Stephen Archer, and Other Tales, David Elginbrod & Salted with Fire

<p>David Elginbrod is an 1863 novel by George MacDonald. It is MacDonald's first realistic novel.</p><p>A novel of Scottish country life, in the dialect of Aberdeen.</p><p>A story of humble life, centering in two saintly personalities, a dignified and pious Scottish peasant, and his daughter. A vein of mysticism runs through the story, and mesmerism and electro-biology are introduced.</p>