Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest. /
MacGill, Stevenson,1765-1840.
MacGill, Stevenson,1765-1840,inscriber.StEdNL
Ewing, James,1775-1853,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh: : Printed for Waugh and Innes; and sold by the principal booksellers in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow.,
1819.
With a half title page.
The first edition of the collected essays of Church of Scotland minister and Professor Divinity at the University of Glasgow, Stevenson MacGill(1765-1840). The eight discourses address MacGill’s numerous social concerns which included prisons, lunatic asylums, and education, as well as the material welfare of his parishioners.
On prisons -- On bridewells -- On aiding destitute criminals -- On asylums for lunatics -- On elementary education -- On the qualifications of the teachers of youth -- On the character and conduct becoming ministers of the Gospels -- On provision for the poor.
Manuscript inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf "To James Ewing Esqr / with best compts / from the author". This is probably James Ewing of Strathleven (1775-1853), Lord Provost of Glasgow (1823-33), and MP for Glasgow (1832-35).
Education.
Mentally ill
Poor.
Prisons.
Poverty
Prisons
Education.
Mentally ill
Poor.
Prisons.
Scotland Edinburgh.