The Grimsay Press - Dumfries and Maxwelltown: Two Scottish Burghs - comprising The Growth of a Scottish Burgh: a study in the early history of Dumfries (1915) and Maxwelltown: Some memories of an old Scotch Burgh (1897)

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Dumfries and Maxwelltown: Two Scottish Burghs - comprising The Growth of a Scottish Burgh: a study in the early history of Dumfries (1915) and Maxwelltown: Some memories of an old Scotch Burgh (1897)

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By Shirley, George William and J.S.Elder
ISBN 1845300831
SERIES Ecclefechan Carlyle Society
Paperback 126 pages

Published 3 August 2010
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Comprising The Growth of a Scottish Burgh: a study in the early history of Dumfries (1915)by George William Shirley, and Maxwelltown: Some memories of an old Scotch Burgh (1897) by J.S.Elder. This book brings together for the first time two little volumes which provide an insight into life on either bank of the River Nith. Each author has a widely different style, and each takes his own approach to history; the formal rigour of antiquarian Shirley contrasts with the dominie's personal reminiscences of the town over the bridge.