/1835 1285 The Royal Bridal John Mackay Wilson
21.1 28/3/1835 1292 The Faa’s Revenge John Mackay Wilson
22.1 4/4/1835 1299 The Solitary of the Cave John Mackay Wilson
23.1 11/4/1835 1306 Reuben Purves John Mackay Wilson
24.1 18/4/1835 1313 Midside Maggie John Mackay Wilson
24.2 18/4/1835 1320 The Sabbath Wrecks John Mackay Wilson
25.1 25/4/1835 1327 The Poor Scholar John Mackay Wilson
26.1 2/5/1835 1334 The First and Second Marriage John Mackay Wilson
27.1 9/5/1835 1341 The Guidwife of Coldingham John Mackay Wilson
27.2 9/5/1835 1348 Leaves from the Diary of an Aged Spinster John Mackay Wilson
28.1 16/5/1835 1355 The Adventures of Launcelot Erriington & his Nephew Mark: x
29.1 23/5/1835 1362 The Twin Brothers John Mackay Wilson
30.1 30/5/1835 1369 Judith the Egyptian John Mackay Wilson
30.2 30/5/1835 1376 The Deserted Wife x
31.1 6/6/1835 1383 The Unbidden Guest John Mackay Wilson
31.2 6/6/1835 1390 The Simple Man is the Beggar’s Brother John Mackay Wilson
32.1 13/6/1835 1397 The Covenanting Family John Mackay Wilson
33.1 20/6/1835 1404 The Unknown John Mackay Wilson
34.1 27/6/1835 1411 The Fugitive John Mackay Wilson
35.1 4/7/1835 1418 Leaves from the Life of Alexander Hamilton John Mackay Wilson
36.1 11/7/1835 1425 The Wife or The Wuddy John Mackay Wilson
37.1 18/7/1835 1432 Willie Wastle’s Account of His Wife John Mackay Wilson
38.1 25/7/1835 1439 The Festival John Mackay Wilson
38.2 25/7/1835 1446 Polwarth on the Green John Mackay Wilson
39.1 1/8/1835 1453 Bill Stanley; or, A Sailor’s Story John Mackay Wilson
40.1 8/8/1835 1460 The Recollections of a Village Patriarch John Mackay Wilson
41.1 15/8/1835 1467 The Whitsome Tragedy John Mackay Wilson
42.1 22/8/1835 1474 Perseverance John Mackay Wilson
42.2 22/8/1835 1481 The Irish Reaper John Mackay Wilson
43.1 29/8/1835 1488 a poem
44.1 5/9/1835 1495 Roger Goldie’s Narrative John Mackay Wilson
45.1 12/9/1835 1502 Trials and Triumphs John Mackay Wilson
46.1 19/9/1835 1509 The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh John Mackay Wilson
46.2 19/9/1835 1516 Johnny Brotherston’s Five Sunny days x
46.3 19/9/1835 1523 The Hermit of the Hills John Mackay Wilson
47.1 26/9/1835 1530 the Ministers Daughter part 1 x
48.1 3/10/1835 1537 Ministers Daughter part 2 x
49.1 10/10/1835 1544 Ministers Daughter part 3 conclusion x
49.2 10/10/1835 1551 notice of death of Wilson on the 2nd instant, age 31
50.1 17/10/1835 1558 Coldingham Abbey x
50.2 17/10/1835 1565 Dugald Glen x
51.1 24/10/1835 1572 The Heroine Alexander Leighton
51.2 24/10/1835 1579 Mysterious Exchange x
52.1 31/10/1835 1586 Mysterious Exchange x
52.2 31/10/1835 1593 The Chase x
53.1 7/11/1835 1600 Madeline of Roecleugh x
53.2 7/11/1835 1607 The Thriftless Heir x
54.1 14/11/1835 1614 The Thriftless Heir x
54.2 14/11/1835 1621 The Foundling x
55.1 21/11/1835 1628 The Foundling x
55.2 21/11/1835 1635 The Fatal Secret x
56.1 28/11/1835 1642 Fatal Secret x
56.2 28/11/1835 1649 The Outlaw x
56.3 28/11/1835 1656 Patrick O’Flanigan’s Biography of his Grandson x
57.1 5/12/1835 1663 Patrick O’Flanigan’s Biography of his Grandson x
57.2 5/12/1835 1670 The Avenger; or, The Legend of Mary Lee Alexander Leighton
58.1 12/12/1835 1677 Avenger; or, The Legend of Mary Lee Alexander Leighton
58.2 12/12/1835 1684 The Lord of Hermitage Alexander Campbell
59.1 19/12/1835 1691 Mary Merton x
59.2 19/12/1835 1698 The Blacksmith of Plumtrees x
59.3 19/12/1835 1705 The Faithful Wife Alexander Leighton
60.1 26/12/1835 1712 The Freebooter of Coldstream x
60.2 26/12/1835 1719 The Stepmother x
61.1 2/1/1836 1726 The Stepmother x
61.2 2/1/1836 1733 The Seven Lights x
61.3 2/1/1836 1740 The Monk of Dryburgh Alexander Campbell
62.1 9/1/1836 1747 Red Eric and Lord Delaval x
62.2 9/1/1836 1754 The Clerical Murderer Alexander Leighton
63.1 16/1/1836 1761 The Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone Rev G Thomson
64.1 23/1/1836 1768 Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone Rev G Thomson
64.2 23/1/1836 1775 The Siege of Cocklaws x
65.1 30/1/1836 1782 The Victim of Pride x
65.2 30/1/1836 1789 The Greatcoat x
66.1 6/2/1836 1796 The Israelite x
66.2 6/2/1836 1803 The Black & White Reformers x
67.1 13/2/1836 1810 The Social Man Professor Thomas Gillespie
67.2 13/2/1836 1817 The Royal Grant to Peebles x
68.1 20/2/1836 1824 The Apparition of Flodden Field x
69.1 27/2/1836 1831 Presentiment x
70.1 5/3/1836 1838 The Convivialists Professor Thomas Gillespie (47 )
70.2 5/3/1836 1845 Philips Grey Professor Thomas Gillespie
71.1 12/3/1836 1852 The Schemer x
71.2 12/3/1836 1859 Diamond Cut Diamond x
72.1 19/3/1836 1866 The Mosstrooper Alexander Campbell
72.2 19/3/1836 1873 The Forger Alexander Campbell
