Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...

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The annotations consist of: (i) Parsing, translation and etymology (all in Latin) of words from the Greek text of fables 1-22, almost identical with the corresponding part of MS.16484 (folios 4-22); (ii) Diagrams for the definitions and propositions of Euclid, books 1-4, 6 (folios 23-39); (iii) Trigonometrical diagrams and problems (folios l, 39 verso-46); (iv) Algebraic problems (folios 49-54).

Scope and Contents The similarity of the annotations suggests that these volumes reflect closely the elementary teaching of Greek at Edinburgh University in that period, and possibly that students were able to buy or encouraged to have the book interleaved. The only other copy recorded by D Wyn Evans in ‘James Watson of Edinburgh: a bibliography of works from his press 1695-1722’, Edinburgh Bibliography Society Transactions, volume V, part 2, 1982, number 190, in Edinburgh Central Public Library, is not...

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All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.

MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).

Scope and Contents From the Series:

All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.

MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).

Scope and Contents From the Series:

All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.

MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).

Scope and Contents The music-book is made up of pages watermarked 1794. The volume contains ballads, dances, and pianoforte pieces from Scotland and various European countries (passim), hymns (folios 22 verso-31), and vocal exercises and scales (folios 22, 32 verso-33 verso, 70-71 verso). Among the more extended pieces are extracts for pianoforte from Méhul's 'Jeune Henri' of 1797 (folio 67 verso), and from an opera 'Paul and Virginia', possibly that produced in London in 1800; and 'Favourite dances at...

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All three volumes are illustrated with pen and wash diagrams and sketches.

MS.14296 is initialled ‘I M’ by the compiler (folio 91).

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The contents are as follows: Introductory lectures, 1856-1864, of William Edmondstoune Aytoun: a series of lectures opening Aytoun's yearly courses (MS.4897);

Miscellaneous lectures, [1845-1865], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4912);

Examination papers and class lists, [?1852-?1870], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4913);

Exercises, [?1863-?1864], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun’s students (MS.4914).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Exercises, [?1873-?1875], in counterpoint; with a page from ‘The musical standard’ showing the examination paper for the degree of B.Mus. at Cambridge University, December 1875 with T H Collinson’s answers, and printed copies of two of his compositions, [?1875], for the Choir of St Mary’s [Episcopal] Cathedral (Acc.8985/68);Copies of testimonials in support of Collinson’s application for the posts of Organist at St Mary’s, 1878, and Organist of...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Papers concerning the classical, literary and historical education of Patrick Chalmers (died 1824) (folio 1); (ii) Notes of Patrick Chalmers, Advocate, on Roman law (folio 31); (iii) Papers concerning the legal career of Patrick Chalmers, including his admission papers to the Inner Temple (1758) and the Faculty of Advocates (1762-1763; admitted 1764) (folio 54); (iv) Miscellaneous classical exercises (folio 76); (v) Testimonials in favour of, and academic...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Two political ballads, and complimentary verses to Sir Andrew Ker, 1676, and to Lord Jedburgh, undated (folio 1);(ii) Minutes of Bedrule kirk session, 1653-1654, recording attempts to choose a new minister (folio 6);(iii) Five school exercise-books, circa 1820-1821; two (both signed St Clair) contain a Latin poem on William Tell and notes on Greek history respectively, and the three others contain notes on Euclid (folio...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Account book, 1682-1695, of David Masson, merchant in Edinburgh. Folio 4 has an account signed by James Graham, possibly the father of James Graham, Judge Admiral, 1st of Airth. (Folio 1.)(ii) Book-keeping exercises, 1780, of James Graham of Airth (succeeded 1790). (Folios 10-55, with many blanks.)(iii) Ledger exercise-book, 1788. (Folios 56-93, with many blanks.)(iv) Arithmetic exercise-book, 1823, of William...

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Iincludes a list of Indian material of the 1st Earl of Minto deposited in the Calcutta Record Office by the 4th Earl in 1908.

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The music book is dated 1816 on folio i. It contains, at the front, dance tunes and other pieces, and at the back, a beginner's musical exercises in pencil, followed by further compositions. The lower part of folio 11 has been cut out, and leaves have been torn out after folio 12 and folio 5 inverted.

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Leaves have been torn out after folios 2 and 4. Folios 10 12, 14 and 16, which contain additional verses, are tipped in.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...