Anecdotes.
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire, from July to September 1787.
The writer set out to follow the route taken by Dr Johnson and to write a similar narrative to his ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. He describes Scotland and its people, noting particularly what is strange to an Englishman, relates his personal experiences, and tells many historical anecdotes and legends, some of which he declares to be new to him. The journal is illustrated with images copied from Adam De Cardonnel’s "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland".
Letters of Sir Walter Scott, and anecdotes about Scott followed by letters and press cuttings concerning them., 1792-1831.
The letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1792-1831, are to various members of the Shortreed family, and concern Scott's business and social connections with the family. There is also a report (folio 94) of a conversation between Robert and John Shortreed about tours with Scott in Liddesdale, 1824. This is apparently the original report, of which MS.921, folio 78 is a copy. The report is printed in ‘Cornhill Magazine’ (1932).
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ii, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
Inserted at page 353 is an anecdote of Talma, in the hand of C M Young.
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volumes i-iii, v, and ix (ii and ix being of the second edition), by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand.
The corrections, which are numerous in volumes i and ii, less numerous in volumes iii, and few in volumes v and ix, are apparently different from those in the interleaved volumes that were used for the preparation of the Miscellaneous Prose Works edition of the ‘Life’ (see prefatory Advertisement thereto).
Manuscript containing a description of Seringapatam, 1800, and anecdotes about Tipu, his court and government, compiled cira 1823., 1800, [circa 1823].
Manuscript in Gaelic containing short religious, historical and mythological texts.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Manuscript of short anecdotes illustrating ancient Indian justice and wisdom, titled Kitâb-i ‘Adâlat.
Manuscript titled ‘Proverbs, anecdotes and conceits’., [?1885-?1941.]
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Manuscripts and proofs probably at one time in the possession of Andrew Shortrede, printer., 1819-1842, undated.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Microfilm of papers of George Chalmers, ’Anecdotes of Sir James Steuart [Denham], Baronet, B. 1712, D. 1780’.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 13., 1758-1890.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellaneous notebooks of Jane Cockburn Ross., 1799-1826.
The contents are as follows: (i) Commonplace books, 1804-1818, containing household accounts, family news, and anecdotes (folio 1); (ii) Recipe books [circa 1801]-1826 (folio 171); (iii) 'Registers of the weather' 1799-1826 (folio 247); (iv) Household accounts, 1808 (folio 415).
Miscellaneous papers chiefly of George Reith., [?1885-?1941.]
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Miscellaneous volume containing notes and studies on the Bible, together with a variety of astrological, historical and cosmographical writings.
Notebook IV, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes, 1910-1914
A notebook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "IV Notes + Comments" on the front cover, containing press-cuttings of humorous anecdotes concerning mostly Highland Scotland. They are pasted in chronological order, with each one dated. Possibly, like the next volume in the sequence, a record of notes and anecdotes submitted by Tolmie to the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. 59 numbered pages, followed by 35 blank pages.
Notebook of anecdotes, some humorous, possibly compiled by a member of the family of Dundas of Arniston., Early 19th century.
Notebook of William Soutar entitled 'Set Subjects', containing poems and a few anecdotes., 1929-1930.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Notebook V, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes , 1915-1919
A scrapbook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "V Notes + Comments" on the cover. An inscription inside the front cover describes it as "Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. Book of notes and comments contributed by John Tolmie". The entries bear dates from 6 November 1915 to 25 August 1919. 56 numbered pages, followed by 46 blank pages blank.
Notebooks of William Soutar containing poems copied from earlier manuscripts., 1925-1941.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Papers concerning folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., 1896-[before 1928], undated.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of and concerning the Reverend George Murray Reith.
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.