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- ↑ Gaskell, E. C. (1861). Lois the Witch and Other Tales. Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz.
- ↑ "Lois the Witch". All the Year Round. October 1859.
- ↑ Maunder, Andrew (2007). "Lois the Witch". The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. pp. 248–249.
- ↑ Chadwick, Mrs. E. H. (1913). Mrs. Gaskell: Haunts, Homes and Stories. Pitman. p. 247.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Gaskell Manuscript Collection, the University of Manchester Library". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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