PILLANS, [James]. A Word for the Universities of Scotland; and a Plea for the Humanity Classes in the College of Edinburgh: in Reply to Certain Letters Lately Published in the 'Scottish Press' and 'Scotsman' Newspapers.

Maclachan, Stewart, & Co., London and Simpkin & Marshall, Edinburgh. MDCCCXLVIII [1848]. First edition.

8vo. [3], 4-76p. Recent quarter cloth with marbled boards.

Very good. Minor shelfwear only. Pencil inscription to the front free endpaper. Scattered foxing. Pages 65-68 are browned. 

A pamphlet by the educational reformer James Pillans (1778-1864) written in response to letters published in the Scotsman by John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895) regarding university reform.