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Sawney's letters, or Cariboo rhymes. From 1864 to 1868

Barkerville : Cariboo Sentinel

"Caption title. Rhymed letters and songs printed in three columns. Dated 22 June 1868. This is the second edition. It was printed in the office of the Cariboo Sentinel on the first press brought into British Columbia. Anderson's verses give many sidelights on the life in a mining town in the mid- 1860's. For more information on the poet, etc., see William Kaye Lamb, Sawney's letters, or Cariboo rhymes (entry 2094). No copy of the first edition exists. It was advertised in an issue of the Cariboo Sentinel dated 30 July 1866, and described as being printed on a sheet of letter paper. The third and considerably enlarged edition was published in 1869 under title: Sawney's letters and Cariboo songs (Barkerville, Printed at the Cariboo Sentinel Office). In 28, 24 pages. Another edition was published in 1895 in 49 pages by W. S. Johnston & Co'y, Toronto. The 1868 edition was printed in mimeographed form in 1950 with an introduction by William Kaye Lamb under title: Sawney's letters (Toronto, Bibliographical Society of Canada). In 26 pages. The verses appeared in 1962 in 64 pages with an introduction by Willard E. Ireland under title: Sawney's letters and Cariboo rhymes (Victoria, Published by the Barkerville Restoration Advisory Committee of the Province of British Columbia)." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 35.

Miners--British Columbia

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English

PR9201.N228 S2; I-0297

Early British Columbia Imprints

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