R.M. Ballantyne letter to Jas. McGrouther, 1881 Nov. 21.

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R.M. Ballantyne letter to Jas. McGrouther, 1881 Nov. 21.

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Ballantyne writes to McGrouther, 21 Nov. 1881, expressing regret that he cannot send any French-Canadian songs, as he had only picked up a smattering of them by ear and could not write out even a single verse.

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Ballantyne, R.M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

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Robert Michael Ballantyne was born into a well-to-do Edinburgh literary family. His father was a newspaper publisher and his uncle was the publisher of Sir Walter Scott. The family lost their money in 1841, and Robert became apprenticed as a clerk with the Hudson Bay Fur Company in Canada. This gave him a taste for adventure and ideas for his later career as a writer, painter, and lecturer back in Britain. Ballantyne wrote over forty books, mostly adventure books for children. From t...

McGrouther, Jas. (James)

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