Research Catalog

Title

Miscellaneous essays and addresses / by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Baronet ; also biographical note and bibliography ; illustrated with six engravings.

Author

Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878.

Publication

London : J.C. Nimmo, 1891.

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Details

Description

xxxii, 488 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.; 27 cm.

Series Statement

• The Works of Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell Baronet ; v. 6
• Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878. Works ; v. 6.

Subjects

• History
• Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859
• Proverbs
• Ford, Richard, 1796-1858
• Strange, Robert, Sir, 1721-1792

Note

• Added t.p., engraved, with colored ornamental border.
• "Six hundred and forty copies of this New Edition printed for England, and four hundred for America."

Contents

The proverbial philosophy of Scotland -- A few Spanish proverbs about friars -- Wit and wisdom from West Africa -- Adagia of Erasmus -- William Hickling Prescott -- Ticknor's Life of Prescott -- Richard Ford (1) -- Richard Ford (2) -- Sir Robert Strange -- The Dukes of Urbino -- Devises and mottoes --Ancient Scottish seals -- Spanish bull-fights -- Rectorial address: St. Andrew -- On some varieties of historical style -- The fall of two empires, 1814 and 1870 -- Sir Walter Scott -- Rectorial address: Edinburgh -- Chancellor's address: Glasgow.

Call Number

NCZ (Stirling-Maxwell, W. Miscellaneous essays and addresses)

OCLC

34278869

Author

Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878.

Title

Miscellaneous essays and addresses / by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Baronet ; also biographical note and bibliography ; illustrated with six engravings.

Imprint

London : J.C. Nimmo, 1891.

Edition

[New ed.]

Series

The Works of Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell Baronet ; v. 6

Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878. Works ; v. 6.

Local Note

No. 566.

Research Call Number

NCZ (Stirling-Maxwell, W. Miscellaneous essays and addresses)