The Scottish Minstrel. The Songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns with Memoirs of The Poets

The Scottish Minstrel. The Songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns with Memoirs of The Poets

Author: Rogers, Rev. Charles (1825–1890)

8vo.(5.75" x 9") 1872. Rogers, Rev. Charles. Edinburgh. William P. Nimmo. Half navy polished calf with corners, fancy blindstamp rule, over blue cloth boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title on red leather to second compartment, fancy gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Engraved half-title page, Frontispiece. Edges speckled red and blue. Covers slightly soiled with a dark stain to upper front cover (see pic).

From Wiki: Charles Rogers (1825–1890) was a 19th-century Scottish minister and prolific author. In the second half of his life, he repeatedly ran into trouble for setting up publication societies from which he gained financial benefit. During his time in Stirling, Rogers was elected in 1861 as a member of the town council and took part in the erection of the Wallace Monument. In 1855 he inaugurated at Stirling a short-lived Scottish Literary Institute. In 1862 he opened the British Christian Institute, for the dissemination of religious tracts and issued a weekly paper, The Workman's Friend, and then monthly serials, The Briton and The Recorder. The scheme ended in 1863, when he founded and edited The Stirling Gazette, but its career was brief. In the aftermath of acrimony he resigned his chaplaincy, went to England, and became a writer. Rogers went into journalism. In November 1865 set up London a short-lived Naval and Military Tract Society, and he edited a quarterly periodical, The British Bulwark. It was followed by The London Book and Tract Depository, which he carried on until 1874. The Grampian Club, for Scottish literature, history, and antiquities, was inaugurated in London on 2 November 1868, and he was secretary and chief editor until his death. The Royal Historical Society was established in London on 23 November 1868. Rogers did much to promote it, but ran into the same issues with his financial interests as had occurred in Stirling. He was secretary and "historiographer" to the society until 1880, when he was called to account for running it for his personal benefit.

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