Author: Lady Holland, Mrs Austin (ed)
Title: A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith with a Selection of His Letters
Description: London , Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855. Leather. An affectionate memoir of wit, writer and cleric Sydney Smith. Written by his daughter, Lady Saba Holland, the second wife of Sir Henry Holland. Sydney Smith published several sermons and religious work. His reputation among contemporaries was that of a humorist. He was known to make jest of religious subjects. He is known in the United States for his rhyming recipe for salad dressing. In full, diced calf prize bindings. Externally, generally smart. rubbing to boards and spine. Prize bookplate from Harrow school to front pastedown of Vol I addressed to E H Allen. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to first and last few pages, otherwise generally clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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