73.1 26/3/1836 1880 The Ambitious Cottager and her Family x
74.1 2/4/1836 1887 Ambitious Cottager and her Family x
75.1 9/4/1836 1894 A Legend of Holyrood House Alexander Leighton
75.2 9/4/1836 1901 The Miser & the Elm x
76.1 16/4/1836 1908 The Hawick Spate Alexander Campbell
76.2 16/4/1836 1915 The Curse of Scotland Alexander Campbell
77.1 23/4/1836 1922 Retribution Alexander Campbell
78.1 30/4/1836 1929 The Prince of Scotland Alexander Leighton
79.1 7/5/1836 1936 The Highlander Alexander Campbell
79.2 7/5/1836 1943 The Widow & Her Son x
80.1 14/5/1836 1950 The Happy Meeting x
80.2 14/5/1836 1957 The Gentle Shepherd x
81.1 21/5/1836 1964 The Parsonage: My Father’s Fireside Alexander Peterkin (1 tale)
82.1 28/5/1836 1971 The Battle of Dryffe Sands Anon (9)
83.1 4/6/1836 1978 The Gold Ring x
83.2 4/6/1836 1985 The Seer’s Cave William Hetherington, D.D. (1)
84.1 11/6/1836 1992 The Water Carrier – A legend of the Canongate x
84.2 11/6/1836 1999 The Hosteler’s Statute x
85.1 18/6/1836 2006 The Penny Wedding Alexander Campbell
86.1 25/6/1836 2013 The Prophecy x
86.2 25/6/1836 2020 The Black Hour x
87.1 2/7/1836 2027 The Angler’s Tale Oliver Richardson (11)
87.2 2/7/1836 2034 The Girdle Maker of Culross x
88.1 9/7/1836 2041 First Love x
88.2 9/7/1836 2048 Barnhill, the Freebooter x
89.1 16/7/1836 2055 Rattling, Roaring Willie Alexander Campbell
90.1 23/7/1836 2062 Duncan M’Arthur Alexander Campbell
90.2 23/7/1836 2069 Aunt Margaret’s Story x
91.1 30/7/1836 2076 The Covenanters Bridle x
91.2 30/7/1836 2083 The Maid of Coquet Side x
92.1 6/8/1836 2090 The Countess of Cassilis Alexander Campbell
92.2 6/8/1836 2097 The Happy Conclusion Anon
93.1 13/8/1836 2104 The Dominie’s Courtship John Mackay Wilson
94.1 20/8/1836 2111 The Sea Fight Anon
94.2 20/8/1836 2118 The Vision x
95.1 27/8/1836 2125 Crossed Love x
95.2 27/8/1836 2132 The Brothers x
96.1 3/9/1836 2139 Widow Lindsay’s Daughter x
96.2 3/9/1836 2146 John Turnbull x
97.1 10/9/1836 2153 The Divinity Student David M.0 Moir, ‘Delta’ (1 tale)
97.2 10/9/1836 2160 The Ungrateful Family x
98.1 17/9/1836 2167 Struggles of Walter Arnot x
99.1 24/9/1836 2174 Grace Cameron Alexander Campbell
100.1 1/10/1836 2181 The White Woman of Tarras Patrick Maxwell (1 tale)
100.2 1/10/1836 2188 The Freeman’s Well x
100.3 1/10/1836 2195 The Crooked Comyn Alexander Leighton
101.1 8/10/1836 2202 The Disaster of Johnny Armstrong Alexander Campbell
102.1 15/10/1836 2209 The Maid of Ancrum Muir x
103.1 22/10/1836 2216 Tom Bertram Oliver Richardson
103.2 22/10/1836 2223 The Cottar’s Daughter Anon
104.1 29/10/1836 2230 Widow of Dunskaith Hugh Miller
104.2 29/10/1836 2237 The Hay Wain x
105.1 5/11/1836 2244 The Suicide Alexander Leighton
106.1 12/11/1836 2251 The Rival Sheriffs of Teviotdale x
107.1 19/11/1836 2258 Chatelard Alexander Campbell
108.1 26/11/1836 2265 May Darling, the Village Pride John Francis Smith
109.1 3/12/1836 2272 The Conscience Stricken Alexander Leighton
110.1 10/12/1836 2279 The Meeting at St.  Boswell’s Oliver Richardson
111.1 17/12/1836 2286 Randal Barclay x
112.1 24/12/1836 2293 The Snow Storm of 1825 Alexander Campbell
113.1 31/12/1836 2300 The Victim of Public Opinion x
114.1 7/1/1837 2307 The Curate of Govan Alexander Campbell
115.1 14/1/1837 2314 Recollections of Ferguson Hugh Miller
116.1 21/1/1837 2321 Recollections of Ferguson Hugh Miller
117.1 28/1/1837 2328 The Hypochondriac x
118.1 4/2/1837 2335 The Katheran Alexander Campbell
119.1 11/2/1837 2342 Duncan Schulebred’s Vision of Judgement Alexander Leighton
119.2 11/2/1837 2349 The Mysterious Disappearance Anon
120.1 18/2/1837 2356 The Fortunes of William Wighton John Howell
121.1 25/2/1837 2363 A Chronicle of the Death of James l Alexander Leighton
122.1 4/3/1837 2370 The Skean Dhu Alexander Campbell
122.2 4/3/1837 2377 The Breaking up of the Forest of Plater x
122.3 4/3/1837 2384 The Weird of the Three Arrows x
122.4 4/3/1837 2391 Falsehood Reproved x
123.1 11/3/1837 2398 Recollections of Burns Hugh Miller
124.1 18/3/1837 2405 Recollections of Burns Hugh Miller
124.2 18/3/1837 2412 Christie of the Cleek Alexander Leighton
125.1 25/3/1837 2419 The Sea-Storm Oliver Richardson
126.1 1/4/1837 2426 The Matchmaker of Salford x
127.1 8/4/1837 2433 The Early Days of a Friend of the Covenant Professor Thomas Gillespie
128.1 15/4/1837 2440 Scotch Law x
129.1 22/4/1837 2447 Mike Maxwell of Gretna Alexander Leighton
130.1 29/4/1837 2454 The Intended Bridegrooms x
130.2 29/4/1837 2461 The Reformed x
131.1 6/5/1837 2468 The Rothesay Fisherman Oliver Richardson
132.1 13/5/1837 2475 The Writer’s Daughter x
132.2 13/5/1837 2482 The Bonnet Rock x
132.3 13/5/1837 2489 A Scrap of the Covenant x
133.1 20/5/1837 2496 The Seven Years’ Dearth John Howell
134.1 27/5/1837 2503 The Bride of Bramblehaugh Alexander Leighton
135.1 3/6/1837 2510 The Gypsy Lover x
135.2 3/6/1837 2517 Proof Positive x
135.3 3/6/1837 2524 The Mistake Professor Thomas Gillespie
136.1 10/6/1837 2531 The Raid of Roxburgh x
137.1 17/6/1837 2538 The Scottish Hunters of Hudson’s Bay Hugh Miller
138.1 24/6/1837 2545 Roseallan’s Daughter Alexander Leighton
139.1 1/7/1837 2552 The Floshend Inn Alexander Campbell
140.1 8/7/1837 2559 The Heiress of Insanity x
141.1 15/7/1837 2566 The Triumph of Industry x
142.1 22/7/1837 2573 The Soldiers Wife x
142.2 22/7/1837 2580 Ringan Oliver x
143.1 29/7/1837 2587 The Destitute x
144.1 5/8/1837 2594 The Salmon-Fisher of Udoll Hugh Miller
144.2 5/8/1837 2601 Compensation x
145.1 12/8/1837 2608 The Mountain Storm Professor Thomas Gillespie
145.2 12/8/1837 2615 The Medal Professor Thomas Gillespie
145.3 12/8/1837 2622 Peat-Casting Time Professor Thomas Gillespie
146.1 19/8/1837 2629 The Sportsman of Outfieldhaugh Alexander Leighton
147.1 26/8/1837 2636 The Dream Alexander Campbell
147.2 26/8/1837 2643 Paying of Debts x
148.1 2/9/1837 2650 A Chronicle of the Death of James lll Alexander Leighton
149.1 9/9/1837 2657 Sandy Murray, the Legacy Hunter x
150.1 16/9/1837 2664 Parental Discipline x
151.1 23/9/1837 2671 A Legend of Calder Muir John Howell
152.1 30/9/1837 2678 The Miser of Newabbey Alexander Leighton
153.1 7/10/1837 2685 The Contrast of Wives Alexander Leighton
154.1 14/10/1837 2692 The Snuff-Miller’s Daughter x
154.2 14/10/1837 2699 The Interrupted Ceremony x
154.3 14/10/1837 2706 The Heiress of Balgowan x
155.1 21/10/1837 2713 The Two Sailors Oliver Richardson
156.1 28/10/1837 2720 Hume and the Govenor of Berwick Alexander Leighton
157.1 4/11/1837 2727 Kate Kennedy Alexander Leighton
158.1 11/11/1837 2734 The Provost of Starvieston x
159.1 18/11/1837 2741 The Restored Son Oliver Richardson
160.1 25/11/1837 2748 The Cherry-Stone Alexander Leighton
160.2 25/11/1837 2755 The Henwife Alexander Leighton
160.3 25/11/1837 2762 The Artist Alexander Leighton
161.1 2/12/1837 2769 The Maiden Feast Alexander Leighton
162.1 9/12/1837 2776 The Lykewake Hugh Miller
162.2 9/12/1837 2783 The Story of Elspat McCulloch x
162.3 9/12/1837 2790 The Story of Donald Gair x
162.4 9/12/1837 2797 The Story of the Doomed Rider x
162.5 9/12/1837 2804 The Story of Fairburn’s Ghost x
162.6 9/12/1837 2811 The story of the Land Factor x
162.7 22/10/1836 2818 The Story of the Meal-monger x
163.1 16/12/1837 2825 Donald Gorm Alexander Campbell
164.1 23/12/1837 2832 The Grandmother’s Narrative Professor Thomas Gillespie
164.2 23/12/1837 2839 The Covenanters’ March Professor Thomas Gillespie
164.3 23/12/1837 2846 Peden’s Farewell Sermon Professor Thomas Gillespie
164.4 23/12/1837 2853 The Persecution of the M’Michaels Professor Thomas Gillespie
165.1 30/12/1837 2860 The Slave John Howell
166.1 6/1/1838 2867 Thomas of Chartres Hugh Miller
167.1 13/1/1838 2874 The Wager Alexander Leighton
167.2 13/1/1838 2881 The Empty Coffin x
167.3 13/1/1838 2888 The Miser’s Will x
168.1 20/1/1838 2895 Autobiography of Willie Smith Alexander Campbell
169.1 27/1/1838 2902 The Scottish Veteran John Howell
170.1 3/2/1838 2909 Geordie Binks, The King’s Jester x
171.1 10/2/1838 2916 The Cured Ingrate Alexander Leighton
172.1 17/2/1838 2923 The Young Artist x
172.2 17/2/1838 2930 The Sacrifice x
172.3 17/2/1838 2937 The Pirate’s Doom x
173.1 24/2/1838 2944 The Huntsman of Ettrick Forest x
174.1 3/3/1838 2951 The Dissolved Pledge Oliver Richardson
175.1 10/3/1838 2958 The Countess of Wistonbury Alexander Campbell
176.1 17/3/1838 2965 Family Incidents Professor Thomas Gillespie
176.2 17/3/1838 2972 Home and the Gipsy Maid Professor Thomas Gillespie
176.3 17/3/1838 2979 The Return Professor Thomas Gillespie
177.1 24/3/1838 2986 Bill Whyte Hugh Miller (8)
178.1 31/3/1838 2993 The Dominie of St.  Fillans Alexander Leighton
179.1 7/4/1838 3000 Edinburgh Medical Student x
180.1 14/4/1838 3007 Hugh Baird’s West India Adventure x
180.2 14/4/1838 3014 The Gentle Suitor x
181 21/4/1838 3021 The Duncan’s Yarn Oliver Richardson
181.1 21/4/1838 3028 Tom Duncan’s Yarn Oliver Richardson
182.1 28/4/1838 3035 The Three Letters Alexander Leighton
182.2 28/4/1838 3042 The Glass Back Alexander Leighton
183.1 5/5/1838 3049 Bauldy Crabbe x
183.2 5/5/1838 3056 A Legend of Parliament Close x
184.1 12/5/1838 3063 The Two Gravediggers x
184.2 12/5/1838 3070 The Two Sheepstealers x
185.1 19/5/1838 3077 The Royal Raid Alexander Leighton
186.1 26/5/1838 3084 The Highland Boy Alexander Campbell
186.2 26/5/1838 3091 Leein Jamie Murdieston Alexander Campbell
