Winter, William

Gray Days and Gold In England and Scotland [Victorian Gift Book - Binding]

Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1893. Third Printing.

Gilt embossed beige linen cloth with gilt titles and flower decoration in gilt and red to light grey linen. Top edge gilt.  24 mo.;4 by 5.5 inches.

The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with some hand-soiling.

Very Good / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Item #17510

The author relates to the gray days of an American wanderer in the British islands, and to the gold of thought and fancy that can be found there. He has an imaginary companion: Shakespeare.

He attempts to depict, in an unconventional manner, those lovely scenes that are intertwined with the name and the memory of Shakespeare, and also to reflect the spirit of that English scenery in general which, to an imaginative mind, must always be venerable with historic antiquity and tenderly hallowed with poetic and romantic association.

The narrative continues the same treatment of kindred themes, referring not only to the land of Shakespeare, but to the land of Burns and Scott.

Price: $24.00