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

David Elginbrod is an 1863 novel by George MacDonald. It is MacDonald's first realistic novel.A novel of Scottish country life, in the dialect of Aberdeen.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.