ISBN: 1130197239

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], DANIEL COIT GILMAN,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 844 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.7in.This historic book … Plus…

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], DANIEL COIT GILMAN,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 844 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.7in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: . . . He wrote poems and contributed to the newspapers. In 1804 he migrated to London. As a commercial agent, he traveled on the Continent, going as far cast as Constantinople. On a part of the voyage he was associated with Lord Byron, whose life he afterwards wrote. As secretary of the Canada Company, he was in Canada forthree years (1826-29). Returning to England and then to Scotland, he devotee! the rest of his life to miscellaneous literary work. He died at Greenock, April 11, 1839. Gaits poetry, plays, and biographies have little. interest. But he holds a secure place in the progress of English fiction by his sketches of Scotch life, among which are Ayrshire Legatees (1820); The Annals of the Parish (1821): and Last of the Lairds (1826). The Omen (1825) was praised by Scott; and Laicrie Todd (1830) has especial interest, as it contains admirable sketches of frontier life in America. Gait undertook to rival Scott in historical fiction, and failed miserably. Consult his Autobiography (London. 1833). His novels were edited bv Meldrum (8 vols. , London, 1895. 96). GALT, Sir Thomas (1S15-1901). A Canadian jurist, son of John Gait (q. v. J, born in London, England. He was educated there and in Scotland, but emigrated to Canada in 1832. He found employment for six years with the Canada Land Company, of which his father was superintendent, but afterwards studied law, and began to practice in Toronto (1845). He was made Queens Counsel (1858), Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1887), was knighted (1888), and retired in 1894. GAbTON, galUm, Sir Douglas Stbutt (1822-99). Aii English scientist and engineer, born at Spring Hill, near Birmingham. He was educated chiefly at Rugby aiid the Koyal Military Academy (Woolwich); was appointed second lieutenant of engine. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1130197239

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing… Plus…

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: .He wrote poems and contributed to the newspapers. In 1804 he migrated to London. As a commercial agent, he traveled on the Continent, going as far cast as Constantinople. On a part of the voyage he was associated with Lord Byron, whose life he afterwards wrote. As secretary of the Canada Company, he was in Canada for three years (1826-29). Returning to England and then to Scotland, he devotee! the rest of his life to miscellaneous literary work. He died at Greenock, April 11, 1839. Gait s poetry, plays, and biographies have little. interest. But he holds a secure place in the progress of English fiction by his sketches of Scotch life, among which are Ayrshire Legatees (1820); The Annals of the Parish (1821): and Last of the Lairds (1826). The Omen (1825) was praised by Scott; and Laicrie Todd (1830) has especial interest, as it contains admirable sketches of frontier life in America. Gait undertook to rival Scott in historical fiction, and failed miserably. Consult his Autobiography (London. 1833). His novels were edited bv Meldrum (8 vols., London, 1895.96). GALT, Sir Thomas (1S15-1901). A Canadian jurist, son of John Gait (q.v.J, born in London, England. He was educated there and in Scotland, but emigrated to Canada in 1832. He found employment for six years with the Canada Land Company, of which his father was superintendent, but afterwards studied law, and began to practice in Toronto (1845). He was made Queen s Counsel (1858), Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1887), was knighted (1888), and retired in 1894. GAbTON, gal Um, Sir Douglas Stbutt (1822-99). Aii English scientist and engineer, born at Spring Hill, near Birmingham. He was educated chiefly at Rugby aiid the Koyal Military Academy (Woolwich); was appointed second lieutenant of engine.<

2012, ISBN: 1130197239

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Plus…

[EAN: 9781130197235], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: .He wrote poems and contributed to the newspapers. In 1804 he migrated to London. As a commercial agent, he traveled on the Continent, going as far cast as Constantinople. On a part of the voyage he was associated with Lord Byron, whose life he afterwards wrote. As secretary of the Canada Company, he was in Canada for three years (1826-29). Returning to England and then to Scotland, he devotee! the rest of his life to miscellaneous literary work. He died at Greenock, April 11, 1839. Gait s poetry, plays, and biographies have little. interest. But he holds a secure place in the progress of English fiction by his sketches of Scotch life, among which are Ayrshire Legatees (1820); The Annals of the Parish (1821): and Last of the Lairds (1826). The Omen (1825) was praised by Scott; and Laicrie Todd (1830) has especial interest, as it contains admirable sketches of frontier life in America. Gait undertook to rival Scott in historical fiction, and failed miserably. Consult his Autobiography (London. 1833). His novels were edited bv Meldrum (8 vols., London, 1895.96). GALT, Sir Thomas (1S15-1901). A Canadian jurist, son of John Gait (q.v.J, born in London, England. He was educated there and in Scotland, but emigrated to Canada in 1832. He found employment for six years with the Canada Land Company, of which his father was superintendent, but afterwards studied law, and began to practice in Toronto (1845). He was made Queen s Counsel (1858), Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1887), was knighted (1888), and retired in 1894. GAbTON, gal Um, Sir Douglas Stbutt (1822-99). Aii English scientist and engineer, born at Spring Hill, near Birmingham. He was educated chiefly at Rugby aiid the Koyal Military Academy (Woolwich); was appointed second lieutenant of engine.<