Johnny Gibb Of Gushetneuk And Its Author

Author : William Alexander
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ISBN 13 : 9781331903024
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim written by William Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim: With Glimpses of the Parish Politics About 1843 Following on the successive publication of several editions of Johnny Gibb, in a cheap and popular form, a fine edition in royal octavo was published at the commencement of 1880. The feature of the work, as thus issued, was the series of illustrations executed by Mr. George Reid, R.S.A. By all competent judges these have been admitted to be, not only admirable as samples of art, but strikingly characteristic and truthful as visible embodiments, by the pencil, of the life and its surroundings sought to be portrayed by the pen. The portrait sketches, while eminently felicitous interpretations of the characters in the text, are, at same time, "genuine typical Aberdeenshire faces," such as, at the date of the story, were to be found, without difficulty, among the dwellers in many a quiet rural scene. And the charming vignette illustrations from actual localities, of which the larger part are mentioned in their literal connection in the text, need no word of commendation. In the previous edition, which ran speedily out of print, the illustrations were most successfully engraved by M. Durand, Paris, and their present careful reproduction in lithographic form will, it is believed, be appreciated by those who have not been able to possess themselves of the more expensive volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.