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‘Act of the Associate Presbytery for Renewing the National Covenant’ (Edinburgh, 1748), bound with blank pages for subscriptions, issued to the Congregation at Muckhart.
Apparently unpublished poem by Mrs Alison Cockburn entitled 'Adieu to My Garden 23rd Novʳ. 1777', tipped into a copy of ‘Letters and Memoir of her own Life by Mrs Alison Rutherford or Cockburn’ (Edinburgh, 1900).
On the page facing the half-title page is an inscription dated May 1900 of T Craig-Brown, who compiled the notes to the printed work, presenting this copy to his daughter.
"Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle's writings and ana" by Isaac Watson Dyer (Portland, Maine, 1928), presented by the author to James A S Barrett, with pencil notes and other additions.
James A S Barrett contributed Section C (a list of the principal portraits, etc., of Carlyle, pages 533-542) to the work.
The volume contains Isaac Dyer's inscription to James Barrett, dated 1928, on the flyleaf, and pencil notes and amendments in Barrett's hand throughout. Press cuttings and a letter, 1930, of Robin Flower, Deputy Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, doubtless to Barrett, which were loosely enclosed at various places within the volume, have been tipped in.
'Book of verses’ by W E Henley (London, 1888), inscribed on the flyleaf and presented to Frederick Locker-Lampson by the author.
W E Henley's letter accompanying the volume, together with a later letter, 1890, to Frederick Locker-Lampson, are enclosed in an envelope that has been tipped in inside the front cover.
‘Collection of epitaphs and inscriptions out of the counties of Hampshire (Isle of Wight), Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, as copied literally from tomb & other stones by Russell Skinner'.
Only Hertfordshire inscriptions are given, but the index of first lines (folio i) refers to those in other counties.
Copies of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in parish churchyards in Lanarkshire, compiled, with introductions, photographs, lists of contents, and indexes, by John Smith, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
John Smith is the author of "Monumental inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh", edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, in 'Scottish Record Society' series (Edinburgh, 1915, 1919).
Copy of John MacDougall Hay's poetic work ‘Their dead sons’ (London, 1918), with a presentation inscription to James McIntyre.
A covering letter to James McIntyre is inserted.
Copy of part of Stair's 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland', being Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Contains Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Cuming musical manuscript, being the first known collection of Scottish music for the violin.
Dictates on logic taken by Thomas Stark, Minister of Balmerino on lectures of Henry Ramsay, Professor of Philosophy at St Salvator's College, St Andrews University.
The volume is stamped with initials 'TS' on both covers and includes mnemonics for syllogisms (folios 8-9 and possibly also folio 144 verso), ornate alphabets (folio 145), an insulting title page concerning the professor and the inscription of Alexander Cairns (folio i).
'Geschlecht Buch dess Heiligen Reichs Stat Nürnberg Darinen alle alte und neue Adeliche Geschlecht daraus der Rath von 300 Jaren hero erwöhlth wordn Hierin zusamgebracht Anno 1610’, being histories, in different hands, of Nürnberg families.
Each history is preceded by an engraving of a figure with the arms of the family.
'Historical memoirs of his late Royal Highness William-Augustus, Duke of Cumberland' (London, 1767), with marginal notes of Thomas Carlyle.
‘Holiday house’ (Edinburgh, 1839) by Catherine Sinclair, stories for children, with watercolour illustrations by the author inserted.
The drawings appear to have been cut from the original manuscript: the names of the characters differ from those in the published version. There is an inscription by the author, dated 1838 [sic], on the title-page.
Imperfect copy, lacking the title page, of the libretto of ‘La Traviata’ by Verdi (Paris, 1865).
Index by John Walker to theological works.
Volume titled ‘Chronological M.S. vol I’, with inscription on the fly leaf, ‘Inchoatus est hic inven anno Dom. millesimo septingentesimo et nono, die Januar. Vicesimo sento. Jo Walker’.
Inscribed presentation copy of ‘Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy: or Passages in the life of a hydropathist, by a Veteran’ by Thomas Dundas, (London, 1847) with a letter from Dundas to W T Bree, 1847, tipped in.
Letters and papers pasted or inserted loose in printed books, inscriptions written in books, etc., in the Hugh Sharp Collection.
Manuscript book, containing psalm-tunes, philosophical notes, notes of sermons, etc.
The manuscript book is inscribed on the fly-leaf 'Rogerus Kirkpatrick...1697, 1698', and contains some entries of later date.
Manuscript of 'William and Helen' by Sir Walter Scott.
There is an inscription to Lady Charlotte Home and Miss Haldane on folio 1.
Manuscript, seventeenth century, of 'Diurnal of occurrents, 1513-1572', based, perhaps indirectly, on the same original as the Pollok Manuscript, published as ‘A diurnal of remarkable occurrents’.
The manuscript differs considerably from the Pollok Manuscript; in parts it is fuller, but it ends in 1572 (page 299 of the Bannatyne volume).
A note of the donor (folio ii) suggests it is one of the Demnilne Manuscripts.
Medical treatise, titled ‘An enquiry into the principal cause of the wide destruction of mankind in time of war, and of the slow ineffectual progress and permanency of military and naval operations in general’, exemplified by reference to various campaigns, long voyages and colonizations.
Music books belonging to a member, or members, of the family of James Sanderson, a surgeon in the Madras Army; with a song setting and verses, undated, written on sheets formerly loosely inserted in MS.22167.
Notebook in several hands containing culinary, household and medical recipes.
The volume is inscribed at folio 1 'Pastry Book Elgin 20th August 1734' and at folio 15 'Jean Robinson 23rd January 1749/50'. Later entries are largely copied from newspapers and magazines, particulary 'The Edinburgh Evening Courant' and 'The Edinburgh Advertiser'
'Ocean, Stella, and other poems', 2nd edition (Edinburgh, 1830) by John Mackenzie, minister of Portpatrick, inscribed 'from the author', with an anonymous poem, 'The charming woman', tipped in at the end.
The poem, 'The charming woman', is addressed to Miss Agnes Mackenzie, probably by John Mackenzie to his daughter.
Original manuscript of "The Ship o' the Fiend", a ballad for Orchestra, Opus 5, composed by Hamish MacCunn.
The ballad is preceded by a version, in Hamish MacCunn's hand, of the verse ballad that inspired the music, i.e., 'The Daemon Lover', number 243 of ‘The English and Scottish popular ballads’. A pencilled note records two performances in 1888.