Matthew, Bruce was one of the 2 editors of the Northumbrian Minstrelsy, though Stokoe was the main editor for the tunes. Both were not ideal - but many of the earlier Ancient Melodies Committee, particularly William Kell, had died by the time the book was being prepared. They got the book out, but it isn't as good as it might have been. In particular it garbled and obscured many of its sources.
Bruce was involved in other local issues too, including the conservation of the Roman Wall. Using Google Books as your library gives rise to selection bias - better to try and consult the right sources directly, rather than the ones Google Books makes patchily available. John -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Boris Sent: 06 March 2012 22:34 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Book on J. Collingwood Bruce (early NSP supporter) free on GoogleBooks I was poking around for some information on some of the individuals involved in the sustainment of the NSP tradition heading into the 20th century, and it turns out that the book "The life and letters of John Collingwood Bruce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne" is available on GoogleBooks for free (having been published in 1905 and thus in the public domain), both to read on screen or download to various devices. Though not concerned primarily with the NSP, since JCB did a lot of other things in his career, a decent number of interesting snippets come up if you search the therms "pipe", "pipes" or "small-pipes" ("smallpipes" as a term does not appear"). Just though this may be of interest to other folks interested in history. I can't confirm that it's free in all countries, depending on Google's licensing agreements and various jurisdictions, but it's worth looking into. Hope someone else might enjoy this as well. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
