Download or read book The Daft Days written by Neil Munro and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Daft Days" by Neil Munro is a novel about a ten-year-old orphan, Lennox 'Bud' Dyce. She travels from America to Scotland to start a life with her uncle and aunties who live in a remote Highland coastal village. Soon they realize that Bud has some special talent as she's a natural mimic...

Download or read book Dear Canada Christmas Story No 7 The Daft Days of Christmas written by Julie Lawson and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holiday treat for fans of the Dear Canada series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Celebrate the holidays with someone new. After growing up at bustling Fort Edmonton on the Prairies, Jenna found it hard to follow the stricter rules at the more "civilized" Fort Victoria. Even with new friends and different family ties, she still treasures her exciting make-believe world of Villains and Heroes. Adventure is never far from Jenna's mind . . . and sometimes it erupts right into her life. This short story was originally published in Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember, a collection featuring many of Canada's top writers for children, including Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Carol Matas, and more. New readers will adore this stand-alone holiday tale, while fans of the series will recognize the voice of Jenna, whom they first met in the award-winning Dear Canada book Where the River Takes Me. Collect all 12 Dear Canada Christmas stories this season and enjoy a very happy holiday!

Download or read book The Poems of Robert Fergusson in Two Parts To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author and a Sketch of His Writings with a Copious Glossary Annexed written by Robert Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry written by Virginia Brackett and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive A-to-Z reference with approximately 400 entries providing facts about British poets and their poetry from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Download or read book The Works of Robert Fergusson Edited with Life of the Author and an Essay on His Genius and Writings by A B G written by Robert I Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Works of Robert Fergusson written by Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Works of R F Edited with the Life of the Author and an Essay on His Genius and Writings by A B G written by Robert Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Works of Robert Ferguson written by Robert Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The poetical works of Robert Fergusson with biogr intr notes and glossary by R Ford written by Robert Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Blackwood s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Little Book of Hogmanay written by Bob Pegg and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did You Know? No one knows the origin of the word Hogmanay. Until late in the twentieth century, Hogmanay was celebrated on two distinct dates, twelve days apart. On the island of Islay, it was a Hogmanay custom to predict who you would marry by throwing fish at the wall. There is more to Hogmanay than fireworks – firstfooting, Guisers, thiggers, mass ball games, clavies and the Dingwall Crate all feature within. Oh, and don't forget to look out for the Trows! The Little Book of Hogmanay is a feast of information exploring the history, folklore, tales, food, drink and traditions of Hogmanay, from its pagan roots to its celebratory present. Whether you need a user's guide or an anthology of entertainment, The Little Book of Hogmanay will tell you all you ever wanted to know about Scotland's most widely and wildly celebrated festival.

Download or read book The Poems of Robert Fergusson written by Robert Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Robert Fergusson and the Scottish Periodical Press written by Rhona Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Robert Fergusson published only one collection of poems during his lifetime, he was a fixture in the Scottish periodical press. Rhona Brown explores Fergusson's poetic output in its immediate periodical context, enabling a new understanding of Fergusson's contribution to poetry that also enlarges on our understanding of the Scottish periodical press. Focusing on the development of his career in Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Magazine, Brown situates Fergusson's poetry alongside contemporary events that expose Fergusson's preoccupations with the frivolities of fashion, theatrical culture, the economic status of Scottish manufacture, and politics. At the same time, Brown offers fascinating insights into the political climate of Enlightenment Scotland and shows the Weekly Magazine in relationship to the larger Scottish and British periodical milieus. She concludes by exploring reactions to Fergusson's death in the British periodical presses, arguing that contrary to critical consensus, the poet's death was ignored neither by his own country nor by the larger literary community.