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‘Ancient Scottish poems’ (London, 1786) by John Pinkerton, with manuscript notes by David Macpherson, editor of Wyntoun.
Series
Identifier: MSS.337-340
Dates:
[1786, or after.]
Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-26.7.37
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates:
1511-1860.
‘Capitulatio…Caroli VI’ (The Hague, 1713), with manuscript notes by Johann Jacob Vitriarius.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.4.13
Dates:
Early 18th century.
Collection of mediaeval manuscripts and two printed books with manuscript notes, formerly in the possession of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.6121-6133
Dates:
12th century-18th century.
Composite volume containing works on Latin grammar and versification.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Doctrinale’ by Alexander, de Villa Dei, with the anonymous commentary ‘Aurea Grammatica’ [Nuremberg: Friedrich Creussner, ca.1482] (‘Repertorium Bibliographicum’, number 7859; ‘Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum’, number 2174), containing some, but not all, large initials supplied in red or blue, numerous interlinear and marginal additions, mostly quite brief, rubrication and other marks added to initials, and a...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Copy of ‘Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky (London, 1733) with manuscript annotations.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.2
Scope and Contents
The volume also contains extracts of two letters, ?circa 1690, concerning the attitude of James VII towards the Church of England (folio 1), and `Some additional Characters of the chief of the last Ministry`, 1715, signed M S (folio 3). The characters, which are apparently copied from another manuscript, are of Bolingbroke, Stafford, the Bishop of London and others. The annotations, writtenbetween 1781 and 1797, are signed `M.` and `E.M.` and are mostly copies of notes by...
Dates:
Circa 1690, 1715, 1733, 1781-1797.
Correspondence and papers, chiefly relating to the publication of James Currie’s 'Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life', 1st-8th editions.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1653-1655
Dates:
1797-1819.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates:
1841-1885.
Correspondence and papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1966-1974, 1974-1978.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.323- is now Acc.13476.
Dates:
1944-1978.
“Dean of Lismore’s book: a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection made by Sir James M’Gregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, edited with a translation and notes by the Rev Thomas M’Lauchlan, and an introduction and additional notes by W F Skene, Esq” (Edinburgh, 1862), with corrections in the hand of Donald C MacPherson.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.9
Dates:
1862.
Diary of John Nicoll, Writer to the Signet.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.1
Scope and Contents
The diary records political and other events of the time, and includes copies of proclamations and other current publications.
Dates:
1650-1667.
‘Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language’ (Inverness, 1896) and ‘Further Gaelic words and etymologies’ (Inverness, 1899) by Alexander Macbain, with manuscript notes on Gaelic words, etc., probably by George Henderson, Lecturer in Celtic in Glasgow.
File
Identifier: MS.2556
Dates:
1896, 1899, undated.
Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.8942-8989
Dates:
1820-1893.
Letters, manuscripts, notebooks and printed items of and concerning David Gray, of Kirkintilloch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8463-8481
Scope and Contents
David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.
Dates:
1845-1964.
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volumes i-iii, v, and ix (ii and ix being of the second edition), by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3358-3362
Scope and Contents
The corrections, which are numerous in volumes i and ii, less numerous in volumes iii, and few in volumes v and ix, are apparently different from those in the interleaved volumes that were used for the preparation of the Miscellaneous Prose Works edition of the ‘Life’ (see prefatory Advertisement thereto).
Dates:
1827.
Literary papers of the poet Bessie MacArthur (1889-1983).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27426-27429
Dates:
1914-1975, undated.
Manuscript and printed copies of compositions of Cecil F Coles.
File
Identifier: Acc.11346
Dates:
circa 1906-1918.
Manuscript and printed material chiefly concerning the etymology of place-names and surnames, compiled by James Brown Johnston.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5279-5287
Dates:
1904-1939.
Manuscript and printed versions of "Moidart, or Among the Clan Ranalds", (Oban, 1889) by the Rev Fr Charles MacDonald.
File
Identifier: Acc.11741
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, 1914, concerning a new edition of the book.
Dates:
circa 1889-1914.
Manuscript drafts and printed copy of "Robin`s Christmas Song", original lyrics attributed to Robert Burns.
File
Identifier: Acc.10680
Dates:
circa 1850-1900.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Miscellaneous items of or concerning Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.308
Scope and Contents
Framed declaration, 1786, by Elizabeth Paton regarding her child by Robert Burns;
Exciseman`s notes by Robert Burns;
Four letters, 1816-1829, of Sir Walter Scott to Joseph Train;
Volume containing a manuscript copy, 1896, of `Brief sketch of a correspondence with Sir Walter Scott commencing in the year 1814` by Joseph Train;
Printed book, `The Homes and Haunts of Sir Walter Scott` (1897) by George G Napier.
Dates:
1786-1897.
`Observations on a work called Remarks on Colonel Stewart`s Sketches of the Highlanders`, a copy of Major-General David Stewart of Garth`s reply to the anonymous author of the ‘Remarks’, who had criticised Stewart`s ‘Sketches of the Highlanders’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.5
Scope and Contents
A printed copy of the ‘Remarks’ is bound with the manuscript.
Dates:
1823, or after.
Pages 11-22 of the unauthorised American edition of ‘Two of them’ (New York, 1893), a short story by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with revisions in the author's hand.
File
Identifier: MS.6646
Scope and Contents
In addition to the many revisions in the author's hand, there is an entirely new opening (folio 1) in manuscript, taking the place of the first ten pages of the original printed text. Otherwise the most important alteration is the change from the first to the third person throughout the narration.
Dates:
[1893, or after.]
Papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919), father of the poet George Campbell Hay.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26793-26796
Scope and Contents
John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.
Dates:
1904-1956, undated.