A handful of scattered leaves; : being a small collection of original miscellaneous poetry. /
Waddell, P. Hately(Peter Hately),1816-1891.
Waddell, P. Hately(Peter Hately),1816-1891,inscriber.StEdNL
Christie,Miss,active 1837,former owner.StEdNL
Corham, Alison,19th century,former owner.StEdNL
[Glasgow] : Printed for the use only of subscribers and friends.,
1837.
With a half title page.
A rare first edition of this collection of verse, the first work of the Scottish cleric, Peter Hatley Waddell (1817-1891), who wrote widely on aspect of Scottish culture and ancient Celtic history. Waddell ws the son of James Waddell of Balquhatston, and was born at Balquhatston House, Slammanan, Stirlingshire. He was a student of divinity at the University of Glasgow at the time of the disruption of 1843 of the Church of Scotland. He cast in his lot with the seceders, who afterwards formed the Free Church of Scotland. The fact that this copy has Waddell's name largely erased from the title page may suggest he was keen that he should not be associated with the poems of his youth.
Manuscript inscription on the half title page "With the respectful compliments of the author to Miss Christie / April 1837". Below that "To Alison Corham".
Scotland Glasgow.