Cornhill Magazine,  4 (1861), 167–77.

Burlesques

[Andrew Halliday]

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Amusement


    Relates how when 'someone mentioned that it was reported that Dr. Parr had married a woman beneath him in station', James Hogg remarked wryly, 'Ay, ay [...] she is, nae doot, below Parr' (175).



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