[DRUMMOND, (Mrs.) Harriet]

Lucy Seymour: or, it is More Blessed to Give than to Receive

Boston: New England Sabbath School Union, 1852. Reprint. Octavo (15.5cm); deep blue decorative cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; 138pp, frontis., 2 plates. Spine tanned, mild chipping to heel and crown; moderate rubbing and wear to boards, with spots of soil and bleaching; leading corners bumped. Textblock foxed; gift inscription on ffep, rear endpaper creased; plates and adjacent pages toned. Good.

While not much biographical information is readily available about Mrs. Harriet Drummond, it can be gleaned that she was the wife of Rev. David Thomas Kerr Drummond, minister of an Episcopal church in Edinburgh. Mrs. Drummond wrote several religious tracts for young readers, including Lucy Seymour (c. 1847), which concerns the religious awakening of a selfish little girl (incidentally named Harriet). She also collaborated with her husband and edited some of his works.

Price: $35.00

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