David Hannay

Glimpses of the Land of Scott. [notes on Scott's Life and on the Scenes of His Poems and Novels.] ... Illustrated by J. Macwhirter. David Hannay

Publisher Marketing: Title: Glimpses of the Land of Scott. [Notes on Scott's life and on the scenes of his poems and novels.] ... Illustrated by J. Macwhirter. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hannay, David; Macwhirter, John; Walter, Scott; 1888. 96 p.; 8 . 10370.ff.29. Contributor Bio:  Hannay, David Lord Hannay of Chiswick was a British Diplomat for 36 years. Between 1990 and 1995, he was Britain's permanent representative to the UN. Following his retirement from diplomatic service, he was the British Special Representative to Cyprus and a member of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. He is the author of "Cyprus: The Search for a Solution," published by I. B. Tauris.