Author: Watson, William
Publisher: London: Lane 1896.
Description: 50p pus 16p publisher's catalogue in the back, large paper copy, one of 75, buckram cloth binding very well preserved and tight, purple endpapers, frontispiece with tisssueguard, light library markings, with an interesting preface referring to Armenia: "The Poet Laureate assured me Firstly, that whosoever in any circumstances arraigns [our] country for anything that she may do or leave undone, thereby covers himself with shame; secondly, that although the continued torture, rape, and massacre of a Christian people under the eyes of a Christian continent may be a lamentable thing, it is best to be patient, seeing that the patience of God Himself can never be exhausted; and thirdly, that if I were but with him in his pretty country - house, were but comfortably seated "by the yule - log's blaze," and joining with him in seasonable conviviality, the enigmas of Providence and the whole mystery of things would presently be enabled to understand that "she bides her hour behind the bastioned brine"
Order No: PIP 149409
Language: English
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