Andrew Lang
This volume is a study of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border and its editor Sir Walter Scott.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is an anthology of Border ballads, together with some from north-east Scotland and a few modern literary ballads, edited by Walter Scott. It was first published in 1802. (Source: Wikipedia)
Best known for his work collecting folk and fairy tales, this is the Scottish writer Andrew Lang's treatise on all things bookish. As he states in the preface, the work is "the swan-song of a book-hunter. The author does not book-hunt any more: he leaves the sport to others, and with catalogues he lights a humble cigarette". The topics Lang reflects upon are wide-ranging: from "Literary Forgeries" to the "Bookmen at
...Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. (Source: Wikipedia)