Clergymen and Doctors: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches.Anonymous
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Clergymen and Doctors: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches.
Anonymous
Clergy; Medicine -- Anecdotes; Medicine -- Humor; Pastoral theology -- Anecdotes; Physicians
The 'EDINA' EDITION of BURNS contains Sixty-four entirely Original
Illustrations, drawn expressly for it; and the names of the Artists who
have kindly given their assistance--comprising several of the most
distinguished members of the Royal Scottish Academy--are a sufficient
guarantee that they are executed in the highest style of art. The
engraving of the Illustrations is executed by Mr. R. PATERSON; and the
volume is printed by Mr. R. CLARK, Edinburgh.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE 'EDINA BURNS.'
The Times.
'The arts of the printer and engraver show to advantage in this Scotch
edition of the Poems and Songs of Burns. The Artists who supply the
Illustrations are all of the land of Burns, and the book owes nothing
to handicraftsmen on this side the Tweed. Many of the engravings are
excellent, particularly the landscape sketches. Altogether the book is
a handsome one, and to the "Scot abroad" it would be difficult to make
a more acceptable present.'
Pall Mall Gazette.
'Mr. Nimmo's illustrated edition of the "Poems and Songs of Robert
Burns" is a book upon which the publisher has evidently bestowed great
care. Limiting himself to the art and industry of his own country, he
has endeavoured to unite Scotland's best draughtsmen, engravers, and
printers in the production of a worthy edition of Scotland's greatest
and dearest poet. The result is very satisfactory. It is certainly a
very meritorious production, and one which does great credit to the
publisher.'
The Examiner.
'Of all the handsome reprints of the works of "nature's own" bard, this
"Edina" edition of the poems and songs of Burns is, perhaps, the
handsomest yet produced. Beautifully printed, and profusely illustrated
by some of the most distinguished of the Scotch academicians, it forms
a shrine worthy of the genius of the "poet of the land of the mountain
and the flood."'
Court Circular.
'If we were asked what is the best and handsomest edition of Burns
extant, we should answer--and we call the special attention of the
reader to the distinguishing title which the publisher has affixed to
this volume--the "Edina."'
Saturday Review.
'This is, as it ought to be, a Scotch edition. It is of Scotland,
decidedly Scottish. Scotch as to author, printer, publisher, and
illustrator. The whole thing has a decidedly pretty and whiskyish look;
or, rather, to speak more decorously, it recalls the land of the
heather and the flood throughout.'
Illustrated London News.
'The magnificent "Edina" edition of his works is a noble tribute
rendered to the genius of Burns by the graphic and typographic skill
and taste of Edinburgh, the city which gave him an admiring welcome in
his lifetime, and where his monument has been erected.'
Court Journal.
'If Burns could have lived to see himself in such a jacket of gold and
red as Mr. Nimmo of Edinburgh puts upon him this year, he would, we
think, have shed a tear of gratitude, for pride would have been foreign
to so great a heart.'
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