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A Recent Scottish Literary Find

A Recent Scottish Literary Find A YEAR OR TWO AGO there came into my hands a manuscript book about Edinburgh in the 1790s written in his old age in 1854 by a certain John Howell. This book, which had been sent by a relative, proved to be of great interest both topographically and as a record of social life, and was eventually secured by the National Library of Scotland. A few months later, the Keeper of Manuscripts in the Library wrote to me again saying that he believed there might be further eighteenthand nineteenthcentury letters and papers in the possession of the former owner of the Howell manuscript, and asking whether she might be willing to allow these to be seen, and possibly acquired, by the Library. The papers turned out to be predominantly family papers, and the central figure in this context was John Brown, M.D., the Edinburgh essayist 181082, the author of three volumes of essays and papers, Horae Subsecivae, the best known of which are perhaps Pet Marjorie and Rab and his Friends. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library Review Emerald Publishing

A Recent Scottish Literary Find

Cairns, David
Library Review , Volume 25 (2): 5 – Feb 1, 1975
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Emerald Publishing
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0024-2535
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A YEAR OR TWO AGO there came into my hands a manuscript book about Edinburgh in the 1790s written in his old age in 1854 by a certain John Howell. This book, which had been sent by a relative, proved to be of great interest both topographically and as a record of social life, and was eventually secured by the National Library of Scotland. A few months later, the Keeper of Manuscripts in the Library wrote to me again saying that he believed there might be further eighteenthand nineteenthcentury letters and papers in the possession of the former owner of the Howell manuscript, and asking whether she might be willing to allow these to be seen, and possibly acquired, by the Library. The papers turned out to be predominantly family papers, and the central figure in this context was John Brown, M.D., the Edinburgh essayist 181082, the author of three volumes of essays and papers, Horae Subsecivae, the best known of which are perhaps Pet Marjorie and Rab and his Friends.

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Library Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 1975

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