The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: Book I. The Boy: 1. Birth, parentage, and first impressions; 2. Dame school; 3. The Doocot Cave; 4. First glimpse of the Sutherland Highlands; Book II. The Apprentice: 1. Boyish magazines; 2. Early friendships; 3. Conon-side; 4. Returns to Conon-side; Book III. The Journeyman: 1. Favourable opinions from old David Wright and Uncle James; 2. Gairloch; 3. Comes of age; 4. Niddrie; 5. The stone-cutter's disease; 6. Poems addressed to Ross; 7. Poverty, honourable and dishonourable; 8. Miller at twenty-six; 9. Seeks work in Inverness unsuccessfully; 10. Resumes work as a stone-cutter at Cromarty; 11. Miller and his new friends; 12. Miller's political views; 13. Miss Fraser; 14. New outlook in life; 15. Letters to Miss Dunbar of Boath; 16. Two letters on religion; 17. Miscellaneous letters. Volume 2: Book IV. The Bank Accountant: 1. Offer of a situation; 2. His first prose book; 3. Death of Miss Dunbar; 4. Letters to Miss Fraser, Finlay, and Dr. Waldie; 5. Marriage; 6. Science in the ascendant; 7. The Cromarty Fast-day; Book V. Editor: 1. Non-intrusion; 2. Letter to Lord Brougham; 3. At the editorial desk; 4. The disruption; 5. Difference with Dr. Candlish; Book VI. Man of Science: 1. The Old Red Sandstone; 2. Science and Religion; 3. The last Edinburgh period; 4. Closing scenes.