Bonar, Horatius, Rev, 1808-1889 (Free Church of Scotland minister | hymn writer)

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Bible inscribed 'Horatius Bonar. 1837.' Text underlined with annotations in the back.

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Portrait of Horatius Bonar. Caption: "Horatius Bonar D.D. 1808-1889". No additional notes.

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Portrait of Horatius Bonar. Caption: "Horatius Bonar D.D.". No additional notes.

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Portrait of Horatius Bonar. Caption: "Horatius Bonar D.D.". No additional notes.

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Group photograph including Horatius Bonar, D.D., Rev. John Purves LL.D., and Alexander Somerville, D.D. Caption: "Rev. John Purves, LL.D. (Jedburgh) Alexander Somerville, D.D. (Glasgow) and Horatius Bonar, D.D. (Kelso)." No additional notes.

Content Description A full-length autograph manuscript (386 leaves) of R. M. Ballantyne’s Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings, a novel of Viking life, inspired by Icelandic sagas. This is very much a working manuscript with alterations, clarifications and revisions to every aspect of the text including changes to characterisation, dialogue, narrative development and descriptive writing. From the evidence of this manuscript, this was Bannatyne’s first draft of the...

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Poem [entitled 'Be True'] beginning 'Think truly and thy thoughts, Shall the world's fame feed' by [Horatius] Bonar.