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‘Two songs in imitation of the Welch poetry’ by Sir Walter Scott and in his autograph, namely, ‘The Norman Horse-Shoe’ and ‘The Dying Bard’.
‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.
Two vellum fragments from a religious or theological work, possibly a collection of sermons.
Typed copies of newspaper articles and correspondence relating to John Knox, from the scrap-book of David Hay Fleming.
The correspondents include David Hay Fleming himself, Hume Brown, Andrew Lang, and James King Hewison.
Typed "Memoranda on Robert Cadell’s Collection of Scott Letters and on the Business Books of Constable & Co. and Cadell & Co".
The contents are as follows:
(i) “Memorandum on Robert Cadell's collection of Scott letters, by his grandson, J. H. Stevenson, M.B.E., K.C.” (describing MSS.742-745), 1933 (folio 1), with notes by the Keeper of Manuscripts (folio ii) and James Glen, Glasgow (folio 13);
(ii) "Memorandum on the business books and letters of Constable & Co. and Cadell & Co.” (MSS.319-320, 324-325, 789-802), by the Keeper of Manuscripts, 1934.
Typed transcripts of letters to John Mackenzie of Delvine, Advocate, from the wife and son of the Reverend Dr Alexander Monro, and from Alexander Monro, Provost of St Salvator’s College, St. Andrews.
Typed transcripts of 'The Bush aboon Traquair' and 'The surpassing adventures of Allan Gordon' by James Hogg.
Typescript, 1920, of ‘The Gordons of Craichlaw’ by William MacMath, with corrections and prefatory notes by the author.
A letter about the work from E A Hornel, 1921, and a copy of Macmath's reply have been inserted (folio i).
Typescript and pasted-up magazine cuttings of parts of ‘Cleg Kelly' by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, with extensive manuscript corrections by the author.
Typescript and proofs of two novels by Allan Campbell McLean (1922-1989).
Typescript ‘Bibliography of William Kirk Dickson, Advocate', Keeper of the Advocates' Library and Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
The volume was compiled by William Dickson in 1934, and contains amendments in his hand, and, at the end, additional entries covering the years 1934 to 1939, also in his hand.
Typescript 'Calendar of MSS. belonging to Colonel G. O. P. Campbell of Stonefield deposited on loan in Record Office, H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh', 1948.
The documents cover the period 1638-1826, and relate to the rising of 1745 and to the administration of Argyll. The writers are the Earls and Dukes of Argyll and the Campbells of Stonefield.
Typescript chronological list of the Senators of the College of Justice from 1532 to 1920, with biographical notes, compiled by Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie (born 1849, died 1920), and Jessie E Macdonald.
The contents consist of 4 volumes of lists, and miscellaneous papers.
The manuscripts were compiled by Lord Guthrie as material for a book projected by him.
Typescript 'Collected details re the Alston family (Scottish Branch)', compiled by Patrick R Alston, together with letters on the subject.
The compiler attempts to trace the history of the Saxon family of Alston from its first appearance in Scotland, before 1399. His collection, which deals mainly with Alstons of the seventeenth to nineteenth century, consists for the most part of extracts from Lionel Cresswell, ‘Stemmata Alstoniana’, 1905, other printed sources, and official records.
Typescript copies, 1964, of correspondence of Major-General Kenneth Mackenzie.
The letters are chiefly of Sir John Moore and Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, to Kenneth Mackenzie. The correspondence refers to service in the Peninsular War and in the Netherlands campaign of 1813-1814.
The typescript was taken from a transcript, made circa 1912 from the original letters, which now seem to have disappeared.
Typescript copies of letters, 1795-1797, of Mary Cecilia Gibson, daughter of Professor James Balfour of Pilrig and wife of William Gibson, of the Durie family, to her son Lewis in India.
Typescript copies of letters to Hilda Wolfe Murray from her brother Arthur Alexander Wolfe Murray whilst on active service in South Africa during the Boer War, as a captain in the 71st Regiment (the Highland Light Infantry).
Typescript copies of poems by William Hay of Trefriw, all apparently unpublished, dedicated to his daughter Elizabeth.
Typescript copies of unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle.
The letters are in continuation of MS.618.
Typescript copy, 1918-1919, of Catalogus librorum in the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Typescript copy of a journal of a tour to Italy, made from London in 1891 by James John MacLehose, printer, Glasgow; bound with a volume of pamphlets from the library of the author.
The outward journey was made by sea to Brindisi, and the homeward by land, through Switzerland, France, and Belgium.