Alexander Smith (1830-1867) was a Scottish poet, and labeled as one
of the Spasmodic School. His first job was in a linen factory as a
pattern designer. His early poems appeared in the Glasgow Citizen.
When his poetry had fallen out of favor, Smith turned his attention
to prose, and published Dreamthorp: Essays written in the Country
(1863) and A Summer in Skye (1865). After marrying a woman from
Skye, Skye became to him the dearest spot on earth. It braced his
powers of thought and action. The Introduction says "The book may
fitly be described as a prose poem-an idealisation of those aspects
of Skye life, scenery, and history which appeal to the poetical and
historical imagination. Smith is anything but systematic in the
treatment of his theme."
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