MACLAREN, IAN (PSEUDONYM OF JOHN WATSON) — Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co, N.D.. Original Edition. Reprint. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, silver lettering and decoration on spine and cover. nd (c. 1894). John Watson (1850 – 1907), was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He is remembered as an author of fiction, known by his pen name Ian Maclaren. Maclaren's first stories of rural Scottish life, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894), achieved extraordinary popularity, selling more than 700,000 copies.. Paper very brittle (as usual), browning. Spine slightly worn at head and heel, else fine: unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. 12mo (6 x 4.5"). 258 pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .