Letters of William Tait (1793-1864) 1832-1853

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Letters of William Tait (1793-1864) 1832-1853

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3 letters.

eng,

Edinburgh University Library

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Tait, William, 1793-1864

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Tait, William

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William Tait was born in Edinburgh on 11 May 1793. He attended Edinburgh University briefly with the intention of following a law career and was articled to a Writer to the Signet. However he abandoned that path and became a bookseller with his brother, and began publishing. His principal works published were Brown's Philosophy of the human mind, Carlyle's German romance, and Tytler's History of Scotland . He is most well known for the literary and radical political Tait's Edinburgh magazine whi...