Miller, Hugh. Scenes and Legends of The North of Scotland; or, The Traditional History of Cromarty. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1872. Tenth Edition. [11572]
Terracotta publishers' cloth, bordered in black, gilt spine titles & vignette on front board, slight edge-wear, 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches. viii, 487 clean pp. Very good. Hardcover.
First published in 1834.
Hugh Miller (1802-1856), Scottish naturalist, geologist, Free Churchman, and editor. “Miller was especially concerned to uphold by scientific methods the idea of God as Creator at a time when evolutionary views such as those put forward by Robert Chambers in the anonymous Vestiges of Creation were gaining ground.” – Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology.
Miller published Testimony of the Rocks as a response to Darwinism. Today he is considered to be one of Scotland's most influential Victorian paleontologists who not only made many new discoveries but was able to communicate the science to the average reader.
