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Help: what (or who) is Chambers PRS (1847)

13 Aug 01 - 05:31 PM (#527040)
Subject: what (or who) is Chambers PRS (1847)
From: GUEST,tiopete@zianet.com

your site has been very helpful in tracking down several unatributed lyrics used by author Eugene Malove Rhodes, but i can't find the full citation of Chambers PRS 1847 anywhere—obviously it is a standard ref.

reply: tiopete@zianet.com

thanks pete eidenbach new mexico state univ

13 Aug 01 - 05:37 PM (#527049)
Subject: RE: Help: what (or who) is Chambers PRS (1847)
From: katlaughing

Isn't it Eugene Manlove Rhodes? My grandfather loved his books, as does my dad and I have a collection of them in storage.

Now, I am showing my ignorance, what does Chambers PRS 1847 refer to? Title of a song, a phrase? Sorry:-)

Thanks,

kat

13 Aug 01 - 06:44 PM (#527115)
Subject: RE: Help: what (or who) is Chambers PRS (1847)
From: GUEST

'Popular Rhymes of Scotland', by Robert Chambers.

13 Aug 01 - 07:09 PM (#527139)
Subject: RE: Help: what (or who) is Chambers PRS (1847)
From: katlaughing

Does this help?

Chambers, Robert (1802-1871).—Historical and scientific writer, was born at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertions, he started business as a bookseller in Edinburgh at the age of 16, devoting all his spare time to study, to such purpose that in 1824 he published Traditions of Edinburgh, a work in which he had the assistance of Sir W. Scott. Thereafter he poured forth a continuous stream of books and essays on historical, social, antiquarian, and scientific subjects. He joined his brother William (q.v.) in establishing the publishing firm of W. and Robert Chambers, and in starting Chambers's Journal, to which he was a constant contributor. Later ventures were The Cyclopædia of English Literature (1842- 44), of which several edition have appeared (last 1903-6), and Chambers's Cyclopædia (10 vols. 1859- 68; new 1888-92). Among his own works may be mentioned Vestiges of Creation, pub. anonymously (1844), a precursor of Darwinism, A Life of Burns (1851), Popular Rhymes of Scotland (1847), History of the Rebellions in Scotland, Domestic Annals of Scotland (1859-61), Ancient Sea Margins (1848), Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen and The Book of Days (1863). He was LL.D. of St. Andrews.