The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie, Volume IV: The Little Minister, Part I [with] Volume V: The Little Minister, Part II

Two volume set. Olive green boards, to edge gilt. Volumes IV and V of The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J. M. Barrie, Author's Edition. Frontispiece in each, from a drawing by Bernard Partridge, and a photograph of Airlie Castle. The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie's birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers he serves soon riot in protest against reductions in their wages and harsh working conditions. Warned by Babbie, a beautiful and mysterious Gypsy, that Lord Rintoul, the local laird, has summoned the militia, the weavers prepare for a fight. During the ensuing melee, Dishart rescues Babbie from the soldiers. Dishart and Babbie fall in love, he never suspecting that she is really a well-born lady who is unwillingly betrothed to the old Lord Rintoul. After many trials, the two live happily ever after.