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The Lay of the Last Angler, in Four Cantos: To Which Is Added Jack's Dangers ... Robert Liddell Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2008 |
The Lay of the Last Angler, in Four Cantos: To Which Is Added Jack's Dangers ... Robert Liddell Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2008 |
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Side 3 - The shoemaker of St Boswells,' as he was designated in all parts of Scotland, was an excellent prose writer, a respectable poet, a marvellously gifted man in conversation. His life will be read with great interest ; the simple heartstirring narrative of the life-struggle of a highly-gifted, humble, and honest mechanic, — a life of care, but also a life of virtue.
Side 3 - STONE-FLY, and WORM FISHING, by the EDITOR ; and a Portrait and Short Memoir of the Author. " This is a new and improved edition of one of the most pleasant and useful little books on this pleasant subject. It is needless to say what we have said before, that John Younger's instruction and advices as to angling are most valuable, as the fruits of long experience and great shrewdness."—Scotsman.
Side 31 - And bridled the Tweed with a curb of stone : But to speak them were a deadly sin; And for having but thought them my heart within, A treble penance must be done.
Side 3 - Fresh Hints on the Nature of the Salmon," Jcc., price Ss 6d, are still to be had. " To us who leave the gentle art to more patient and painstaking spirits than our own, the best part of the book is that which contains some ' Fresh Hints on the Nature of the Salmon,' and for conducting the Salmon Fisheries of the Tweed.
Side 4 - Green is likewise remarkably like the original. But the most novel and interesting of all the illustrations is a fac simile print and inscription from Cardonel's rare picture of Hassingdean Church, showing the ruin as it existed subsequent to the year 1700. . . . It is obvious that no expense and no trouble have been spared to make this a really splendid reprint of Leyden's works, and we feel warranted in saying that it not only has never been, but never will be surpassed as a memorial of the true-hearted...
Side 3 - The publishers of this little volume deserve the highest credit for its handsome and elegant appearance. It contains an excellent portrait of Younger in his cobbler's apron. It is printed in a clear type, on good paper, and is very tastefully bound. We are glad to see such a production emanating from a publishing office in Roxburghshire. — Hawick Advertiser. A few copies of the 1861 edition, containing Younger' t "Fresh Hints on the Nature of the Salmon,'
Side 1 - ETC. ETC. At the request of the Publishers, Mr. STODDART wrote an Autobiography for this edition, the final revision of which he completed a few days before his death. The Autobiography extends to 40 pages, and contains many characteristic reminiscences and reflections, and an enumeration of his remarkably wide acquaintance with men of note in various walks of life. The Autobiography is illustrated by the following Photographs:— THE AUTHOR (Misus Srockldturst and Sooth, amateurs.) SHERIFF GLASSFOBD...
Side 4 - ... Leyden as a scholar, while gathering up a mass of interesting details regarding his Eastern career which have hitherto been scattered over many publications. Justice is also done to his little known translation work for the Bible Society. This standard edition . . ."—Edinburgh Daily Review, Dec.
Side 9 - Price 2s 6d, LIFE OF JAMES SCOTT, ESQ. Of Allanshaws, Roxburghshire, and Pastoral Farmer, Ross-shire. BY HIS SON-IN-LAW, THE EEV.
Side 14 - ... of NORTHUMBERLAND,) Carefully compiled by J. BARTHOLOMEW, Edinburgh, FRGS, from the Ordnance Survey Plans, on the scale of one-third of an inch to the mile. For beauty of engraving and geographical accuracy, this Map surpasses any County Map of the District ever yet published — it forms an excellent HUNTING MAP.