The Heresy Hunters and The Heretic Hunters' Song. Respectfully Inscribed to the Baffled Inquisitors.

No. 2. Bon-Accord Rhymes and Ballads.

Aberdeen: George Middleton

1878

8 pages

Chapbook #2 in a bound collection of 17 chapbooks

The chapbook begins with a short address to the publisher, submitting the following ballad for publication while also disavowing the publisher’s knowledge of the author’s own identity (written as Davie B…n) as the contents of the poems may be considered inflammatory. The chapbook includes two poems, both of which defend the actions and speech of one Professor Smith of “the College”, who has apparently been accused of heresy by certain members of the college. The verses name or allude to the identities of certain accusers, declaring them hypocrites or worse, and defends the ideals of higher learning and progress as well as the Professor himself. This chapbook is part of a collection of chapbooks produced in Aberdeen which have been bound together in this volume.

Ballads and songs

Crime

Religion and Ethics

Chapbooks - Scotland - Aberdeen

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