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Nonconformist in London, Middlesex

22 May 1878

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Nonconformist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 22, 1878

Page

3

Aird Life Presented Through Carlyle Letters and Nature

The article reviews Thomas Aird’s life from Bowden to Dumfries Herald editor, details his quiet, solitary literary temperament, and notes Carlyle’s rebukes and praise. It highlights Aird’s works The Devil’s Dream on Mount Aksbeck and The Old Bachelor, and recalls intimate scenes with birds at Mountain Hall, framing him as a shy, genteel writer tied to nature.

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Thomas Aird Thomas Carlyle Jardine Wallace Scotland Dear Aird Carlyle Aird Bowden Roxburghshire Thomas University of Edinburgh Frank Sylvan Robin Mountain Hall Bob Tibbie White Selborne Sisterhood Wilson James Hogg de Quincey D. M. Moir Delta Aytoun Mount Aksbeck
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Holland travel notes and books reviewed in brief

A reader criticizes Charles Wood for treating Holland as unfamiliar, noting he overstates novelty. The piece mentions Through Holland by Charles Wood with fifty seven illustrations and Holland and Her Heroes by Albert, published in London by Kegan Paul and Co.

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Holland Cuartes Wood London Richard Bentley and Son Many Albert Kegan Paul and Co
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Critique of Mr Wood on Holland Travel Book

A reviewer savages Mr Wood for a Holland travel book, arguing it offers little new, repeats common knowledge, and lacks insight. The piece mocks his itinerary from London to Rotterdam, praises Bavard's works, and notes the author’s sentimentalism and ignorance despite occasional quotations. It admires the book’s engravings and large print while lampooning its observations of Leiden Utrecht Amsterdam and Dutch life.

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Mr. Wood Wood Holland Long Sea Passage London Rotterdam Thames Maas General Steam Navigation Company Cameron Stanley Royal Geographical Society Zuyder Zee M. Bavard Motley Leiden Robinson Pilgrim Fathers England Scotland Utrecht Virginia Paul Adrian the Pope Amsterdam Church of England Presbyterian Church of Scotland Bibel Mr. Bourne Locke Bull The Hague Haarlem
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