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Full transcript of Henry Mackenzie’s ‘A short account of the Life and Writings of William Tytler’.

Full transcript of the ‘Short characteristical notices of the late William Tytler’.

Two copies of engravings of William Tytler which accompanied the pieces are included.

Scope and Contents Letters addressed to Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine, and drafts of letters in his own hand. See John Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in selected libraries in Great Britain and Ireland', 2 volumes (Boston 1973), volume 1, page 338, numbers 8-17 (quoted below as Mackechnie).Draft of a letter, 11 October 1808, of Irvine to an unnamed correspondent, mainly reporting on his Ossianic investigations. 2 folios, quarto, partly cross-hatched. Mackechnie, no. 8.Draft of a...

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Concerns the kindness shown by Davidson when Mackenzie`s son James was in Hamburg.

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Concerns the publications of James Hutton.

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Concerns Mackenzie declining to write on Daniel Defoe as a result of ill-health.

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Concerns prosecutions under the games laws.

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Concerns Mackenzie requesting copies of the `Lounger` and the `Mirror`.

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Concerns Henry Mackenzie`s `The Prince of Tunis`.

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Letters of Henry Mackenzie to Thomas Cadell, William Davies, and, Henry Davidson. Letters of Samuel Rose, John King, and, Robert Ward to Henry Mackenzie.