Some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair minister of the gospel at Cross-Meikle

[Lockhart, John Gibson]

Published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, London, Edinburgh, 1822

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 337, [1], [12] Blackwood ads; original pink paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; binding a touch soiled, but nonetheless a near fine copy. The second of just four novels written by Lockhart, now famous as a source for Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter (see "Adam Blair and The Scarlet Letter" by Will and Mimosa Stephenson in The Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, vol. II, no. 19). Lockhart was married to Sir Walter Scott's eldest daughter Sophia, and they settled on Scott's estate until he became editor of The Quarterly Review in London. His biography of Scott was his greatest book. "He had admirable materials in Scott's letters and journals, but he turned them to such account that the biography may safely be described as, next to Boswell's 'Johnson,' the best in the language" (DNB). Sadleir 1447; Wolff 4173 (lacking half-title and adverts).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair minister of the gospel at Cross-Meikle
• Publisher: William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, London, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1822
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • English Literature