Scope and Contents The title is taken from folio i.Despite the date quoted, the first part was begun in January 1857 and completed in February 1866 (page 250) when the index of titles was compiled (folio ii). The second part (page 251) was begun straight afterwards and completed in March 1868, when the index to it was added at the end of the index to the first part (folio iii verso). The songs are copied from a variety of sources and the dates of copying are appended to each. All the songs are...

Content Description A collection of nine notebooks containing songs in English and Gaelic, newspaper cuttings especially on Highland and Gaelic subjects, poetry and notes on a variety of subjects. The collection was preserved by John Tolmie, oldest son of the Rev. John William Tolmie (1831-1886, minister of Bracadale and Contin). John Tolmie, who compiled four volumes in the collection, was a nephew of Frances Tolmie, collector of Gaelic songs. Two further volumes belonged to Frances Tolmie herself, and...

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The music book consists of a number of gatherings of leaves stitched together inside three layers of paper covers. The carols appear to have been copied in a number of children's hands, at different times, the watermarks in the sheets being dated between 1836 and 1846, with some at the end dated 1869. Francis Collinson's note in pencil is at folio 1.

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Printed copies of some settings are pasted in at folios 9, 16-24. Folio 28 is a printed sheet containing the words of a song set by him at folio 27. Leaves formerly loosely enclosed are tipped in (folios 89, 92-94) and folios 6, 76-88, 90 are blank.

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MSS.21784-21790 are numbered at the front, and the contents of MSS.21784-21785, 21787-21792 are preceded by contents lists, all apparently in the same hand.

From the four dates visible, the collection would appear to have been in the possession of the Misses Douglas about or somewhat before the mid-19th century.

Scope and Contents Many of the pieces are unattributed and many of the rest are poems taken from published sources set to music by members of the Cathcart family and their friends. Several pieces are private compositions being inscribed 'not to be given away' or 'not to be copied'.The book was given by Lieutenant-Colonel Cathcart to his wife in 1835, according to inscriptions in her hand inside the front cover and on the first flyleaf. It contains pieces copied by her until about 1840 (folio 113)....

Scope and Contents Most songs appear to have been carefully copied from printed sources, the general appearance of the words and music resembling printed or engraved pieces, and the publishers' names being equally carefully transcribed.The owner is unidentified, but may have been a resident of Edinburgh (folios 4, 8, 29). The only date in the book appears to be 1834 at folio 82, but folio i is watermarked 1828, and several of the pieces appear to have been composed about these years.A...

Scope and Contents There is an index on folio 1; the songs begin on folio 5.The Scottish songs appear to come mainly from Allan Ramsay's ‘Tea table miscellany’ and David Herd's ‘Ancient and modern Scottish songs’ (1776), though some of the songs may have been picked up by ear, as they include a very debased version of Henry Carey's 'Sally in our alley' (folio 17 verso) and "My heart's in the Highlands" in an apparently unknown version different from that of Burns (folio 81 verso)....

Scope and Contents The volume contains songs sung by John Pritt Harley in productions at the Theatre Royal, Dury Lane, and one at the Lyceum Theatre (folio 54).The songs appear to have been written on a number of gatherings of leaves which were subsequently bound together (folio 20 is narrower than the rest), when the tops of the leaves were trimmed, resulting in some loss to the words of the headings. Two leaves from a printed music book are bound in at folios 63-64, and a leaf has been cut out...