Travels in Scotland (1842)
Kohl, J. G. [Johann Georg]UUUU
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In 1842, the German historian, geographer, and ethnographer J.G. Kohl travelled to Scotland, visiting among other places Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Perthshire and the Trossachs. In this absorbing account of his journey he describes the many scenes that he observed and the adventures that befell him: how he attempted to play golf in a Perth drawing-room, and how in the Borders he met a man with a wooden leg who had known Walter Scott but found him coarse and uncouth. Among many other varied incidents, Kohl tells of pigs being lowered from an Edinburgh tenement, of an Italian barometer-seller decked out in barometers from head to toe, of geese pulling a clown on the River Tay, of John Knox's house being used as a gin palace, of finding himself lost in hazardous mountain terrain with 'one of the most stupid people I have ever had as a guide', and of attending a lecture by a quack doctor promoting his own patent medicines. He paints a fascinating picture of the Scotland of 1842, reflecting on aspects of urban and rural life, noting advances in industry and agriculture, instructing his readers in details of Scottish history, languages, geography and geology, and commenting on political and ecclesiastical life - all this informed by eager scholarship, warm humanity and a quiet sense of humour.
Main title:
Travels in Scotland (1842) / J. G. Khol; translated with introduction and notes by Ursula Cairns Smith and J. M. Y. Simpson.
Imprint:
[n.p.] : lulu.com, 2012.
Collation:
186 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Translation of a German traveller's journey through Scotland in 1842First published in Germany, Dresden: Arnoldische Buchhandlung, 1844.
ISBN:
97814716485881471648583
Local class:
914.11
Language:
English
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BRN:
1323291
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