Song flowers : from "A child's garden of verses" / by Robert Louis Stevenson ; set to music by Katharine M. Ramsay ; with an introduction by S.R. Crockett ; and illustrations by Gordon Browne.

Record ID: 
409755
Accession number: 
PMC 1230
Creator: 
Atholl, Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of, 1874-1960.
Biographical Data: 
Scottish composer.
Title: 
Song flowers : from "A child's garden of verses" / by Robert Louis Stevenson ; set to music by Katharine M. Ramsay ; with an introduction by S.R. Crockett ; and illustrations by Gordon Browne.
Uniform title: 
Song flowers
Published: 
London : Gardner Darton & Co., 1897.
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund in 1998.
Inscription/Markings: 

On flyleaf: "Linda Grace Stuart Tidey, with love from "Ferelith & Imogen Ramsay" 8th April 1906 Banff. Alyth. N.B."

Contents: 

My ship and I -- Where go the boats? -- North-west passage-- Good night -- Shadow march -- In port -- The swing -- Good and bad children -- The wind -- Picture books in winter -- Nest eggs -- The hayloft -- Bed in summer -- Autumn fires -- My kingdom -- Windy nights -- Armies in the fire.

Notes: 

For voice and piano.
Title page engraved, printed in red and black; pictorial cover.
Publisher's advertisements follow text.
On cover: Song flowers, from "A child's garden of verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson with music by Katharine M. Ramsay.
"To Ferelith and Imogen."

Provenance: 

Linda Grace Stuart Tidey.

Associated names: 

Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford), 1859-1914, author of introduction, etc.
Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932, illustrator.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Child's garden of verses. Selections.
Tidey, Linda Grace Stuart, former owner.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection