| Published |
1836 |
| Author |
Bray, Anna Eliza
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| Title |
A Description of the Part of Devonshire Bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; Its Natural History, Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Scenery, Antiquities, Biography of Eminent Persons, &c. &c. In a Series of Letters to Robert Southey, Esq. By Mrs. Bray, Author of ‘Travels in Normandy,’ ‘Fitz of Fitz-Ford,’ ‘The Talba,’ ‘De Foix,’ etc. In Three Volumes. |
| Publisher’s imprint |
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. MDCCCXXXVI [1836]. |
| Printer’s colophon |
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street. |
| Format |
12o; 3 vols: pp. iv. 394(I), 356(II), 373(III) |
| Sources |
BBT, 86; NSTC 2S42909 |
| Copy inspected |
Google NYPL |
| Notes |
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T.p. epigraph: [“I own the power / Of local sympathy that o’er the fair / Throws more divine allurement, and o’er all / The great more grandeur, and my kindling muse, / Fired by the universal passion, pours / Haply a partial lay.” Carrington’s Dartmoor.]; from Nicholas Toms Carrington, Dartmore: A Descriptive Poem (1826), ll. 12-18.
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In her preface, Bray notes that ‘the writer ... has attempted to act on his [Robert Southey’s] plan’; the letters themselves are addressed to Southey.
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Editions: 1838 as Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches of Devonshire [...] By Mrs. Bray [...].
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Reviews: Monthly Rev. 1.3, n.s. (Mar. 1836): 417-31; British Mag. 9 (Apr. 1836): 417; Quarterly Rev. 59.118 (Oct. 1837): 275-327; London Quarterly and Holborn Rev. 24.48 (July 1865): 341-63.
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Full text links: Google, vol. 1; vol. 2; vol. 3
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| Genre |
Narrative letters |
| BTW record no. |
BTW1030 |
| Region |
England
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