Publisher: | Paris: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme | Edition: | Second Edition; Published Date: 1807; First Published: 1806 | Dimensions: | 180 x 120 mm (7 x 5 inches) - 216pp, 280pp, 224pp. | Appearance: | Leather covers | Condition: | G : in Good condition without dust jacket. One volume lacking red leather title panel to spine. Outer hinges splitting. Occasional light foxing within. |
Anne Macvicar Grant was born in Glasgow on 21 February 1755. After an upbringing in America she married James Grant, a minister, in 1779, and accompanied him to his Highland parish of Laggan. When he died in 1800 Anne decided to supplement her income by writing and in 1803 published by subscription a collection of poems, mainly on Highland subjects. In 1803 she published selections of her correspondence from her time in the highlands. The book, Letters from the Mountains, was a major success, going into four editions within two years, perhaps in part because its lyrical passages describing Highland scenery
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