Visions of poetry.
Scott, John,Lady,1810-1900.
[Edinburgh? : Privately printed?,
190-?]
This is a corrected author's proof of a collection of poems that were privately printed and, most probably, presented as gifts to friends and family. This is the only known extant copy of this collection.
Includes index.
This is a corrected author's proof of a collection of poems that were privately printed and, most probably, presented as gifts to friends and family. This is the only known extant copy of this collection.
Manuscript annotation on the title page in Alicia Scott's hand "A selection from Alicia Lady Scott's / private circulation only." Manuscript inscription in the same hand on the verso of the title page "This is a corrected copy, not to be given away and is the only copy I have in my posssession if these scraps of poetry, may be fated for a revised printing.". There are manuscript annotations to poems throughout the collection. A poignant inscription at the end of the poem entitled 'On the Sudden Departure of my Friend' reads "The real friend to whom these lines apply, became my adored husband, after several years of his absence from my society."