Essays.
Found in 566 Collections and/or Records:
Pocketbook 41 of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing a continuation of MS.24583 on the government of Sparta, and other papers., 1799.
The continuation of MS.24583 on the government of Sparta begins on folio 1; ‘Of the difference between Rational and Intellectual' on folio 33; 'Observations upon a work of the Emperor Antoninus' on folio 51 verso; 'Of the division of things into Genuses, Species and Individuals' on folio 81 verso; additions to ‘Antient Metaphysics’ vi on folio 113. Also includes and other miscellaneous material, 1799.
Poems and essays by various authors, including several poems of William Soutar, 1922, two of which are in his own hand and the rest in typescript., 1904-1945, undated.
Poetry notebook of Robert Crawford., 1927-1931.
The notebook also contains drafts of essays and letters (folio 134 verso).
"Practiques of the Law of Scotland".
Contains:
1 "Actes of Parliament Ordine Alphabetico Anent Crymes"
2 "Practickes re Land", 1666
3 "The Ordinarie Forme of Proces Befor the Lordes of Sessione", 1669.
Prayers, sermons, addresses and lectures of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Printed Books from the Riddell Collection., 1718-1850.
Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.
Printed, but unpublished, pages of the suppressed preface and biographical note to the "Letters to and from Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk, and her second husband, the Hon. George Berkeley; from 1712 to 1767", edited by John Wilson Croker., 1824.
Prize essay on 'The true Interest of Great Britain, with respect to Foreign Alliances', by John Wilson Rae, Advocate; awarded the Graham of Gartmore Gold Medal at Glasgow University.
Prize essays of William Myrtle on political economy., 1879-1880.
Prose work of Duncan Glen., 1975-[1989].
Quintin Kennedy, "Ane Compendius Tractive", with annotations by the author.
With manuscript copy of "De Praesentia Corporis in Sacramento Altaris".
'Recollections of my boyhood, with open-air-lessons of later years, by Thomas Edward (of Banff, shoemaker)’.
Four letters, 1883-1884, of Thomas Edward to David Douglas, bookseller, Edinburgh; proofs of Edward's apparently unpublished 'Recollections', as in MS.1662, with some manuscript corrections; proofs of other essays, also apparently unpublished, with corrections.
The title is in the hand of David Douglas.
Reminiscences, notes and essays on literary figures by Ruthven Todd., 1953-1977, undated.
The subjects, who are arranged alphabetically, include Auden, T S Eliot, Norman Cameron and Louis Macneice.
Representation, 1682, of John Riddell of Haining, concerning the breeding of horses for the king, with four unassociated documents.
Other papers:
letter, 1727, of Ludovick Brodie of Whytfield, to Alexander Brodie of Lethen, on business matters
letter, 1797, of Sir George Colebrooke, on the political situation in France
essay, 1835, of David Smith, "An Essay on Sympathy"
essay, 1850, of John MacKinnon, "An Essay on Patriotism".
Research files concerning works of other authors., 1818-2010, undated.
Research notes and speeches., 1952-2006.
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Research notes on places in Iceland., 1957-2003.
Research on Iceland., 1957-2006.
Research on Scotland., 1960-2006.
Robert Louis Stevenson, "The History of Moses" (1856).
Text as dictated to Stevenson`s mother, with his signature and sketches illustrating the work.
With copy of "The Happy Sunday Book of Painted Pictures" (London, undated) given to Stevenson as a prize, and a copy of the privately printed edition of the Stevenson manuscript by A Edward Newton, and a note by Newton on his acquisition of the manuscript.
School reports, essays, and poems of John B S Haldane and Naomi M M Mitchison., 1899-1907.
Scripts and research materials for 'Chronicle'., 1966-1976.
Chronicle was a BBC 2 television programme focusing on archaeology and related subjects which aired from 1966 until 1991. Materials in this section relate to Chronicle episodes in which Magnusson had a direct involvement.