The Tour of the Don: a series of extempore sketches made during a pedestrian ramble along the banks of that river, and its principal tributaries. Originally published in the Sheffield Mercury during the year 1836.

First edition, 12mo, 2 vols., in one, [8], 268; 269-497, [1]pp., contemporary smooth plum calf, spine gilt tooled, all edges gilt. HOLLAND, JOHN (1794ñ1872), poet and miscellaneous writer, son of John Holland, optical instrument maker, of Richmond Hill, in the parish of Handsworth, Yorkshire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Cox of Staveley, was born in Sheffield Park on 14 March 1794, and brought up to his father's trade, which he soon abandoned for literary pursuits. Several of his poems attracted the notice of James Montgomery, who became his attached friend. About 1818 he was appointed one of the secretaries of the Sheffield Sunday School Union, and from 1825 to 1832 he was, in succession to Montgomery, editor of the ëSheffield Iris.í In 1832 he became editor of the ëNewcastle Courant,í but returned to Sheffield in 1833, and acted as joint editor of the ëSheffield Mercuryí from 1835 till the discontinuance of that journal in 1848. In acknowledgment of his journalistic services an annuity of 100l. was subscribed for by ten gentlemen of Sheffield, and presented to him in 1870. He died at his residence in Sheffield Park on 28 Dec. 1872, and was buried in Handsworth churchyard. (DNB). Holland's principal publications are: ëSheffield Park: a descriptive poem,í Sheffield, 1820, 8vo. ëThe Village of Eyam; a poem,í Macclesfield, 1821, 12mo. ëThe Hopes of Matrimony; a poem,í London, 1822, 8vo. ëThe History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop, in the County of Nottingham,í Sheffield, 1826, 4to. ëThe Pleasures of Sight; a poem,í Sheffield, 1829, 12mo. ëA Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and present state of Manufactures in Metals,í forming 3 vols. of Lardner's ëCabinet CyclopÊdia,í London, 1831ñ49, 12mo. ëCruciana. Illustrations of the most striking aspects under which the Cross of Christ, and symbols derived from it, have been contemplated by piety, superstition, imagination, and taste,í Liverpool, 1835, 8vo. ëThe Tour of the Don. A series of extempore Sketches [chiefly by Holland] made during a pedestrian ramble along the Banks of that River and its Tributaries,í 2 vols., London, 1837, 12mo. ëBrief Notices of Animal Substances used in the Sheffield Manufactures,í Sheffield, 1840, 8vo. ëThe Psalmists of Britain. Records, biographical and literary, of upwards of one hundred and fifty authors who have rendered the whole or parts of the Book of Psalms into English verse, with specimens and a general Introduction,í London, 1843, 8vo. ëThe Poets of Yorkshire, by William Cartwright Newsam,í completed and published by Holland, London, 1845, 8vo. ëDiurnal Sonnets: Three Hundred and Sixty-six Poetical Meditations on various subjects,í Sheffield, 1851, 8vo. ëMemorials of Sir Francis Chantrey Ö in Hallamshire and elsewhere,í London [1851], 8vo. ëA Poet's Gratulation: addressed to James Montgomery on the eightieth Anniversary of his Birthday,í Sheffield [1851], 8vo. ëMemoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery; including selections from his correspondence, remains in prose and verse, and conversations on various subjects,í 7 vols., London, 1854ñ6, 8vo (conjointly with James Everett).