Sir Neil And Glengyle, The Highland Chieftains; A Tragical Ballad. And The Drunken Exciseman. -
Sir Neil and Glengyle, the highland chieftains; a tragical ballad. And the drunken exciseman.
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Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 8 pp.
The first, five-page "tragical" ballad here recounts the tale of the Highland Chieftain Sir Neil, who is supplanted by Glengyle in the affections of the woman he has been wooing. When the woman's brother is falsely informed that Sir Neil has been boasting of favors received from his sister, he forces the chieftain to fight him.
In spite of Sir Neil's efforts to avoid hurting him, the brother is killed. Glengyle then sets out to avenge his sweetheart's brother by challenging Sir Neil, and Sir Neil, fighting with great reluctance, is killed.
This is followed by a comic ballad (one-and-a-half pages) about a drunken exciseman who is carried underground by some miners and is persuaded that he has gone to hell.
The title-page bears a woodcut vignette of a soldier in a tunic, cloak and cap, and a "No 5" (with the "N" shaved away) printed at its top left — not at the center foot of the page, as in a variant we have seen.
NSTC 2N2681. Removed from a bound volume. Good++ condition.
The first, five-page "tragical" ballad here recounts the tale of the Highland Chieftain Sir Neil, who is supplanted by Glengyle in the affections of the woman he has been wooing. When the woman's brother is falsely informed that Sir Neil has been boasting of favors received from his sister, he forces the chieftain to fight him.
In spite of Sir Neil's efforts to avoid hurting him, the brother is killed. Glengyle then sets out to avenge his sweetheart's brother by challenging Sir Neil, and Sir Neil, fighting with great reluctance, is killed.
This is followed by a comic ballad (one-and-a-half pages) about a drunken exciseman who is carried underground by some miners and is persuaded that he has gone to hell.
The title-page bears a woodcut vignette of a soldier in a tunic, cloak and cap, and a "No 5" (with the "N" shaved away) printed at its top left — not at the center foot of the page, as in a variant we have seen.
NSTC 2N2681. Removed from a bound volume. Good++ condition.
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Bookseller
Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co., LLC (PRB&M)
(US)
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher Pr. for the booksellers
- Place of Publication Glasgow
- Date Published n.d. (ca. 1848)
- Size 12mo. 8 pp.