Poetry.
Found in 2789 Collections and/or Records:
Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together., 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Many of the drafts are early compositions, but they include all that apparently now exists of 'The House with the Green Shutters', published in 1901 (MSS.8171-8172), and two items not by George Douglas Brown (MS.8178).
MSS.8171-8176 are written in school notebooks.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Various papers and correspondence concerning David Hume., 1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.
Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.
Various works of Ovid in a manuscript by Nicolas Crabel, written at Padua in 1448-1449, with additions of the later 15th and 16th centuries
Verse epistle in holograph beginning, “Dear friend, t’enjoy life arright”, by Allan Ramsay, inlaid at the end of his 'Poems' (Edinburgh, 1721), volume i., [1721, or after.]
Verse letter, ? 1787, of Robert Burns to John Renton of Lamerton.
With a letter, ? 1851, of Robert Chambers to J C Renton concerning the manuscript.
Verse, undated, by John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
The contents are as follows: sonnets (folio 1), songs (folio 42), an epic on Jack the Giant-killer, in Greek and English (folio 80), fragments of a drama on Prometheus (folio 132), and miscellaneous (folio 148).
Verses and charades, chiefly of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his children., 1806-1857, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Verses and copies of verses by John MacCulloch, geologist and his daughter, Frances.
Verses by Philip, chancellor of Paris (died 1236), beginning `Centrum capit cerculus quod est maius cerculo`., Before 1237.
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Verses by William Allen entitled "Up with the Banner of Scotland".
Verses by William Widdrington, whose signature occurs at intervals., 1697-1704.
Some of the verses are addressed to W Widrington's wife Elizabeth, who died in 1672 (page 14); some to his friends, especially Samuel Burroughs, Newmarket, to whom he presented the book.
Verses described as 'fresh from the brains of R Heber and Mr Wilmot' regarding the return of Queen Caroline to England., [?1820.]
Verses of James Boswell, beginning, "Madam, 'Tis true you plac'd me at your board"., ?1767.
The verses were probably addressed to the Countess of Stair in May 1767 (see the letter of Frederick A Pottle, appended).
There is also a note, undated, on Boswell by Thomas Park.