'Literary Information. Discovery of the remainder of the history of John Bull from the MSS. of his learned and celebrated Biographer, Sir Humphrey Polesworth', in the hand of Sir Walter Scott, being a commentary on the rise and fall of Napoleon and contemporary British affairs.
File
Identifier: MS.3775
Scope and Contents
The commentary is bound with a letter, 1826, of Sir Walter Scott to George Hogarth, Writer to the Signet, on financial matters (folio 5).
Dates
- Creation: [1821, or before], 1826.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
6 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
6 folios.
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1948.
Bibliography
The commentary is written as a continuation, in the same style, of Arbuthnot's ‘Law is a bottomless pit; or, the history of John Bull’, printed in Swift's ‘Works’, edited by Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1814), volume vi.
The commentary was printed in the 'Edinburgh Weekly Journal', 21 January 1821.
The commentary was printed in the 'Edinburgh Weekly Journal', 21 January 1821.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk