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Not in Wright:  Illustrated by Worth

 

[HILLS, A.C.]. Matrimonial Brokerage in the Metropolis; Being True Narratives of Strange Adventures in New York, and Startling Facts in City Life. By a Reporter of the New York Press. New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. 1st ed. 8vo. 367 pp. Illustrated by Thomas Worth. Orig. cloth, soiled. Portion of title page very browned, otherwise all right. $125.00

 

Not in Wright.  Hamilton 1297.  Allegedly true stories, but in fictional form with extensive dialogue.  Two stories, one with illustration, concern a "stiff-necked Israelite."  The last story concerns Mrs. Cunningham Burdell, the alleged Burdell murderer (see McDade 142-43).  An appendix contains an affidavit of A.C. Hills, described here as author of the book, concerning the veracity of events described in the story.  See Wright II, 1213, for one work of fiction by Hills.