Commonplace books.
Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace book of James Brown, a teacher of Latin in Monimail and Edinburgh.
The volume contains poems, including a satire on James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews (page 54), epitaphs, acrostics, and items copied from printed works. There are also copies of Brown`s correspondence, chiefly with Sir Robert Sibbald.
Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.
Commonplace book of Janet W M Stewart.
Includes excerpts from the novels of Sir Walter Scott, the poetry of Lord Byron and John Milton, and the plays of Joanna Baillie. The volume also includes a number of drawings of buildings and landscapes and several illustrations of flowers.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1888-1889.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1886-1888.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1891-1894.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1889-1891.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1885.
Commonplace-book of John Stuart Blackie, containing thoughts, poems, etc., 1884.
Commonplace book of Joshua Henry Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie, Senator of the College of Justice, containing chiefly prayers and moral reflections., 1815-1824.
The commonplace book contains chiefy prayers and moral reflections.
Commonplace book of Lady Caroline Lamb., 1810.
Commonplace-book of Lady Hislop., 1826-1827.
Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.
The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.
Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, consisting of literary works and notes on contemporary politics., 1861-1872.
The contents are as follows. (i) The Moon's Story - A Dream of 1849 (folio 1); (ii) Recollections of a conversation with Lord John Russell at Pembroke Lodge, 1848 (folio 8); (iii) Recollections of Woburn, 1856, being notes from a conversation with Francis, Duke of Bedford (succeeded 1872) (folio 13); (iv) Notes of conversations with Lord John Russell from the journal of Nina, Countess of Minto, 1863-1872 (folio 35); (v) Epigram on Sir Sidney Smith by John, 4th Marquess Townshend, undated.
Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, containing miscellaneous poetry and prose., 1850-1853.
Commonplace book of Patrick Turner containing ‘Bolg an t-Sholair’ and other miscellaneous verse in Gaelic.
Commonplace-book of Richard Burdon Haldane begun 1901 and continued until 1904, containing extracts, chiefly of a philosophical character, from printed sources; used later, apparently until 1911, for notes whilst Haldane was Secretary of State for War., 1901-1911.
The greater part of the book is blank.
Commonplace book of Robert Edward., [?1635-?1670.]
Commonplace book of Robina Chisholm, containing newspaper cuttings and transcripts of poems, chiefly of her brother Walter (1856-1877), a Berwickshire shepherd.
Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1753-1765, undated.
Included in the volume are 'Memorials concerning myself, my friends and native country, 1759' (folio 32), a copy of Lieutenant Colonel James Dalrymple's account of the capture of Quebec, a list of Lord Hailes' publications up to 1766 and notes on his literary activities, Horatio Walpole, and James MacPherson (folio 140), and 'Hints for the Public Good', undated, being suggestions for amending the legal, military, and religious establishments in Scotland (folio 169).
Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1786-1788, undated.
The commonplace book includes verse, historical notes, accounts, and a recipe of 1786. (Folio 7 verso.) Of particular note is the Latin poem concerning Johnson and Boswell, undated. (Folio 6.) The volume served as an engagement diary for September-October 1788, and September 1789, undated. (Folios 1-2, 22-23.)