First edition.

8vo., 2 volumes in original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine with gilt block of a standing stone on upper boards. Spines very slightly sunned, otherwise a near fine, unopened set.

James King Hewison was a church of Scotland minister and author. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh on 15 May 1879 becoming assistant in Park Parish, Glasgow. He was subsequently ordained to Stair on 15 September 1881. He was then translated and admitted to Rothesay on 8 January 1884.. He was appointed Grand Chaplain of Freemasons of Scotland and also Provincial Grand Chaplain of Argyll and the Isles. He was also chaplain to 4th Highland Mountain Brigade, R.G.A.