Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 153
He gathered the waters , and the earth appeared dry , He reared the mountains with their tops to the sky , When the earth was formed , there sprang forth the flowers , When word gave command , there descended fine showers To the ...
He gathered the waters , and the earth appeared dry , He reared the mountains with their tops to the sky , When the earth was formed , there sprang forth the flowers , When word gave command , there descended fine showers To the ...
Page 347
I had not been in the wood above 15 minutes , not gathered more than ten nuts , before I unfortunately fell into an old coal pit , exactly 51 feet deep , which had been made through a solid rock . On recovering 347 A Wonderful Account ...
I had not been in the wood above 15 minutes , not gathered more than ten nuts , before I unfortunately fell into an old coal pit , exactly 51 feet deep , which had been made through a solid rock . On recovering 347 A Wonderful Account ...
Page 427
... 329 high literary standard , 324 oral tradition , 324 , 329 praise poetry , 331 sung , 324 , 329 Gaelic revival ( 1820s ) , 316 Gaels , 307-33 depiction in ballad , 310-11 Gàidhealtachd rent - gathering , 99 schools , 325 Gallant ...
... 329 high literary standard , 324 oral tradition , 324 , 329 praise poetry , 331 sung , 324 , 329 Gaelic revival ( 1820s ) , 316 Gaels , 307-33 depiction in ballad , 310-11 Gàidhealtachd rent - gathering , 99 schools , 325 Gallant ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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