The Village Uncle: An Imaginary Retrospect

The reveries of an old man looking back on his life, or maybe a young man imagining himself in old age.

First published as "The Mermaid; a Reverie," in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir (1835).

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
1842	Twice-Told Tales	James Munroe	Collection	\|25
1907	Twice-Told Tales	Houghton Mifflin	Collection	349
1965	Twice-Told Tales	Airmont Books	Collection	185
1982	Tales and Sketches	The Library of America	Omnibus	217
October 1989	Twice-Told Tales	Reader's Digest	Collection	205
2001	Twice-Told Tales	Modern Library	Collection	241
October 2004	Twice-Told Tales	Project Gutenberg	Collection	300
2007	Tales and Sketches	The Library of America	Omnibus	\|217
August 2010	Twice-Told Tales	Gray Rabbit Publications	Collection	198

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