187.1 2/6/1838 3098 The Rescue at Enterkin Professor Thomas Gillespie
187.2 2/6/1838 3105 The Fatal Mistake Professor Thomas Gillespie
187.3 2/6/1838 3112 The Eskdalemuir Story Professor Thomas Gillespie
187.4 2/6/1838 3119 The Douglas Tragedy Professor Thomas Gillespie
188.1 9/6/1838 3126 The Sea Skirmish Anon
188.2 9/6/1838 3133 The Miner of Lahun x
189.1 16/6/1838 3140 The Young Laird Alexander Bethune
190.1 23/6/1838 3147 Harden’s Revenge Alexander Leighton
191.1 30/6/1838 3154 The Last of the Pedlars Professor Thomas Gillespie
192.1 7/7/1838 3161 The Three Rivals x
192.2 7/7/1838 3168 A Tale of Glenco x
193.1 14/7/1838 3175 Early Recollection of a Son of the Hills Professor Thomas Gillespie
193.2 14/7/1838 3182 The Suicide’s Grave Professor Thomas Gillespie
194.1 21/7/1838 3189 The Diver and the Bell Alexander Leighton
195.1 28/7/1838 3196 The Rival Nightcaps Alexander Campbell
195.2 28/7/1838 3203 Wanderings in the West x
196.1 4/8/1838 3210 The Physiognomist’s Tale Oliver Richardson
197.1 11/8/1838 3217 Henry Hamilton x
198.1 18/8/1838 3224 Lord Durie and Christie’s Will Alexander Leighton
199.1 25/8/1838 3231 The Amateur Lawyers Alexander Leighton
200.1 1/9/1838 3238 Sergeant Wilson Professor Thomas Gillespie
200.2 1/9/1838 3245 Helen Palmer Professor Thomas Gillespie
200.3 1/9/1838 3252 The Cairny Cave of Gavin Muir Professor Thomas Gillespie
201.1 8/9/1838 3259 The Victim of Vanity x
202.1 15/9/1838 3266 The Palantines John Howell
203.1 22/9/1838 3273 The Mutiny at Sea x
204.1 29/9/1838 3280 The Case of Evidence Alexander Leighton
205.1 6/10/1838 3287 The Epicure x
206.1 13/10/1838 3294 The Two Comrades Alexander Campbell
206.2 13/10/1838 3301 The Surtout Alexander Campbell
207.1 20/10/1838 3308 James Renwick Professor Thomas Gillespie
207.2 20/10/1838 3315 Old Isbel Kirk Professor Thomas Gillespie
207.3 20/10/1838 3322 The Curlers Professor Thomas Gillespie
207.4 20/10/1838 3329 The Violated Coffin Professor Thomas Gillespie
208.1 27/10/1838 3336 The Abduction Alexander Leighton (79)
209.1 3/11/1838 3343 The The Siege of Perth Alexander Leighton
210.1 10/11/1838 3350 Major Weir’s Coach John Howell
211.1 17/11/1838 3357 The Stone -Breaker Alexander Campbell
211.2 17/11/1838 3364 The Tree Wee Heelanmen x
212.1 24/11/1838 3371 The School-Fellows Oliver Richardson
213 1/12/1838 3378 Fair Helen of Kirkconnel x
213.1 1/12/1838 3385 The Legend of Fair Helen of Kirconnel Alexander Leighton
214.1 8/12/1838 3392 The Experimenter John Howell (14 tales)
215.1 15/12/1838 3399 The Ghost of Howdycraigs Alexander Bethune
216.1 22/12/1838 3406 The Ghost of Gairyburn Alexander Bethune (4)
217.1 29/12/1838 3413 Hogmanay Alexander Leighton
218.1 5/1/1839 3420 The Rightful Heir x
219.1 12/1/1839 3427 The Duel x
219.2 12/1/1839 3434 Johnny Reid’s Wedding x
220.1 19/1/1839 3441 The Bewildered Student John Bethune
221.1 26/1/1839 3448 The Bereaved Alexander Leighton
221.2 26/1/1839 3455 The Condemned Alexander Leighton
222.1 2/2/1839 3462 The John Square’s Voyage to India John Howell
223.1 9/2/1839 3469 Phebe Fortune Professor Thomas Gillespie
223.2 9/2/1839 3476 The Enthusiast Professor Thomas Gillespie
224.1 16/2/1839 3483 The Laird of Lucky’s How Alexander Campbell
225.1 23/2/1839 3490 The Domestic Griefs of Gustavus M’Iver Alexander Leighton
226.1 2/3/1839 3497 The Sinclairs of Polwarth x
226.2 2/3/1839 3504 The Game Cock x
227.1 9/3/1839 3511 Mr Higgins in the Highlands x
228.1 16/3/1839 3518 Husband and Wife x
228.2 16/3/1839 3525 Julia Forrester x
229.1 23/3/1839 3532 The Trials of Menie Dempster Alexander Leighton
230.1 30/3/1839 3539 The Fair Maid of Cellardykes Professor Thomas Gillespie
230.2 30/3/1839 3546 Trees and Burns Professor Thomas Gillespie
230.3 30/3/1839 3553 Kirkyards Professor Thomas Gillespie
231.1 6/4/1839 3560 The Edinburgh Merchants x
232.1 13/4/1839 3567 Caleb Crabbin Alexander Leighton
232.2 13/4/1839 3574 Mary Irving x
233.1 20/4/1839 3581 The Victim of the Statute Book x
234.1 27/4/1839 3588 Cornet Cassils x
234.2 27/4/1839 3595 The Trip x
235.1 4/5/1839 3602 The Beggar’s Camp John Howell
236.1 11/5/1839 3609 John Govan’s Narrative Professor Thomas Gillespie
236.2 11/5/1839 3616 Thomas Harkness of Lockerben Professor Thomas Gillespie
237.1 18/5/1839 3623 The Monomaniac Alexander Leighton
238.1 25/5/1839 3630 The Recluse Alexander Campbell
239.1 1/6/1839 3637 The Packman’s Journey to London John Howell
240.1 8/6/1839 3644 The Natural History of Idiots Professor Thomas Gillespie
241.1 15/6/1839 3651 Married and Unmarried x
242.1 22/6/1839 3658 The Good Man of Dryfield Alexander Campbell
243.1 29/6/1839 3665 The Imprudent Marriage John Howell
