Late 19th Century A Window in Thrums, by J. M. Barrie

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A Window in Thrums - the story of the "untrue son" - is one of several novels about the fictional … Read more A Window in Thrums - the story of the "untrue son" - is one of several novels about the fictional village of Thrums, said to be modeled on Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir.

Barrie was a Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan, a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refused to grow up. The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh. He took up journalism, worked for a Nottingham newspaper, and contributed to various London journals before moving to London in 1885. His early works, Auld Licht Idylls (1889) and A Window in Thrums (1889), contain fictional sketches of Scottish life. The publication of The Little Minister (1891) established his reputation as a novelist. During the next 10 years Barrie continued writing novels, but gradually his interest turned toward the theatre. From 1930 until his death he was chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.

This rare edition was printed in New York, NY by H. M. Caldwell Company. No Dust jacket. ca1899. . Decorative Cloth. 16mo., 220 pp., vibrant gilt designs, page toning commensurate with age. See less