Wilson, Daniel, Sir, 1816-1892. The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1851. STROZIER LIBRARY DA777 .W74

Sir Daniel Wilson was born and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, but became the Chair of the English and History at University College at the University of Toronto in 1854. Before he moved to Canada, he had already published The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland. He was considered not only to be an expert on the prehistory of Scotland, but also attributed with the first use of the term "prehistory" itself. Although the University of Toronto had no Anthropology Department until 1936, Wilson both researched and lectured on the archaeology and ethnology of the New World. His approach to ethnology rejected many of the racist theories of the time. Like so many scholars of his day, his talents were many and varied: he was an excellent artist and proved to be an able administrator, becoming President of the University of Toronto in 1881.

This volume has been rebound in a library style green buckram. The paper is yellowed but in good condition. There are a number of detailed and beautifully executed engravings throughout the text. In addition, there are several plates with tissue guards. The frontispiece has unfortunately been inserted upside-down. Wilson is the artist of several of the plates in the text, including the frontispiece. Following the text is a publisher's advertisement for other works published.

Wordsworth, Christopher, Bishop of Lincoln, 1807-1885. Memoirs of William Wordsworth, edited by Henry Reed. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. STROZIER LIBRARY PR5881 .W66

This edition of Wordsworth's memoirs of his uncle was published in Boston by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, who were noted for publishing belles lettres. The volume was edited for the American audience by Henry Reed, who was Wordsworth's American editor and correspondent from 1836 until the poet's death in 1850, and a partner in the publishing house between 1849 and 1854. Ticknor and Fields, as they were known earlier, were among the first American publishers to pay royalties to English authors. As a result, they were frequently selected to publish American editions of England's best selling authors, including Thomas De Quincey, Robert Browning, and Alfred Tennyson. They added many important American authors to their lists of offerings in the 1840s and 1850s: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The spine is missing on volume 1, but the boards are bound in an embossed brown cloth. End leaves are in a pale yellow, with a publisher's notice, "New Books and New Editions...", inserted between paste down and free leaf. On front free leaf is inscribed "Kate Sleeper, 11 Lambert Ave." A half title precedes the title page. Volume 2 has spine attached but has been repaired with brown cloth tape. End leaves have been replaced. The half title has "J. S. Sleeper" written at top right. Following the text is a list of other works by the author.