Religious discourses /
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.
London : Henry Colburn ...,
1828.
Printer named on the verso of the title page: Ibotson and Palmer.
Anonymous author: Sir Walter Scott.
'The history of the following remarkable productions of their illustrious author's mind, may be very briefly told. They were written some time ago, with the kind intention of serving a youthful friend, then pursuing his theological studies; but without the slightest idea that they would ever meet the public eye. Circumstances, however, which have occurred since that period, induced the gentleman for whom they were composed, to request the author's permission to publish them for his own benefit, which was cordially granted ...' -- Preface, p.[v]-vi.
The Preface is signed 'W.S.' and dated 'Abbotsford, January 2, 1828'.
The spine reads: 'Burns. Religious discourses 1828'.
Discourse I. The Christian and the Jewish dispensations compared -- Discourse II. The blessedness of the righteous.
Religious literature, English.