A spy on the conjurer: Or, A collection of surprizing and diverting stories, with merry and ingenious letters. By way of memoirs of the famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing foresight of that wonderful deaf and dumb man. The whole being moral and instructive. Written to my Lord -------- by a Lady, who, for twenty years past, has made it her business to observe all transactions in the life and conversation of Mr. Campbell. Revised by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. The second edition.

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Title A spy on the conjurer: Or, A collection of surprizing and diverting stories, with merry and ingenious letters. By way of memoirs of the famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing foresight of that wonderful deaf and dumb man. The whole being moral and instructive. Written to my Lord -------- by a Lady, who, for twenty years past, has made it her business to observe all transactions in the life and conversation of Mr. Campbell. Revised by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. The second edition.
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Signed Author Revised by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 259
Date of Publication 1724
Edition Statement The second edition.
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication 1724
Imprint Printed for Tho. Corbet, at Addison's-Head without Temple-Bar,
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Location of Printing London GB
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Notes In three parts; the end of the first partis signed: 'Justicia' = Eliza Haywood.
P.166 misnumbered 165.
Reissue of the original edition of 1724, with cancel titlepage.
The divisional tp to part 2 and pp. [179]-180 are frequently found misbound between p. 155 (end of part 1) and p. [157] 'A supplement to the first part'. P. [156] is blank
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Haywood, Eliza. A spy on the conjurer: Or, A collection of surprizing and diverting stories, with merry and ingenious letters. By way of memoirs of the famous Mr. Duncan Campbell, demonstrating the astonishing foresight of that wonderful deaf and dumb man. The whole being moral and instructive. Written to my Lord -------- by a Lady, who, for twenty years past, has made it her business to observe all transactions in the life and conversation of Mr. Campbell. Revised by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. The second edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 23879, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23879. Accessed 2025-10-31. 

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