Title: In the SUBSTANCE of TWO SERMONS, PREACHED AT NORTHAMPTON, FEBRUARY 9, 1745-6. On occasion of the Precipitate FLIGHT of the REBELS from STIRLING a few Days before. Author: Phillip Doddridge Published: 1746 Location: 252.05241 FM 2002 What is this Book About? This book is based on two sermons Doddridge delivered at Northampton on… Read more »Read more
Title: A Sermon Preached on occasion of the re-internment of the late Honourable Sophia Aylmer Author: M Mackay Published: 1867 Location: 252.05241 FM 2036 What is this book about? This book is a published sermon by Dr Macintosh Mackay. At the time Dr Mackay was the minister of Tarbert in Harris and in The… Read more »Read more
Author: MACKENZIE, Hector Rose Title: Yachting and electioneering in the Hebrides Published: Inverness, A. & W. Mackenzie, 1887. Location: 914.17 FM 3257-3257D What is this book about? The author was private secretary to Fraser-Mackintosh. His father, Alexander Mackenzie, founded both the Celtic Magazine and the Scottish Highlander. After graduating as a solicitor, he… Read more »Read more
Author Solomon Supplejack Title Hints to the Bearers of Walking Sticks and Umbrellas Published London: Printed for J. Murray, Fleet Street; and J. Harding, St. James’s Street; and A. Constable and co. Edinburgh, 1808 Location 827.7 FM3177 What is this book about? Hints to the Bearers of Walking Sticks… Read more »Read more
Author Laurence Sterne Title Letters of Yorick and Eliza, being the correspondence between Mrs Draper and Lawrence Sterne Published Edinburgh; V. Nivison, Macredie, Skellp and Muckersey, 1815 Location 826.6 FM3104 What is this book about? These letters are from Eliza, who is Mrs Elizabeth Draper, to Yorick, who is a… Read more »Read more
Author James Macpherson Title Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language Published Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1760 Location 891.6311 FM3149 What is this book about? Fragments of Ancient Poetry, published anonymously in 1760 by James… Read more »Read more
Author Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)) Title A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Published London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 Location 914.117 FM367 &367a What is this book about? A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is a description of Samuel Johnson’s tour of Scotland, which… Read more »Read more
Author James Macpherson (1736-1796) Title The Highlander: A Poem in Six Cantos Published Edinburgh: Walter Ruddiman Jr., 1758 Location s821.4 FM3151 What is this book about? The Highlander is an epic poem in heroic couplets. It is set in the tenth century and it depicts the Battle of Bauds near Cullen on the Moray… Read more »Read more
