Diary of Mary Elma Cumming Bruce (later Anstruther) from September 1889 to February 1890, which contains details of family, friends and parties during the time she spent mainly in Forres and Dunphail.

There are numerous illustrations of members of her circle, local people, landscapes and sketches of various scenes including dancing, women with umbrellas, a game of tiddlywinks, a woman playing the piano and men waiting to vote entitled 'Morayshire voters'.

Some of the illustrations are loose in the volume and there are many blank folios. Also included is a transcript, in an unidentified hand, of part of the diary, detailing a story relating to John Ruskin.