The Wizard of the Mountain

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Overview:

Title: The Wizard of the Mountain
Author: William Gilbert
Year: 1867
Publisher: Strahan & Co.
Pages: 323+349
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Wizard of the Mountain
Notes: 2 volumes Connected short stories Contents from e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library, 2 volumes in 1 digital edition (Contents, Vol. II) -- pp. I-[324] and II-[350] show (three lines, all caps): "London: // R. Clay, Son, and Taylor, Printers, // Bread Street Hill"

The first and last chapters, Introduction and Conclusion, may not be genuine essays but fictional.