![]() ![]() Pages yellowed and foxed, covers marked, inscription front cover. Published 1903 by MacMillan & Co Ltd (2nd Edition) Their naïve comments on their experiences, and the comments of their friends in Scotland on the letters themselves, produce what is in effect a social satire, on travellers, on London society, and on the ‘douce folk’ at home. The novel largely takes the form of letters recording the adventures of a worthy Scottish minister, Dr Zachariah Pringle, and his family, in the course of a visit to London. ![]() THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES published 1821 by John Galt. The novel provides a humorous and realistic account of a typical parish minister of the late 18th and early 19th century, the way of life in rural Scotland, and the social changes of the Industrial Revolution. It is the source of the term ‘utilitarian’ adopted by J. The Revd Michael Balwhidder chronicles in some detail the social and economic changes affecting the people of the town of Dalmailing in Ayrshire during the period 1760–1810. ANNALS OF THE PARISH, an 1821 novel of Scottish country life by John Galt. ![]()
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