Alexander Smith
Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country.
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Title: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country.
Author: Alexander Smith
Publisher: Alexander Smith
Published: 1864
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 299
Catalogs: Essays, Scotland
Description: First American edition. Original dark blue herringbone cloth binding with gilt text on spine and decoration on front board. Spine ends slightly worn. Pages are tanned but unmarked. Burgundy glazed pastedowns. Chapters include On the Writing of Essays, Of Death and the Fear of Dying, William Dunbar, Christmas, Men of Letters, On the importance of a Man to Himself, A Shelf in My Bookcase, Geoffrey Chaucer, Books and Gardens, and On Vagabonds. This book is noted especially for the essay A Lark's Flight, in which Smith describes the song of a lark breaking the silence just before the trapdoor is sprung under two condemned men. Alexander Smith (1829/30-1867) was a Scottish poet of the Spasmodic School, and essayist. Spasmodic poetry frequently took the form of verse drama, the protagonist of which was often a poet. It was characterized by a number of features including lengthy introspective soliloquies by the protagonist. Hardcover, very good condition. 299 pages plus publisher's advertisements, 12mo.
Author: Alexander Smith
Publisher: Alexander Smith
Published: 1864
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 299
Catalogs: Essays, Scotland
Description: First American edition. Original dark blue herringbone cloth binding with gilt text on spine and decoration on front board. Spine ends slightly worn. Pages are tanned but unmarked. Burgundy glazed pastedowns. Chapters include On the Writing of Essays, Of Death and the Fear of Dying, William Dunbar, Christmas, Men of Letters, On the importance of a Man to Himself, A Shelf in My Bookcase, Geoffrey Chaucer, Books and Gardens, and On Vagabonds. This book is noted especially for the essay A Lark's Flight, in which Smith describes the song of a lark breaking the silence just before the trapdoor is sprung under two condemned men. Alexander Smith (1829/30-1867) was a Scottish poet of the Spasmodic School, and essayist. Spasmodic poetry frequently took the form of verse drama, the protagonist of which was often a poet. It was characterized by a number of features including lengthy introspective soliloquies by the protagonist. Hardcover, very good condition. 299 pages plus publisher's advertisements, 12mo.
