Compiled and Edited by David Ross (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. The scots turn of phrase has always been sharp and vivid. This absorbing anthology shows the Scots mind in action from the thirteenth century to the present day - on a host of themes from Angling to Personalities, Animals to Love, Education to Places, and from Costume to Warfare. The collection also includes quotations fron non-Scottish writers and thinkers who experienced Scotland or its people at first hand, from Francois Rabelais to Winston Churchill. Unmatched in its range and variety, here is an essential reference book, fully indexed, which is also full of surprises and delights for the browser. 202 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). …