This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...productions under one or another of these five heads: --(a) Historical; (6) Biographical; (c) Religious and Moral; (d) Manuals of Instruction; (e) Almanacks. (a) H1stor1cal.--The historical chapbook was much in evidence, and few outstanding events in national history were overlooked. There were publications dealing ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...productions under one or another of these five heads: --(a) Historical; (6) Biographical; (c) Religious and Moral; (d) Manuals of Instruction; (e) Almanacks. (a) H1stor1cal.--The historical chapbook was much in evidence, and few outstanding events in national history were overlooked. There were publications dealing with The Battle of Otterburn, The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, The Battle of Drumclog, Executions in Scotland from the Year 1600, The Battle of Killiecrankie, The Massacre of Glencoe, and The Rebellion of 1745-6. Then there were others that dealt with such subjects as Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow and the High Church. Three of these chapbooks have the merit of being written by eye-witnesses of the actions they describe. The account of The Battle of Both-well Bridge was composed "by the Laird of Torfoot, an Officer in the Presbyterian Army." It forms a 16 page chapbook, and is written, as will be readily understood, from the Presbyterian point of view. A later editor of this work, in an undated edition issued by G. Caldwell of Paisley, added a footnote which strangely confuses the author of the Scots Worthies--John Howie of Lochgoin--with Old Mortality of the Waverley Novels. Referring to the John Howie of the Covenant days, the editor says, "The grandson of this person (John Howie) was the person whom the Great Unknown calls Old Mortality. I have been from infancy familiar with the history of this author of the epitaphs, this repairer of the tombs of the martyrs; but I never heard him called Old Mortality. Everybody in the west of Scotland is familiar with the name of John Howie--Old Mortality is the name in romance." It is quite apparent that the editor confused Robert Paterson with John Howie. An abridgement of this narrativ...
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" 8vo. -over 7¾ in. -9¾ in. 144pp., including index and errata. Quarter bound cream cloth over gray paper boards with a spine label. Illustrated with b/w reproductions. A Good copy with light fading to the spine, light wear to the cloth and boards, and light dust soiling to the pages; the interior is clean and unmarked.
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Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. 18x12cm, 153 pp, A facsimile reprint of the 1903 edition. Contents: Humorous; Instructive: Historical, Biographical, Religious & Moral; Manuals of Instruction; Almanacs; Romantic; Superstitious; Songs & Ballads; Conclusion; List of Chapbooks; Glossary.
