Voyages to the Madeira, and Leeward Caribbean isles [electronic resource] : with sketches of the natural history of these islands / by Maria R******.

Voyages to the Madeira, and Leeward Caribbean isles [electronic resource] : with sketches of the natural history of these islands / by Maria R******.

Edinburgh : Printed for P. Hill, and T. Cadell, 1792.

English

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The author, who was Mrs. Walter Riddell, or Riddel, of Woodley Park, near Dumfries, was a friend of Robert Burns. For an account of the writing of the book and the part taken by Burns in having it printed, see Charles Rogers, The book of R. Burns, 1889-91, v. 2, p. 175-185, and Robert Chambers, Life and works of R. Burns, rev. by W. Wallace, 1896, v. 3, p. 310-313. cf. also Henley and Henderson, Centenary ed. of Burns, 1896-97, v. 2, p. 420-422.

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