From a northern window : papers, critical, historical and imaginative
1911, 1st edition. London : James Nisbet & Co. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #392140
Physical description: vii, 351 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Essays by various authors. Contents: Books and bookmen / Ian Maclaren -- Among the red deer / Sir James Cameron Lees -- George Macdonald : a personal note / Ronald Macdonald -- To my Aberdeen terrier / Coulson Kernahan -- Humour : an analysis / Ian Maclaren -- Scots reformers and Covenanters / Lord Guthrie -- The possibilities of Scottish angling / Sir Herbert Maxwell -- Robert Burns : the voice of the Scottish people / Ian Maclaren -- The "Culloden papers" and the Forbes family / Duncan Warrand -- Curling sketches / George Murray -- Scottish divines and English bishops / Florence MacCunn -- The Waverley novels / Ian Maclaren. Subjects: MacDonald, George 1824-1905; Burns, Robert 1759-1796; Scott, Walter 1771-1832. Waverley novels (D. Appleton and Company); Scottish prose literature History and criticism; English essays Scotland.
Price: €25.00