244.1 6/7/1839 3672 The Economist x
245.1 13/7/1839 3679 Prescription: or, The 29th of September Alexander Leighton
246.1 20/7/1839 3686 The Discharged Exciseman x
247.1 27/7/1839 3693 Mary Middleton x
248.1 3/8/1839 3700 The Cruise of the Pibroch x
249.1 10/8/1839 3707 The Droich Alexander Leighton
250.1 17/8/1839 3714 The Jacobite x
251.1 24/8/1839 3721 The Sisters x
252.1 31/8/1839 3728 Love’s Young Dream x
252.2 31/8/1839 3735 Cousin Henderson x
252.3 31/8/1839 3742 Bound or Free x
253.1 7/9/1839 3749 Mr Samuel Ramsay Thriven Alexander Leighton
254.1 14/9/1839 3756 The Barley Bannock Alexander Campbell
254.2 14/9/1839 3763 The Returned Letter x
255.1 21/9/1839 3770 The Smuggler’s Son x
256.1 28/9/1839 3777 The Factor x
257.1 5/10/1839 3784 Lady Rae Alexander Campbell
257.2 5/10/1839 3791 A Biting Evidence x
257.3 5/10/1839 3798 The Profligate x
258.1 12/10/1839 3805 The Warning Alexander Bethune
259.1 19/10/1839 3812 Edward Mowbray x
259.2 19/10/1839 3819 Mark Foster esq x
260.1 26/10/1839 3826 Exclusives and Inclusives Alexander Leighton
261.1 2/11/1839 3833 The Man of War’s Man John Howell
262.1 9/11/1839 3840 Clara Douglas Walter Logan
262.2 9/11/1839 3847 The Father x
262.3 9/11/1839 3854 A Tale of Vengeance x
263.1 16/11/1839 3861 The Foundling at Sea Alexander Campbell
263.2 16/11/1839 3868 The Assassin Alexander Campbell ( 40 )
264.1 23/11/1839 3875 The Three Brethren Professor Thomas Gillespie
264.2 23/11/1839 3882 The Mistake Rectified xx
264.3 23/11/1839 3889 Dura Den Professor Thomas Gillespie
265.1 30/11/1839 3896 Mortlake: A Legend of Merton James Maidment
266.1 7/12/1839 3903 The Prisoner of War John Howell
267.1 14/12/1839 3910 The Pirate x
267.2 14/12/1839 3917 The Laird of Ballachie x
267.3 14/12/1839 3924 Presence of Mind x
268.1 21/12/1839 3931 Marry for Love, and Work for Money x
269.1 28/12/1839 3938 James Kincardine – A Story of the American War x
269.2 28/12/1839 3945 A Passage in the Life of St. Kentigan x
270.1 4/1/1840 3952 The Drunkard’s Fate x
270.2 4/1/1840 3959 The Cateran of Lochloy James Maidment (3)
271.1 11/1/1840 3966 Kinaldy Professor Thomas Gillespie
271.2 11/1/1840 3973 The Trials of the Rev Samuel Austin Professor Thomas Gillespie
272.1 18/1/1840 3980 Country Quarters Theodore Ma
272.2 18/1/1840 3987 Mrs Humphrey Greenwood’s Tea-Party Theodore Ma
273.1 25/1/1840 3994 The Runaway x
274.1 1/2/1840 4001 The Wooers x
274.2 1/2/1840 4008 A Vagary of Fortune x
274.3 1/2/1840 4015 The Clergyman’s Daughter x
275.1 8/2/1840 4022 The Quarter-Deck and the Counting House x
276.1 15/2/1840 4029 The Merchant of Glasgow x
277.1 22/2/1840 4036 My Cousin’s Adventure x
278.1 29/2/1840 4043 Tom Lennox’s Captivity x
279.1 7/3/1840 4050 The Unexpected Meeting x
280.1 14/3/1840 4057 Presumptive Evidence x
281.1 21/3/1840 4064 The Monk of St.  Anthony Alexander Campbell
282.1 28/3/1840 4071 Wreckers and Smugglers x
283.1 4/4/1840 4078 Early Attachments x
283.2 4/4/1840 4085 The New Firm – A Legend of Muttonhole x
284.1 11/4/1840 4092 Alexander Ross x
285.1 18/4/1840 4099 The Good Old Country Gentleman x
286.1 25/4/1840 4106 The Creole x
286.2 25/4/1840 4113 The Midnight Marriage x
287.1 2/5/1840 4120 Doctor Dobbie Alexander Campbell
287.2 2/5/1840 4127 An Incident x
288.1 9/5/1840 4134 Guilty, or Not Guilty Anon
289.1 16/5/1840 4141 The Double-Bedded Room Walter Logan (4)
289.2 16/5/1840 4148 The Recluse of the Hebrides Walter Logan
289.3 16/5/1840 4155 Ellen Arundel Walter Logan
290.1 23/5/1840 4162 The Secret x
291.1 30/5/1840 4169 The Victims of War x
292.1 6/6/1840 4176 The Merchant’s Daughter Alexander Campbell
293.1 13/6/1840 4183 Julia Edwards x
294.1 20/6/1840 4190 Fauconberg x
294.2 20/6/1840 4197 The Old Irish Beggar Woman x
295.1 27/6/1840 4204 The Heir of Inshannock James Maidment
296.1 4/7/1840 4211 Sir William Wallace x
296.2 4/7/1840 4218 The Friend of my Youth x
297.1 11/7/1840 4225 The Signal x
298.1 18/7/1840 4232 Caroline and her Cousin x
299.1 25/7/1840 4239 The Young Mountebank x
300.1 1/8/1840 4246 The Game of Life x
301.1 8/8/1840 4253 David Lorimer Anon
302.1 15/8/1840 4260 The Convict Anon
303.1 22/8/1840 4267 The Adventures of Malcolm Mowbray x
303.2 22/8/1840 4274 Mary Armstrong x
304.1 29/8/1840 4281 The Victim of Superstition x
305.1 5/9/1840 4288 The Advertisement x
306.1 12/9/1840 4295 The Farmer’s Daughter x
306.2 12/9/1840 4302 The Laird of Bowty x
307.1 19/9/1840 4309 The Persian Ambassador x
308.1 26/9/1840 4316 A Legend of the Coast x
309.1 3/10/1840 4323 The Breach of Trust x
309.2 3/10/1840 4330 The Baron’s Vow x
310.1 10/10/1840 4337 The Veteran x
311.1 17/10/1840 4344 The Wanderer x
312.1 24/10/1840 4351 The Last Tale – A Dream x

