Poetry.
Found in 1529 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace books of William Soutar containing miscellaneous notes, ideas and odd poems., 1918-1926.
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.
Compendium containing copies of several treatises on Scots Law., 17th century.
Composite volume containing chiefly theological works and sermons., 1598, 17th century.
Composite volume made up of at least two music books containing five series of piobaireachd tunes., 1850-1890.
At the front (folio v verso) are basic music instructions. A poem is written on folio 53 verso. Many of the pieces have dates, ranging from 1850 (folio 10) to 1890 (folio 52). A leaf from the ‘Army list’, 1880, containing the names of the officers of the 26th Foot, is pasted inside the front cover. Three press cuttings are pasted inside the back cover.
Copies, 18th century, of various poems of Alexander Robertson of Strowan (folio 1); and poems of Caroline Oliphant, daughter of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask (folio 33)., ?18th century-?1st half of 19th century.
Copies, in a seventeenth-century hand, of the National Covenant and letters, petitions, poems, etc., connected with it, circa 1637-circa 1641., [Circa 1637-circa 1641.], 1717-1718, undated.
At the end are accounts, 1717-1718, undated (folio 72). Inside the end cover, "Archibald Law with my hand ye pen laid at God's command" is written, in a seventeenth-century hand which does not appear to be any of those represented in the manuscript.
Copies, in an early nineteenth century hand, of various letters, prose writings and speeches of Alexander Carlyle., Early 19th century.
The copies, in a volume ruled as a cashbook, appear to have been made with a view of their being printed; but it is not clear if this was ever carried out.
Copies, in various hands, of poetry and prose (mostly anonymous) in English, Latin, French, and Italian., [Early 19th century.]
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Copies of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to the Viscountess Melville, and of two poems, one in the autograph of James Hogg., 1821, undated.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of a letter, 1821, of Sir Walter Scott to the Viscountess Melville (folio 85);
Copy of two poems, both undated, one in the autograph of James Hogg, 'This world is a delightful place to dwell in', and the other not in Hogg's hand but found with it, 'Sing on, sing on, my boney bird' (folio 86).
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume II: copies of letters, verse, etc., on Montrose politics; bound with Christie’s printed work on the same subject, ‘An address to the public’ (Montrose, 1790)., 1781, 1789-1791.
The papers particularly concern the building of a bridge, 1789-1791. There is also an address of Alexander Christie, 1781, and his commentary on the whole.
The caricatures on the plate facing page 56 of the printed book are identified by manuscript notes as (from left to right) David Scott of Dunninald, Provost Adam Glegg, and Alexander Christie himself.
Copies of 'Duanaire Gaedhilge', volumes 2-3, (Dublin, [undated]), edited by R Ni Ogain, with verses by George Campbell Hay., ?Mid 20th century.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copies of early poems of Sir Walter Scott in the hand of Henry Mackenzie., [Before 1831.]
The poems copied are 'The Erle-King', the Morlachian fragment, 'The Mermaid' (translated from Goethe's 'Fischer' and apparently unpublished), 'Glenfinlas', 'The Eve of St. John', and 'The Fire-King'. They contain variations from the printed versions.
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1142, 1163, 1752-1783.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1724-1787.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., chiefly dated 1777-1787, some in the hand of Henrietta, Marchioness of Lothian., 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.
Copies of letters, 1802-1806, of Charlotte Edgeworth to her brother and sisters, and of a description by Henry Edgeworth of a journey to Edinburgh, October 1803., 1802-1806.
Two family letters, notes, and copies of poems in various hands have been inserted on folios 20-46.
Copies of letters to Cardinal Giovanni Morone; ‘Una Ghirlanda Fiorentina, 1938’; copies of poems; and notes on Shelley in Italy by John Purves., 16th century, [?1920-?1940.]
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Copies of poems by 'Monk' Lewis, Robert Southey and others., Circa 1805.
Copies of poems of Margaret Maxwell Inglis and of celebrated poets, with original poems of her daughter, Mrs Gregory, and summaries of sermons, all in Mrs Gregory's hand., 1829-1837, undated.
The beginning and end are torn away.
Copies of poems, taken probably from printed works., 1833.
Leaves have been cut or torn out after folios 29, 33, 40, 44 and 48.
Copies of poetry written by and to Alexander Carlyle., 1746-1800.
Copies of printed and other material concerning the ‘Forty-five., 1745.
Includes a letter, manifesto, etc., of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1745; the ‘dying declarations’, last speeches, etc., of Lord Balmerino, Mr John Hamilton, and other Jacobites; political verses, toasts, epitaphs, etc.
Copies of sermons and poetry in English., ca. 1900-1920
Copies of the death speech of Charles Radcliffe, Jacobite, 1746, and of two Jacobite poems, 'The tears of Scotland', and 'Ode on the battle of Gladsmuir', undated, all apparently in the hand of Thomas Pennant; bound in a volume of Jacobite pamphlets., 1746, undated.
These are the more substantial of the letters, papers and notes found in the Lauriston Castle Collection of printed books, whether pasted or inserted loosely into volumes or as inscriptions written in books.
Copy, 18th century of Latin poem, 1595, on Charlemagne by Matthew Brobon Caesar, Professor of Greek at Leipzig; with excerpt, 1399, from 14th century manuscript describing an 'idol of the Teutons'., 14th century, 1595.
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.