1835 Walter Scott Culloden Inverness Scotland ; Scottish History Travel Cookery

Description: The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott , Bart. Periodical Criticism Vol. III., Miscellaneous Published by Robert Cadell Edinburgh ( Scotland ) and Whittaker And Co. ; London 1835 Hardcover. Cloth binding, with original paper spine label. 4.5" x 7" , 367 pages. 188 years old. A volume of writings by Sir Walter Scott containing reviews of recently published works. Author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), the great novelist and poet of Scotland , stands among the greatest authors in the English language ; his works are classics of literature. ------- Good Condition. Light wear to the binding. Binding is sunned. ( see the photos ) The Hinges are Tight. No writing. No markings. There is foxing to the frontispiece engraved plate, engraved title-page and adjacent pages, and some to the endpapers. The engravings and the pages are otherwise in good condition; there is almost no foxing to the text pages. ------- The frontispiece engraving is a portrait of John Home (1722 – 1808 ), a Scottish minister, soldier and author. Home's play " Douglas " was a standard Scottish school text until the Second World War, though today his work is largely neglected. In 1783, Home was one of the joint founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Scotland's national academy of science and letters. The engraved title-page shows " Culloden House as it was in 1745 ( Culloden House is located in the eastern part of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. With significant links to Scottish history , the elegant ivy-clad hotel was originally a 16th century Jacobean castle. The house is situated just over 3 miles from the Culloden Battlefield and has been the focus of blood and destruction which nearly obliterated the highland way of life. The Culloden estate was recorded in a charter around A.D. 1232. Robert the Bruce ’s son Robert II (1316 – 1390) first claimed Culloden as his home. The House was partially destroyed by fire during the Battle of Culloden in 1745. It was rebuilt between 1772 and 1778 with a design that incorporated much of the original fortified house within its structure. In 1975 it was converted into a country house hotel. ) ------- This volume contains several of Walter Scott's reviews of works by various authors, including: 1. Tales Of My Landlord by Sir Walter Scott ( continued from the previous volume ) ( 86 pages ) Various elements of Scottish culture and history which influnced Scott's Tales Of My Landlord novels. On page 12, for example, is related something of the Northern Briton belief in witchcraft , the Devil , and the practice of dedicating infant children to Infernal Spirits , etc. 2. Criticism on Thornton's Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England , and a great part of the Highlands of Scotland. ( 14 pages ) A work authored by Colonel Thomas Thornton(1757 - 1823 ) of Thornville-Royal in Yorkshire , a zealous English sportsman. Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757-1823), of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire was a zealous sportsman, and revived falconry. In 1786 he undertook a sporting tour of northern England and the Scottish highlands, dividing his time between hunting, shooting, angling, and hawking. In 1804 he published "A Sporting Tour". Thornton was perhaps the most flamboyant sportsman and falconer of Britain's 18th century. The stories of his sporting exploits are the stuff of legend. 3. Two Cookery Books ( 12 pages ) Scott's thoughts on two books of Cookery which were published in 1805 ; New Practice of Cookery by Mrs. Hudson & Mrs. Donat , and Receipts in Modern Cookery with a Medical Commentary , by " Ignotus ." 4. Chronicles of England , France and Adjoining Countries by Sir John Froissart , Translated by Thomas Johnes , 1803-1805 ( 26 pages ) Walter Scott's thoughts on this work of history by French author of the medieval era, Jean Froissart ( A.D. 1337-1405) 5. The Miseries of Human Life , by Rev. Ja,es Beresford , A.M., of Merton College ( 21 pages ) Walter Scott considers this work. 6. Caledonian Sketches ; or A Tour Through Scotland in 1807 by Sir John Carr ( 25 pages ) Walter Scott reviews this work by Sir John Carr (1772–1832), an English barrister and travel writer. Carr's accounts of his journeys were popular for their light style. 6. Letters to and from Henrietta , Countess of Suffolk , and her Second Husband the Honourable George Berkely , from 1712 to 1767 Edited by Right Hon. J. W. Croker ( 28 pages ) Walter Scott's thoughts on Lady Suffolk's Correspondence. 7. The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland , from the Restoration to the year 1678 By Rev. Mr. James Kirkton , with an Account of the Murder of Archbishop Sharp , etc. ( 60 pages ) Walter Scott's extensive review of this work ; he considered this work to be valuable source material " for the history of a dark and turbulent period." 8. The Life and Works of the Author of Douglas ( John Home ) By the venerable Henry Mackenzie ( 85 pages ) Walter Scott's thoughts on John Home (1722 – 1808 ), a Scottish minister, soldier and author , and on this biographical work. ------- Published in 1835. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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