This is a listing of story titles included in the 1869 Walter Scott Publishing Co 24-volume edition of Wilson’s Tales of the Borders. Whilst this was a popular edition it only contained 299 of the 485 tales originally published.  We are in the process of producing a definitive list of all the published Tales.

The numbers at the end of each story’s title refer to the volume number in the above edition.  The list is in contributor order.

Anon (9 tales)
The Battle of Dryffe Sands – 15
The Convict – 22
The Cottar’s Daughter – 15
David Lorimer – 22
Guilty, or Not Guilty – 6
The Happy Conclusion – 16
The Mysterious Disappearance – 16
The Sea Fight – 19
The Sea Skirmish – 20
Alexander Bethune (4 tales)
The Ghost of Cairyburn – 11
The Ghost of Howdycraigs – 11
The Warning – 15
The Young Laird – 3

John Bethune (1 tale)
The Bewildered Student – 10

Alexander Campbell ( 40 tales)
The Assassin – 18
Autobiography of Willie Smith – 3
The Barley Bannock – 20
Chatelard – 9
The Countess of Cassilis – 16
The Countess of Wistonbury – 1
The Curate of Govan – 15
The Curse of Scotland – 19
Doctor Dobbie – 21
The Disaster of Johnny Armstrong – 1
Donald Gorm – 2
The Dream – 13
Duncan M’Arthur – 8
The Floshed Inn – 13
The Forger – 12
The Foundling at Sea – 18
The Good Man of Dryfield – 8
Grace Cameron – 16
The Hawick Spate – 19
The Highland Boy – 5
A Highland Tradition – 17
The Katheran – 4
Lady Rae – 22
The Laird of Lucky’s How – 9
Leein Jamie Murdieston – 8
The Lord of Hermitage – 19
The Merchant’s Daughter – 21
The Monk of Dryburgh – 4
The Monk of St.  Anthony – 4
The Mosstrooper – 12
The Penny Wedding – 7
Rattling, Roaring Willie – 5
The Recluse – 17
Retribution – 14
The Royal Nightcaps – 3
The Skean Dhu – 14
The Snow Storm of 1825 – 6
The Stone -Breaker – 18
The Surtout – 11
The Two Comrades – 11

