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CHRONICLE OF THE SCOTTISH NATION. (See "Historians.)"
From original MSS. by W. F. SKENE, D.C.L., &c., Historio-
grapher Royal for Scotland, and illustrated with facsimiles.
2 vols 8vo, cloth, 30s.

GEIKIE (WAlter).

ETCHINGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF SCOTTISH CHARACTER AND
SCENERY, by the late WALTER GEIKIE, R.S.A. Sir THOMAS
DICK LAUDER's Edition, with additional plates and letter-
press. 92 plates beautifully printed on Dutch hand-made
Paper (only 366 copies printed), 4to, cloth, extra, £3, 3s.

50 Copies with Proof Impressions of the plates on China
Paper, £5, 5s.

"All who enjoy artistic work with the needle, accompanied by graphic letterpress comments and descriptions, will be grateful for the reprint. The scenes descriptive of rural life are marvellous alike for their skilful generalisation and mastery of detail. Nothing is omitted that helps to tell the story, and everything is in its proper place or being applied to its proper use, so that even without a catalogue raisonné the spectator can read the story for himself, and admire the numerous episodical touches that give force to the picture. The printed description that accompany each etching are pleasantly written."-Dundee Advertiser.

GUTHRIE (JAMES C.).

THE VALE of STRATHMORE, ITS SCENES AND LEGENDS.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

HALKETT AND LAING.

A DICTIONARY OF THE ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS
LITERATURE OF GREAT BRITAIN, Including the works of
Foreigners written in or translated into the English Lan-
guage, by the late SAMUEL HALKETT, Esq., Keeper of the
Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. Edited, with large additions,
by Rev. JOHN LAING, Librarian of the New College, Edin-
burgh. 3 vols thick medium 8vo, cloth. Vols I., II., and
III. ready. Price 42s. each.

On Large Paper (only 50 copies printed), 4to. Price
£4, 4s. each vol.

This important bibliographical work will give the names of the Authors of upwards of Twenty Thousand books originally published anonymously. It will be invaluable to book collectors and to all public libraries.

HERD (DAVID).

ANCIENT AND MODERN SCOTTISH SONGS, HEROIC BALLADS,
&c., collected and edited by DAVID HERD, a page-for-page
Reprint of the edition of 1776, with Memoir and Notes by
SIDNEY GILPIN, fine Vignettes. 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, 21s.
The same on Large Paper, 2 vols, 4to, cloth, 42s.

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Published by William Paterson.

HAMILTON (JOHN, Apb. of St Andrews).

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THE CATECHISME, that is to say, ane commone and Catholic Instructioun of the Christin People in materis of our Catholic Faith and Religioun, set furth be ye maist_Rev. Father in God Johne, Archbishop of Sanct Androus, Legat nait and Primat of ye Kirck of Scotland, in his Provincial Counsale, haldin at Edinburgh the xxvi Day of Jan. 1551. Prentit at Sanct Androus, at the expenses of the Arpb. 1552. Also "The Twa-penny Faith, 1559." Edited with Introductory notice by Professor MITCHELL, St Andrews. Beautifully printed in Black Letter, line for line with the original, on Dutch hand-made paper, small 4to, cloth, uncut edges, £2, 10s. Impression limited to 150 copies.

A copy of the original edition sold in Dr Laing's sale for £148.

HUNTER (WILLIAM, F.S.A. Scot.).

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BIGGAR AND THE HOUSE OF FLEMING, an Account of the Biggar District, Archæological, Historical, and Biographical, with numerous fine engravings, second edition, 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

A few copies on Large Paper, thick 4to, cloth, 36s.

Biggar deserves a book to herself, and she has now got it, and a good and a big one too, and a publisher of her own,—a book written not like an article for a gazetteer, in the dull, plodding style, but as a work proper to itself, and having at the same time reference to the rest of Scotland and its history mainly as 'adjacent,' in the sense of the good old Greater and Lesser Cumbray story.' -Author of "Rab and his Friends."

"London's big, but Biggar's Biggar."-Joke of the District.

HISTORIANS OF SCOTLAND (The).

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This Grand National Series of the EARLY CHRONICLES OF SCOTLAND, edited by the most eminent Scottish Antiquarian Scholars of the present day, is now completed; and as sets remaining for sale are becoming few in number, early application is necessary in order to secure them at the subscription price of FIVE GUINEAS.

1. JOHN OF FORDUN'S CHRONICLE OF THE SCOTTISH NATION. Edited from the original MSS. by W. F. SKENE, D.C.L., &c., Historiographer Royal for Scotland, and illustrated with facsimiles. 2 vols.

2. ANDREW OF WYNTOUN'S ORYGYNALE METRICAL CRONYKIL OF SCOTLAND, now printed for the first time from the Royal MS. Edited by DAVID LAING, LL.D., and illustrated with numerous facsimiles. 3 vols.

3. LIVES OF SAINT NINIAN AND SAINT KENTIGERN, compiled in the 12th century, and edited from the best MSS. by A. P. FORBES, D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin.

Continued

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HISTORIANS OF SCOTLAND-continued.

4. LIFE OF SAINT COLUMBA, Founder of Hy, written by
ADAMNAN, ninth Abbot of that Monastery. Edited by WM.
REEVES, D.D., M.R.I.A. Translated by A. P. FORBES,
D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin, with Notes arranged by W. F.
SKENE.

5. THE BOOK OF PLUSCARDEN, being the unpublished Continu-
ation of Fordun's Chronicle by M. Buchanan, Treasurer to
the Dauphiness of France. Edited and translated by FELIX
SKENE. 2 vols.

