Alexander Fergusson

Standard Name: Fergusson, Alexander

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Literary responses Margaret Calderwood
MC 's editor Alexander Fergusson set great store by her being a representative of the vigour of sound English:
Calderwood, Margaret. “To the Reader; Introductory Chapter”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, 1884, p. vii - lviii.
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the purest Scottish idiom with those dashes of strong unvarnished talk which, he said...
Literary responses Margaret Calderwood
The editor of MC 's travel account, Alexander Fergusson , did not think much of her novel; he wrote that it scarcely fulfilled expectations.
Calderwood, Margaret. “L’envoi”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, 1884, pp. 353-78.
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He thought that many of her characters and episodes, though...
Literary responses Margaret Calderwood
She put into this work, says Alexander Fergusson , her usual plain common sense, and this made it still of practical value a hundred years after it was written.
Calderwood, Margaret. “L’envoi”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, 1884, pp. 353-78.
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Textual Production Margaret Calderwood
Alexander Fergusson published at EdinburghLetters and Journals of Mrs. Calderwood of Polton.
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Calderwood, Margaret. “L’envoi”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, 1884, pp. 353-78.
Calderwood, Margaret. “To the Reader; Introductory Chapter”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, 1884, p. vii - lviii.