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Bookplate inserted; numerous passages from various authors’ essays annotated, underlined and highlighted in pen and pencil (possibly not from Robert Gordon Menzies) including: Francis Bacon’s “Of Revenge” [pp. 5 – 7], “of Travel” [pp. 7 – 9] and “Of Friendship” [pp. 14 – 22]; Richard Steele’s “The Trumpet Club” [pp. 71 – 75]; Joseph Addison’s “The Tory Fox-Hunter” [pp. 126 – 130]; Charles Lamb’s “Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist” [pp. 173 – 180] and “A Dissertation Upon a Roast Pig” [pp. 192 – 194, 196 – 200]; Thomas Carlyle’s “The Hero as Poet. Dante; Shakespeare” [pp. 358 – 363]; Richard Jefferies’ “Meadow Thoughts” [pp. 524 – 534]; Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Walking Tours” [pp. 535 – 543]. Note, all pages before preface torn out.