Amusements of solitude. /
Herald, Alexander.
Kyd, Elisabeth,active 1849,former owner.StEdNL: AB.1.218.033
Arbroath: : Stewart Gellatly. ; Dundee: : W. Middleton. ; Edinburgh: : J. Menzies. ; London: : Whittaker and Co.,
MDCCCXLV. [1845]
With a half title page.
Manuscript poems in the hand of the author on the front and back endpapers. The manuscript poems are inspired by the death of his son Willie of scarlet fever in January 1848, and by the death of his patron John Guthrie of Guthrie, who died in 1845, shortly after the publication of the book. The recto of the second front flyleaf has the inscription "A remembrance to Miss Elisabeth Kyd with the kindest regards of the author. July 13th 1849.".
English poetry
Scottish poetry
Scotland Arbroath.