Poetry.
Found in 2780 Collections and/or Records:
Account of the trial of Alexander Wilson, the weaver-poet and ornithologist, at the instance of William Sharp, in connexion with his poem ‘The Shark’.
In accordance with the order of the Sheriff-Substitute, Alexander Wilson publicly burned two copies of the poem at the Tolbooth, Paisley. Bound with a printed copy of ‘The Shark’, 1792.
Accounts of Sir Walter Scott and other documents relating to him., 1760-1838.
Adam Drinan, "The Process of Writing Verse" (being a typescript of poem, "The Trossachs"), with typescript notes and comments.
‘Africa’, a poem of T E Leonard Jones, whose climax is a eulogy of David Livingstone., 1860.
‘Album', compiled by James Hopkirk, Dalbeth., 1826.
A collection of curious facts, comic anecdotes, verse, etc., chiefly of Scottish interest, including 'Manners of the inhabitants of Glasgow in former times' (folio 31) and a list of proverbs (folio 35).
Album containing pencil drawings, water-colours, and poems by Edward Lear., 1829, undated.
Album containing verses by Andrew Elliot, Admiral John Elliot, the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto, George Ellis and the Countess of Malmesbury., 1791-1797.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Album labelled, 'Letters &c. from 1791 to 1796 from George Ellis, Esq., to his [half-] sister Elizabeth Lindsay, afterwards Mrs. Schutz', but really a commonplace-book, containing poems, riddles, etc., of Ellis and others., 1791-1796.
Poems ascribed to George Ellis occur on folios 16 verso-20, 28 verso-39 verso. A list of letters of Ellis to Miss Lindsay, found loose, has been pasted on to folio 1. The name 'E. Lindsay' appears on folio ii verso and that of 'Aug. Schutz' on folio 26 verso.
Album of Adam White, the naturalist (1817-1879), entitled on the cover 'Weeds and wild flowers'.
Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '6. Musicians'., 1876-1929, undated.
The caricatures are preceded by a letter of Sir George Henschel enclosing a poem written by him on the death of John A Hipkins, 1933.
Album of Eliza Boothby containing verses and drawings by various hands.
Album of Elizabeth Johnston containing drawings and verses by her friends., 1842-1871, undated.
Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.
Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
Album of occasional verse, verse epistles, etc., apparently by Lady Frances Scott, afterwards Baroness Douglas.
Album of poetry compiled by Isabella Farquharson Will.
Containing lithographs of Frederick Schenck, Edinburgh.
Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.
Many of the poems are repeated.
Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.
Many of the poems are repeated.
Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.
Many of the poems are repeated.
Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.
Many of the poems are repeated.
Album of verses and charades of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1829-1844.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Album of verses and masques, chiefly by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1798-1803.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Album of verses, chiefly by Lady Charlotte Mary Elliot., 1836-1853.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Album of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family., 1805.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Album of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family., 1806.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.