Susan Edmonstone Ferrier Ferrier visited Walter Scott at Ashiestiel Farm and House on the banks of the River Tweed, near Clovenfords in the Scottish Borders, and again in 1829 and 1831 at his new house, Abbotsford. They enjoyed each other's company and he wrote of her: "This gifted personage besides having great talents has conversation the least exigeant of any author, female at least..., simple, full of humour, and exceedingly ready at repartee, and all this without the least affectation of the blue stocking." He mentioned her in the same sentence as Maria Edgeworth and Frances Burney in 1825. Ferrier's account of the
A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra "Art of Living Guide", wrote about her unique experiences of composing poetry through exploration of the spiritual and heritage contents in company of her co-author Arnab Jan Deka along the river Brahmaputra. The London Poetry Library, which collects and preserves books of poetry of high literary value, has given "A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra" a place of pride in its library in London. This constitutes the first such official recognition to Assamese poetry. A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra is the historic first collaborative