The narrator spends a while in the pleasant company of various people who make their living traveling -- a puppet show proprietor, a book seller, a fortuneteller, and others.
First published (as by "the author of The Gentle Boy") in the Token, 1833.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Twice-Told Tales | James Munroe | Collection | |29 | |
| 1907 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Houghton Mifflin | Collection | 392 |
| 1965 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Airmont Books | Collection | 209 |
| 1982 |
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Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | 139 |
| October 1989 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Reader's Digest | Collection | 253 |
| 2001 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Modern Library | Collection | 272 |
| October 2004 | Twice-Told Tales | Project Gutenberg | Collection | 338 | |
| 2007 | Tales and Sketches | The Library of America | Omnibus | |139 | |
| August 2010 |
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Twice-Told Tales | Gray Rabbit Publications | Collection | 224 |