Matthew Forster Conolly (5 tales)
Tales of the East Neuk of Fife: The Castle of Crail; or, King David and Maud – 10
Tales of the East Neuk of Fife: The Legend of the Church of Abercrombie – 10
Tales of the East Neuk of Fife: The Robbery at Pittenweem and the Porteous Mob – 17
Tales of the East Neuk of Fife: The Romance of the May – 10
Tales of the East Neuk of Fife: Story of Charles Gordon and Christina Cunningham – 17

Professor Thomas Gillespie (47 tales)
The Convivialists – 2
Dura Den; or, Second Thoughts are Best – 9
Early Recollection of a Son of the Hills – 4
The Enthusiast – 14
The Fair Maid of Cellardykes – 1
Family Incidents – 7
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Bonny Mary Gibson – 16
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Cairny Cave of Gavin Muir – 17
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Covenanters’ March – 15
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Curlers – 18
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Douglas Tragedy – 16
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Early Days of a Friend of the Covenant – 21
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Eskdalemuir Story – 16
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Fatal Mistake – 16
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Grandmother’s Narrative – 15
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Helen Palmer – 17
Gleanings of the Covenant.  James Renwick – 18
Gleanings of the Covenant.  John Govan’s Narrative – 20
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Kinaldy – 19
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Last Scrap – 23
Gleanings of the Covenant.  “Old Bluntie” – 20
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Old Isbel Kirk – 18
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Peden’s Farewell Sermon – 15
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Porter’s Hole – 17
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Persecution of the M’Michaels – 15
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Rescue at Enterkin – 16
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Sergeant Wilson – 17
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Shoes Reversed – 20
Gleanings of the Covenant.  Thomas Harkness of Lockberry – 20
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Trials of the Rev Samuel Austin – 19
Gleanings of the Covenant.  The Violated Coffin – 18
Home and the Gipsy Maid – 7
Kirkyards – 14
The Last of the Pedlars – 5
The Medal – 10
The Mistake Rectfied – 9
The Mountain Storm – 1
The Natural History of Idiots – 13
Peat-Casting Time – 10
Pheebe Fortune – 3
Philips Grey – 2
The Return – 7
The Social Man – 11
The Suicide’s Grave – 4
The Three Brethren – 9
Trees and Burns – 14
The Wedding – 12

William Hetherington, D.D. (1 tale)
The Seer’s Cave – 6

J H (1 tale)
The Laird of Darnick Tower – 7

John Howell (14 tales)
The Experimenter – 3
The Fortunes of William Wighton – 2
A Legend of Calder Muir – 17
Major Weir’s Coach – 5
The Man of War’s Man – 16
The Prisoner of War – 18
The Scottish Veteran – 12
The Sergeant’s Tales: The Palantines – 6
The Sergeant’s Tales: The Beggar’s Camp – 8
The Sergeant’s Tales: The Imprudent Marriage – 10
The Sergeant’s Tales: The John Square’s Voyage to India – 7
The Sergeant’s Tales: The Packman’s Journey to London – 9
The Seven Years’ Death – 14
The Slave – 4

Alexander Leighton (79 tales)
The Abduction – 9
The Amateur Lawyers – 7
The Amateur Robbery – 22
The Avenger; or, The Legend of Mary Lee – 19
The Bride of Bell’s Tower – 21
The Bride of Bramblehaugh – 18
The Burgher’s Tales: The Ancient Bureau – 22
The Burgher’s Tales: The Brownie of the West Bow – 23
The Burgher’s Tales: The House in Bell’s Wynd – 21
Caleb Crabbin – 10
Christie of the Cleek – 9
The Clerical Murderer – 15
The Contrast of Wives – 11
The Cradle of Logie – 23
The Crooked Comyn – 10
The Detective’s Tale: The Chance Question – 21
The Diamond Eyes – 22
The Domestic Griefs of Gustavus M’Iver – 19
The Dominie of St.  Fillans – 20
The Droich – 7
Duncan Schulebred’s Vision of Judgement – 5
The Faithful Wife – 23
Geordie Willison, and the Heiress of Castle Gower – 6
The Girl Forger – 23
Harden’s Revenge – 8
The Heroine: A Legend of the Canongate – 20
Hogmanay; or, The Lady of Ballochgray – 17
Hume and the Govenor of Berwick – 17
Kate Kennedy – 1
Laird Rorieson’s Will – 18
The Lawyer’s Tales: Lord Kames’s Puzzle – 23
The Lawyer’s Tales: The Story of Mysie Craig – 23
The Lawyer’s Tales: The Woman with the White Mice – 21
A Legend of Hollyrood – 14
The Legend of Fair Helen of Kirconnel – 9
The Linton Lairds, or Exclusive and Inclusive – 4
Lord Durie and Christie’s Will – 2
The Maiden Feast of Cairnkibbie – 4
Mike Maxwell and the Gretna Green Lovers – 12
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Ballad of Age and Youth – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Ballad of Ailie Faa – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Legend of Allerley Hall – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Legend of Craigullan – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Legend of the Fair Emergilde – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Legend of the Lady Katharine – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Legend of Mary Lee – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Romaunt of the Castle of Weir – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Romaunt of St.  Mary’s Wyne – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Romaunt of Sir Peregrine and the Lady Etheline – 24
The Miser of Newabbey – 20
Mr Samuel Ramsay Thriven: A Tale of Love and Bankruptcy – 16
The Old Chronicler’s Tales: The Death of James l – 15
The Old Chronicler’s Tales: The Death of James lll – 16
The Old Chronicler’s Tales: The Prince of Scotland – 14
Prescription: or, The 29th of September – 1
The Romance of the Siege of Perth – 10
Roseallan’s Daughter – 13
The Royal Raid – 3
The Sportsman of Outfieldhaugh – 19
The Story of Mary Brown – 23
The Story of the Pelican – 23
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Artist – 8
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Bereaved – 17
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Case of Evidence – 15
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Cherry-Stone – 8
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Condemned – 17
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Conscience Stricken – 5
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Cured Ingrate – 2
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Diver and the Bell – 3
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Glass Back – 12
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Henwife – 8
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Monomaniac – 18
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Somnambulist of Redcleugh – 6
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Suicide – 11
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Three Letters – 12
The Surgeon’s Tale: The Wager – 21
The Ten of Diamonds – 22
The Trials of Menie Dempster – 13
The Two Red Slippers – 23

