Joanna Baillie’s anonymous first collection set out to describe nature and country manners plainly. A Winter Day follows a farm household from cock-crow to fireside; A Summer Day matches it; Night Scenes of Other Times is a Gothic tale in three parts; and a set of farewells shows how melancholy, cheerful and proud lovers each part from a mistress.
The debut of the Scottish poet and dramatist Scott admired, published eight years before Lyrical Ballads. Download the free EPUB.