Essays.
Found in 567 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript contributions to "The Peripatetic: a Quarterly Magazine"
Manuscript essay of Alexander Bryce, probably Minister of Kirknewton.
Concerning rainfall.
Manuscript essay or talk entitled "Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe" of Mary S Thomson.
Manuscript, "Henry Taylor`s Essays. - M.S." : the manuscript of "Notes from life in six essays", by Henry Taylor., 1847, or before.
The description of the manuscript has been taken from the spine of the volume. Of the six essays in the published work the manuscript contains only the first two :
"Of Money", folios 1-37; and,
"Humility and Independence", folios 38-53.
Manuscript of an apparently unpublished essay by William Cross[e], 'Some considerations by way of Essay, upon the means of civilizing the Highlands and extinguishing Jacobitism in Scotland'.
The author of the essay, who was Sheriff of Lanark and Professor of Law at Glasgow, recommends a policy of severity, to be enforced by garrisons of troops.
Manuscript of an essay by Whitwell Elwin : "The first question is did [Alexander] Pope intend the character of Alossa for a satire on the Duchess of Marlborough?"., ? 1860-? 1870.
The manuscripts, proofs and notebooks here reflect the interests and writing of Whitwell Elwin. There are items relating to Alexander Pope, William and Charles Napier, James Boswall and Samuel Johnson, and William Cowper among others. Many of these items relate to the work of Whitwell for the 'Quarterly Review' and his other published works, including 'Some XVIII century men of letters'.
Manuscript of ‘Ane Essay Relating to the Natural History of Scotland by way of Supplement to the Prodromus Naturalis Historae Scotae published anno 1684’ in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Manuscript of George Macintosh, "Researches Relative to the Cyclopian Ruins of Antiquity, Written Originally 1822, Rewritten 1826".
Manuscript of Henry Myers, "Hegelian Dialectics of Moses, Jesus, and Paul. "What was the Real Jesus?""
Manuscript of portions of 'Essay XIX: motive power' by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton., [1863, or before.]
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript of portions of 'Essay XIX: motive power' (folio 1);
(ii) Corrected proof of part of the essay(folio 64).
Manuscript of Sir William Purves`s work on the revenue of the Crown in Scotland., 1667-1681.
Manuscript of Sir William Purves`s work on the revenue of the Crown in Scotland., 1667-1681.
The manuscript is imperfect, the section on Argyll being the last extant.
Manuscript of Sorley MacLean, "My Relationship with Poetry".
Manuscript volume by Sir Robert Sibbald, containing two unpublished discourses.
Manuscript, written in the 14th century, containing extracts from 'De Clementia' and an incomplete text of 'Epistolae morales' by Seneca; with many contemporary annotations.
Manuscripts and typescripts of talks and essays of James Archibald Campbell of Achanduin and Barbreck (1854-1926).
Manuscripts and typescripts of William Soutar of miscellaneous prose compositions, consisting of essays, stories and dramas., [Before 1944.]
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.
Manuscripts by William Gladstone., 1838-1891.
Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
Manuscripts of biographical articles for the 8th edition of the `Encyclopaedia Britannica` by Lord Macaulay.
Essays on Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and William Pitt
Manuscripts of books, articles and essays on historical subjects of William Ferguson.
Manuscripts of reviews for the "Quarterly Review" by John Wilson Croker; with pages from "Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley", edited by Croker., 1817-? 1838.
Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871., 1859-1862, 1870-1871.
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Manuscripts, typescripts and newspaper cuttings of published essays and articles of Edwin Muir., 1934-1959.
The papers include 'The decline of the imagination', a broadcast published in 'The Listener', xlv, pages 753-754 (folio 3) and the essaay constituting section III of 'Essays on literature and society', revised edition, (London, 1965) papges 166-235 (folio 11).
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles and essays of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1933-1977, undated.
While most of the articles and essays are on literary topics, they also include such diverse subjects as the Faroe Islands, hill-farming, politics, and the Edinburgh Festival. Many were published in a wide range of newspapers and periodicals. Some are incomplete and some survive only as drafts.