Letters Of Dr John Brown With Letters From Ruskin, Thackeray And Others

1st edition.~ Cloth, VG. xii+368pp, b/w frontis, 13pp b/w plates, 4 b/w illustrations, index, title page, frontis & frontis tissue guard rather foxed, otherwise a nice copy. ~ The letters from John Brown [ 1810 - 1882 ] the Scottish essayist & physician. Despite writing little he is renowned for the canine tale 'Rab And His Friends', a story about a Highland Terrier. The book also contains letters from Thackeray & Ruskin, both of whom were close friends of Brown.