Poems And Literary Prose Of Alexander Wilson The American Ornithologist Vol 1

Author : Alexander B. Grosart
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428785307
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Poems and Literary Prose of Alexander Wilson, the American Ornithologist, Vol. 1 written by Alexander B. Grosart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poems and Literary Prose of Alexander Wilson, the American Ornithologist, Vol. 1: For the First Time Fully Collected and Compared With the Original and Early Editions, Mss;, Etc;; Edited, With Memorial-Introduction, Essay, Notes, Illustrations, and Glossary; Prose Difficulties Overcome: Scenes in the Life of Alexander Wilson, the Ornithologist. By C. Lucy Brightwell, author of Heroes Of the Laboratory. London, 1861. 12mo. Pp. Iv. And 160. In the preparation Of the present edition of the Poems, I have, in every case, reproduced the original text from the editions of 1790 and 1791, and contemporary British and American periodicals and broad-sheets (e. G., Watty and Meg and The Shark, or Lang Mills Detected, and those Of the same group, appeared as chapbooks or broad-sheets). This recurrence to the Author's own text has enabled me to correct very many mistakes in every way of the editions Of 1814 and 1816, and onward to 1845, and all. All honour is due to the good and venerable thomas crichton for his services as Biographer, and in part, Editor of the Poems Of 1816. He cherished the memory of his friend wilson with peculiar tenderness and now, his own is a pleasant one to those who can still recall him. The 1845 edition was a well-meant effort to give a complete edition; but; its anonymous Editor must have been scantily furnished, as his errors literally swarm, and are Of the most elementary and illiterate kind. But, however uncritical, thanks must be tendered for the Belfast edition. 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.