Walter Logan (4 tales)
The Double-Bedded Room – 5
Ellen Arundel – 9
The Recluse of the Hebrides – 9
The Story of Clara Douglas – 4

James Maidment (3 tales)
The Cateran of Lochloy – 7
The Heir of Inshannock – 12
Mortlake: A Legend of Merton – 8

Theodore Martin (2 tales)
Bon Gaultier’s Tales: Country Quarters – 4
Bon Gaultier’s Tales: Mrs Humphrey Greenwood’s Tea-Party – 9

Patrick Maxwell (1 tale)
The White Woman of Tarras – 12

Hugh Miller (8 tales)
Bill Whyte – 5
The Lykewake – 7
Recollections of Burns – 2
Recollections of Ferguson – 1
The Salmon-Fisher of Udoll – 4
The Scottish Hunters of Hudson’s Bay – 12
Thomas of Chartres – 18
Widow of Dunskaith – 3

David M.0 Moir, ‘Delta’ (1 tale)
The Divinity Student – 5

Alexander Peterkin (1 tale)
The Parsonage: My Father’s Fireside – 6

Oliver Richardson (11 tales)
The Angler’s Tale – 16
The Dissolved Pledge – 19
The Duncan’s Yarn – 9
The Meeting at St.  Boswell’s – 10
The Physiognomist’s Tale – 8
The Restored Son – 14
The Rothesay Fisherman – 6
The School-Fellows – 11
The Sea-Storm – 12
The Story of Tom Bertram – 15
The Two Sailors – 13
Rev G Thomson (1 tale)
The Lost Heir of the House of Elphinstone – 20

John Mackay Wilson (66 tales)
The Adopted Son – 2
Archie Armstong – 5
Bill Stanley; or, A Sailor’s Story – 5
The Bride – 8
The Broken Heart.  A Tale of the Rebellion – 7
Charles Lawson – 9
The Covenanting Family – 14
The Cripple; or, Ebenezer the Disowned – 9
The Death of the Chevalier de la Beauté – 23
The Dominie and the Souter.  The Dominie’s Courtship – 13
The Dominie and the Souter.  The Souter’s Wedding – 13
The Dominie’s Class – 11
The Doom of Soulis – 8
The Faa’s Revenge – 1
The Fair – 4
The Festival – 14
The First-Foot – 10
The First and Second Marriage – 19
The Fugitive – 18
Grizel Cochrane.  A Tale of Tweedmouth Muir – 15
The Guidwife of Coldingham – 6
The Henpecked man – 8
I Canna be Fashed; or, Willie Grant’s Confessions – 10
The Irish Reaper – 16
Judith the Egyptian; or, The Fate of the Heir of Riccon – 7
The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh – 6
Leaves from the Diary of an Aged Spinster – 6
Leaves from the Life of Alexander Hamilton – 19
The Leveller – 16
Lottery Hall – 13
Midside Maggie; or, The Bannock o’ Tollishill – 1
The Minstrel’s Tales: Edmund and Helen – 24
The Minstrel’s Tales: The Hermit of the Hill – 24
My Black Coat; or, The Breaking of the Bride’s China – 2
The Order of the Garter.  A Story of Wark Castle – 14
The Orphan – 23
Perseverance; or, The Autobiography of Roderic Gray – 16
Polworth on the Green – 14
The Poor Scholar – 7
The Procrastinator – 22
The Prodigal Son – 21
The Recollections of a Village Patriarch – 15
The Red Hall; or, Berwick in 1296 – 11
Roger Goldie’s Narrative – 17
The Royal Bridal – 3
Ruben Purves; or, the Speculator – 12
The Sabbath Wrecks – 6
Sayings and Doings of Peter Paterson – 20
The Seeker – 21
The Simple Man is the Beggar’s Brother – 17
Sir Patrick Hume: A Tale of the House of Marchmont – 9
The Smuggler – 11
The Solitary of the Cave – 4
Squire Ben – 15
Tibby Fowler – 23
Trials and Triumphs – 20
The Twin Brothers – 23
The Unbidden Guest – 17
The Unknown – 13
Ups and Downs; or, David Stuart’s Account of his Pilgrimage – 22
The Vacant Chair – 1
We’ll Have Another – 12
The Whitsome Tragedy – 3
The Widow’s Ae Son – 23
A Wife or The Wuddy – 2
Willie Wastle’s Account of His Wife – 18