St. Johnstoun; or, John, the Earl of Gowrie. In Three Volumes.

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St. Johnstoun is a historical novel based on an alleged conspiracy to assassinate King James of Scotland in 1600. Appropriately for the setting, several of the characters speak in Scots throughout the work. The title refers to Perth, Scotland, which was historically known as St. Johnstoun. The novel is influenced by the work of Sir Walter Scott, with whom Eliza LoganÊ(1779 - 1861) exchanged letters in 1824. Scott was knowledgeable about the conspiracy and its historical context and offered insight into the topic for LoganÕs follow-up novel Restalrig; or, The Forfeiture (1829). Though Scott explained that he had Ònot yet had the good fortune to readÓ St. Johnstoun, he noted that he knew of LoganÕs work before her letter and that St. Johnstoun was a Òwell-esteemedÓ novel (Grierson). Three volumes, twelvemo. iv, 304; 300; 292 pp. PublisherÕs mauve cloth remainder binding (no earlier than mid-1830s; see below) with paper spine label. Spines uniformly faded; some fading to top edge as well. Edges untrimmed. Foxing to edges in all volumes (more significantly in volume three) Some dust soiling at fore-edge in volume three. White endpapers with some toning and bubbling. A very good, tight, wide-margined set. First edition. Wolff describes a binding identical to this one: ÒMauve patterned sand-grained cloth, labels (price one guinea), white endpapers,Ó (Nineteenth Century Fiction, 4178). The Wolff entry does not note the binding as a remainder, though it clearly is. We could not find much information on Eliza LoganÊ(1779 - 1861). She lived in Coldingham, Berwickshire on the southeastern coastline of Scotland. Garside et al., English Novel, 123:58. Grierson, ed. The Letters of Sir Walter Scott (1979), vol. 8, pp. 456-459. N° de ref. del artículo 16884

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