Citation: George MacDonald, The Elect Lady (London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888).


Bulloch (1925):

The Elect lady. By George MacDonald. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.

8vo, pp. vi -1- 345 + (1) + frontispiece illustration. Printed by Turnbull and Spears, Edinburgh.

The plot of this novel, which I believe was serialised, is slight but Mr. Joseph Johnson (“ George MacDonald,” p. 243) describes Andrew, the poet farmer, and Dawtie, the maid, as “ among the most perfect saints of high religious aristocracy “.

  • 1888. Published as no. 1118 of the pocket edition of Munro’s Seaside Library, New York : pp. 186: as no, 1221 of Lovell’s Library, New York; and as no. 11 of Appleton’s Town and County Library, New York.
  • 1902. Published by Kegan Paul, pp. 352 : price is. 6d.

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