Hugh Miller, the self-taught Cromarty stonemason who became Scotland’s best-known geologist, spent his last years writing editorials for the Edinburgh paper The Witness. This selection gathers his long series on the national education question, his articles on the Sutherland clearances, and pieces on church affairs, public figures and his own experience.
Forceful Victorian journalism that matters to anyone studying Scottish education, the Disruption era or the Highland clearances. Download the free EPUB.