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Author Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856.

Title The cruise of the Betsey, or, A summer ramble among the fossiliferous deposits of the Hebrides : with Rambles of a geologist, or, Ten thousand miles over the fossiliferous deposits of Scotland / by Hugh Miller
Published Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co., 1858

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Description 486 pages ; 20 cm
Summary From 1840 Miller was based in Edinburgh, where he was the founding editor of "The Witness" newspaper. This is his account of his summer breaks from journalism, seeking out fossils around Scotland in all weather conditions. It was written for publication in "The Witness". He often adopts a personal and autobiographical strain in his writing, illuminating observations with anecdotes from his own experiences. His style was influenced by his favourite boyhood authors, 18th-century writers such as Addison and Pope. The preface alludes to the tragic circumstances surrounding Miller's untimely death before the first publication of this work
Notes Edited by W.S. Symonds. --Preface
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Ex libris Frederick Lucas Benham SRGS
Subject Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 -- Travel -- Scotland -- Hebrides.
Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 -- Travel -- Scotland.
Betsey (Yacht)
Geologists -- Scotland -- Biography.
Geology -- Scotland -- Hebrides.
Geology -- Scotland.
Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Paleontology -- Scotland -- Hebrides.
Paleontology -- Scotland.
Travelers -- Scotland -- Biography.
Travelers -- Scotland -- Hebrides -- Biography.
Yachting -- Scotland -- Biography.
SUBJECT Hebrides (Scotland) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115336
Scotland -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118818
Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118873
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Author Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856. Rambles of a geologist, or, Ten thousand miles over the fossiliferous deposits of Scotland
Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel), 1818-1887.
Other Titles Summer ramble among the fossiliferous deposits of the Hebrides
Rambles of a geologist, or, Ten thousand miles over the fossiliferous deposits of Scotland