Title: Edinburgh papers by Robert Chambers, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Sc., F.G.S., F.L.S., &c. Author of ‘Traditions of Edinburgh.’ The romantic Scottish ballads
Description: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">8vo. pp. 46. Signatures: [A]10 B-C8. Original wrappers. Presentation inscription dated “Edinburgh, Oct. 1, 1859” from Chambers to Jane Welsh Carlyle on title page, and with Thomas Carlyle’s bookplate on front wrapper verso.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Chambers attributes several ballads, in addition to Hardyknute, to Elizabeth Halket, Lady Wardlaw.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4103139" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>