The Poems And Literary Prose Of Alexander Wilson The American Ornithologist For The First Time Fully Collected And Compared With The Original And Early Editions Mss Etc Volume Volume 1

Author : Alexander B. Grosart
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ISBN 13 : 9781331168515
Total Pages : 416 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 . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 416 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 It is a somewhat remarkable fact that with the exception of Allan Ramsay, Fergusson, and Bums, none of our Scottish vernacular poets has been so continuously kept 'in print' as Alexander Wilson. Since the publication by himself of the thin volume of 1790, and its re-issue in 1791, there never has been a time when his Poems were not obtainable through the ordinary channels. This is more than can be said of Dunbar, Henryson, Gavin Douglas, Montgomery, Alexander Scot, or Drummond, earlier; or of Meston, Ross, Skinner, Macneil, Bruce, or Tannahill, later, or even more recently of William Tennant, or Robert Nicoll. One must attribute this vitality of interest in Poetry that is not in itself of the highest, or the greatest work or workmanship of its Author, to the ever-widening and deepening fame of the "Ornithology," and to the multiplied Lives of him. As noted in the Memorial-Introduction (page xvii.) there have been seven full Lives, besides as many more, and indeed twice as many more, lesser notices, e. g.: - 1. Account of Life and Writings, prefixed to "Poems" Paisley, 1816: pp. ix.-lxxxii. 12mo. (Chiefly by Thomas Crichton.) 1. Biographical Sketches of the late Alexander Wilson... Communicated in a Series of Letters to a Young Friend: Paisley, 1819: pp. 88. 8vo. (By Thomas Crichton. 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.