Reviews. Document genre.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reports or essays giving critical estimates of a relatively recent work, performance, or event. For other critical descriptions and analyses, prefer ""criticism"" .
Found in 316 Collections and/or Records:
Some papers of Hew Morrison, Fellow of the Society of Antiquities Scotland, Edinburgh City Librarian, and editor of ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ by Rob Donn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14953-14955
Dates:
1882-1926, undated.
Speeches, articles, transcripts and related writings of Robert Boothby., 1935-1982.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12929/34-41
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection contains the correspondence, papers, literary manuscripts, political writings, news clippings, and miscellaneous items, ca. 1881-1999, of Baron Robert “Bob” John Graham Boothby (1900-1986), with a few items having belonged to his father Sir Robert Tuite Boothby (1871–1941), and some collected by his wife, the Lady Wanda Boothby (1933?- ). The bulk of this collection spans from 1924, when Baron Boothby was first elected to Parliament as a representative for East Aberdeenshire,...
Dates:
1935-1982.
'The Nature of Scotland' (1991)., 1991-1992.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/26-27
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
1991-1992.
Touring production files of 'Gorbals story' by Robert McLeish., 1946, 1987, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/9-10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1946, 1987, undated.
Translations and other writings of Charles Scott Moncrieff., 1924-1925.
Item
Identifier: MS.20451
Dates:
1924-1925.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
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Notebooks containing draft translations by Charles Scott Moncrieff of ‘The letters of Abelard and Heloise’ and of works by Stendhal and Luigi Pirandello; and reviews and letters.
Twenty-six letters of William Blackwood, publisher (died 1834).
File
Identifier: MS.3551
Scope and Contents
Twenty-two of the letters are addressed to William Maginn and relate mainly to the affairs of ‘Blackwood's Magazine’, including the dispute between Blackwood and Richard Martin as a result of references to the latter in the 'Noctes Ambrosianae'. Throughout there are references to Sir Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart, John Galt, and other literary figures. At the end (folio 50) is an apparently unpublished review by William Maginn of William Thomas Brande's ‘Manual of Pharmacy’.
Dates:
1824-1825, 1828, 1833.
Two bundles of reviews and articles by Janet Adam Smith for various publications., 1934-1992.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/107
Scope and Contents
Bundle 1, containing reviews and articles by Janet Adam Smith for: 'Now and then', 1934-1935; 'Scottish bookman', 1935; 'Purpose', 1936; 'New English weeky', 1938-1939; "International women’s news", 1941; 'Observer', 1946-1948; 'Books of the mMonth', 1949; 'Academia', 1961; 'New York Times book review', 1961; 'New Saltire', 1962; 'Herald Tribune', 1966; 'Books and writers', 1974; 'Financial Times' and 'Sunday Times', 1986, 1988; 'The book collector', 1991; 'London Review of books', 1992; and...
Dates:
1934-1992.
Typescript review, probably by Don Paterson, of "The tale of the mayor's son", by Glyn Maxwell, and, 'Longings of the acrobats: selected poems' (1990), by Nicholas Moore. , 1990.
File
Identifier: Acc.12689/76
Scope and Contents
Also included is a photocopied typescript, 'The assassination of the poets (with apologies to Apollinaire, and everyone else below)'. Don Paterson is one of the poets 'assassinated'.
Dates:
1990.
Typescript testimonial to Alexander Paterson from the people of Hebron, 1921; an envelope of newspaper cuttings; and a typescript review of William Ewing's biography., 1921, N.d.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4499/7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Alexander Paterson qualified as a doctor at Edinburgh in 1885. He spent a few years in London, Cairo and Aden, before entering on his main work as a medical missionary of the United Free Church of Scotland at Hebron in Palestine in 1893. He remained there until the station was handed over to the Church Missionary Society in 1922, when he retired to Edinburgh. He died in 1940. His only published work is the posthumous 'Jesus meets Paul, a duologue in Paradise', Glasgow, [1942]. There is a...
Dates:
1921, N.d.
Typescripts and publications of reviews written by Ian Rankin., 1985-2014, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.50542
Scope and Contents
The reviews are in either typescript or published format and are noted as such. The published reviews are from a variety of serial publications. They are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the author of the work reviewed.
Amis, Martin, Press cutting of a review, 29 November 2014, by Ian Rankin of ‘The Zone of Interest’ by Martin Amis, and other novels, ‘The Guardian. Folio 1.Chandler, Raymond. Annotated typescripts of a review, undated, by Ian Rankin of ‘The...
Dates:
1985-2014, undated.
Typescripts of 'The swans of Berwick' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., [1962, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.26678
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript with manuscript corrections (folio 1). It includes (folio 3) excerpts of reviews of ‘The rock and the bird’. (ii) Printer's copy (folio 70).
Dates:
[1962, or before.]
Typescripts, undated, of Edward Albert, chiefly of short stories and articles., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9126
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
'Barrabel' (folio 1);
'The great gray seal' (folio 17);
'Christmas at a youth hostel' (folio 26);
Four book reviews (folios 51 and 349);
'The Simpson sisters' (folio 170);
'At the pictures' (folio 179);
'Eleven thirty' (folio 212);
'Lyonesse' (folio 185);
'Heather Jock' (folio 54);
'The ship in the bay' (folio 32);
'The small tent' (folio 335);
The script of a broadcast appeal, 21 July 1935, for the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (folio 347.Some...
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
Unpublished essays, reviews and other short prose works., 1932-1948.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13145/61-64
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates:
1932-1948.
Various compositions of Sir Walter Scott., [?1799]-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.876
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:“The Shepherd’s Tale”, [?1799], in Sir Walter Scott’s hand, containing slight variations throughout from the version given by John Gibson Lockhart in ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’, chapter ix (folio 1);'The Maid of Neidpath', with the preface as published, 1806 (folio 13);'Wandering Willie', 1806 (folio 14B);'Lines on Mr. Macdonald of Staaffa ... left in the Book at the Inn there where the Travellers put their names...
Dates:
[?1799]-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Original compositions of Sir Walter Scott.
'Who was Scotland's first printer?’ by Robert Dickson (London, 1881), interleaved, with notes and insertions by the author., [1881.]
File
Identifier: MS.9990
Scope and Contents
A number of press-cuttings of reviews of the book are also inserted.
Dates:
[1881.]
Works by other authors concerning Patrick Leigh Fermor., [1946]-2010, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/249-265
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
[1946]-2010, undated.