Author: MACNEILL, HECTOR
Title: Poetical Works of Hector Macneill, Esq
Description: Edinburgh: Wm Forrester, 1856. Reprint. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 170mm x 100mm (7" x 4"). xiv, 278pp. Hector Macneill (1746-1818) was a Scottish poet, the son of a poor army captain and went to work as a clerk in 1760 at the age of fourteen. He was sent to the West Indies and served as assistant secretary from 1780-86. After he returned to Scotland, he wrote various political pamphlets, two novels, and several poems, The Harp (1789), The Carse of Forth, and Scotland's Skaith.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded .

Keywords: Poetry Scotland 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian


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