6. A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SCOTLAND, by THOMAS INNES, of the Sorbonne, with Memoir of the Author by GEORGE GRUB, LL.D., and Appendix of Original Documents, printed by permission of Wm. F. Skene. Illustrated with Charts.

INNES (COSMO).

CONCERNING SOME SCOTCH SURNAMES: A Paper read at
"Ulbster Hall," to which is added an Appendix containing
Lists of Scotch Surnames, with their derivations, and Indices.
Small 4to, roxburgh, 5s.

INNES (COSMO).

Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh, Memoir of. Small 4to, cloth. 3s. 6d.

"A pleasantly written biographical sketch of this distinguished archæologist."-Scotsman.

INNES (Cosmo).

SKETCHES OF EARLY SCOTCH HISTORY, and Social Progress-
Church Organisation-the University-Home Life-Family
History, with an Appendix, Glossary, and Index.
cloth, 24s.

INNES (THOMAS, of the Sorbonne).

8vo,

A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SCOT-
LAND, with Memoir by GEORGE GRUB, LL.D., illustrated with
Charts. 8vo, cloth, 24s.

This valuable work on Scottish History by Father Innes has for many years past been scarce. Its importance as a work of reference and authority makes it indispensable to every Scottish library. Only a few copies can be had separately.

IRVING (JOSEPH).

HISTORY OF DUMBARTONSHIRE, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Territorial, with Genealogical Notices of the Principal Families in the County, based on authentic records, public and private, Illustrated with Maps, Views, Portraits, and Facsimiles of Original Documents, second and best edition. Thick 4to, cloth, 48s.

Published by William Paterson.

JERNINGHAM (HUBERT E. H.).

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NORHAM CASTLE, by HUBERT E. H. JERNINGHAM, M.P., Author of "Life in a French Chateau," "To and from Constantinople," and Translator of the Lives of "Sixtus V.," by Baron Hubner, and "Lord Byron," by Countess Guiccioli. Illustrated with Plates in Sepia, Plan, &c. 8vo, cloth extra, 10s. 6d.

"Mr Jerningham's book is throughout delightful reading, and the interest while centred around Norham, is carried over many extraneous facts well worthy of attention by all who desire to understand the relation between the two countries in ancient times."-Morning Post.

JOURNEE D'ENFANT (UNE).

COMPOSITIONS INEDITES PAR ADRIEN MARIE. Vingt planches

en hélio-gravure de Dujardin, folio, cloth extra, embossed and inlaid, 24s.

Numerous charming drawings printed in various shades of ink, pronounced by all the press as one of the most delightful records of child-life ever published.

"Une Journée d'Enfant, here you see,

In twenty drawings by Marie

Supremely Skilful.

The clever Artist here unfurls,
The hopes and fears of little girls

Short-frocked and frillful!

In bed, in bath, at dinner, tea,
At lessons, music, romping, We,
A Baby Beauty clearly see,

KAY (JOHN, D.D.).

Divinely Wilful!"—Punch.

PAULUS CHRISTOPFER, and other Sermons, by JOHN KAY,
D.D. 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

LAING (DAVID).

SELECT REMAINS OF THE ANCIENT POPULAR POETRY OF
SCOTLAND. Collected and Edited by DAVID LAING, LL.D.
Small 4to, half-morocco, printed on fine hand-made paper,
42s.

The above is an exact reprint of Dr Laing's volume issued in 1822. This volume had become so rare that copies have sold as high as twelve guineas. Of the present issue only 100 copies have been printed.

LAING (HENRY).

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT SCOTTISH SEALS, Royal, Baronial, Ecclesiastical, and Municipal, embracing the period from A.D. 1150 to the Eighteenth Century, taken from original Charters and other Deeds preserved in public and private Archives, forming a supplemental volume to "Ancient Scottish Seals," published for the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs. 4to, cloth, £3, 3s. for 28s.

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THE ESSAYS OF ELIA and the LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA, illustrated
with etchings by R. SWAIN GIFFORD, JAMES D. SMILLIE,
CHARLES A. PLATT, and F. S. CHURCH. Very handsomely
printed in square 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top, 15s.

"The etchings which illustrate the book are good, the paper and printing of the highest class. It is equally suited for the library and drawing-room table."-Standard.

LE SAGE.

THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANA, newly translated from the French of Le Sage, with a Preface to prove who was the author of Gil Blas, a Prefatory Memoir and Notes by HENRI VAN LAUN, illustrated with 20 etchings, done specially for this work by M. Ad. Lalauze, and a Portrait. 3 vols, medium 8vo, cloth extra. No. I. Medium 8vo, Plates on Holland paper, II. Royal 8vo, copies numbered, Large Paper edition, India Proofs of the Plates,

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21s. per vol.

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THE CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF THE LOTHIANS, illustrated
in One Hundred and Three Views, with Historical and
Descriptive Accounts, by JOHN SMALL, M.A. 2 vols, folio,
cloth, £6, 6s.

"On all grounds, then, whether pictorially, as affording views of the houses in the Lothians, or historically, as giving an account of those houses, and of the families that have inhabited them, or architecturally, the book must be praised. It is a valuable contribution to a kind of literature which has always been of permanent value."-Scotsman.

LYNDSAY (SIR DAVID, of the Mount).

THE LIBRARY EDITION, edited with Life, copious Notes, and
Glossary, by the late DAVID LAING, LL.D., illustrated with
Portraits, Facsimiles, and Woodcuts. 3 vols, post 8vo,
cloth, uncut edges, £3, 3s.

Impressions limited to 485 copies.

LYNDSAY (SIR DAVID, of the Mount).

THE POETICAL WORKS OF. Edited, with Life, Notes, and
Glossary, by the late DAVID LAING, LL.D. 2 vols, 12mo,
cloth, 15s.

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