The Rover Vol. 01 No. 08

Author(s): Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree

Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Narrators: Jim Locke, Marcineus, Alan Mapstone, Sonia

Number of Chapters: 8

Length: 02 hours and 39 minutes

Language: English

"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation.
This is the eighth issue, featuring 5 short stories and 3 poems. "To be good is to be happy" is a short quote from the drama "The Fair Penitent" by Nicolas Rowe and "Passion - its history" is the final part of "Asmodeus at large" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. - Summary by Sonia