Notes on lectures on Rhetoric and English literature given by David Masson, taken down by Penelope Gordon Watson
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures given by David Masson on Rhetoric and English Literature, taken down by Penelope Gordon Watson. Includes printed reading list, and history of English literature.
Volume one has letter of donation pasted in, dated 31 December 1970. Volume two includes insert of privately printed reading list bound in, and a loose notecard from a previous reader at University College Oxford. They are condemnatory of Masson's syllabus, writing "how sorry I feel for C18 Scottish Students having to listen to this stuff". Identity unknown, signed 'Ry'.
Dates
- Creation: 1887-1888; 31 December 1970
Creator
- Watson, Penelope Gordon, 1863-1944 (Student of English Literature) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Masson studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, and was chosen for the chair of rhetoric and English literature at the University in 1865.
Full Extent
2 Volumes
Physical Location
Gen. 1863-1864
Custodial History
Previously catalogued as "Coll-247" (Lectures of Professor David Mather Masson)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Patrick Heron Watson Haig Ferguson (1897-1986), son of Penelope Gordon Watson, in December 1970. Accession number E.1971.1
Physical Description
Two volumes. Bound in brown cloth with spine titles 'Lectures on English Literature'. Note paper of various sizes; originally four volumes, now bound into two.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Elin Crotty in July 2026
Subject
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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