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MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

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The notebook contains the following: (i) Manuscript of chapters 12 to the end (folio 1) and chapter 8 (folio 51) of ‘The mirror and the cross’ (London, 1960), George Scott-Moncrieff's history of the Catholic church in Scotland. For the rest of the manuscript, see MS.19631. (ii) Manuscript of the text, omitting the introduction, of ‘Portrait of Edinburgh’ (London, 1961) (folio 66).

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The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Material on the works of Homer, 1779, undated. (Folio 1.) It includes a comparison of the ‘Odyssey’ with Virgil's ‘Aeneid’. (Folio 9.) Monboddo numbers 209, 123-124, 131. (ii) 'Of the poetry of Plato', 1772. (Folio 26.) Monboddo number 158. (iii) Papers on the orations of Demosthenes, ?1781, undated. (Folio 37.) They include observations on the Karl of Mansfield’s Latin oration on Demosthenes, which are closely related to a passage in the ‘Origin and progress...

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According to an entry in an old sale-catalogue pasted on the inside cover, “These literary efforts .. . were the work of the Members of a small Edinburgh Literary and Social Club, consisting of Law Students, who, as the Knights of the Round Table, met in Bourgeois’ Tavern, Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh".

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) A comparison of Homer and Virgil by Matthew Raper, undated. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 210. (ii) Translations from Cicero's works, undated. (Folio 3.) They include an unidentified dialogue on wisdom. Monboddo number 204. (iii) Papers on the philosophical works of the Earl of Shaftesbury, 1783, undated. (Folio 13.) That on the ‘Rhapsody’ is related to the ‘Origin and progress of language iv, pages 344-367. Monboddo numbers 267, 272. (iv) 'Aedes...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Partial manuscript and galley-proof of ‘Francis George Scott’ (folio 1); (ii) Partial manuscript and galley-proof of ‘Burns today and tomorrow' (folio 19); (iii) Partial manuscript of a work on Scottish literature, written before 1959 (folio 64). Folios 76-77, 88-93, 106-107 and 112-114 were used in ‘Burns today and tomorrow'.

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The work was edited by Alan Bold (Edinburgh, 1984), from a manuscript in Edinburgh University Library and a typescript in the People's Palace Museum, Glasgow. There are sections from several different manuscripts and typescript copies, followed (folio 60) by passages from pages 29-30 and 88-90 of the published text, possibly intended for use in a speech or an article. Also included are some pages on aesthetics in Scotland which do not appear in the edition (folio 66).

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The typescript contains a contents list and parts of chapters 4 and 5.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the life and work of the novelist, poet and writer Naomi Mitchison. Includes personal correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, press cuttings, family papers and photographs.Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, née Haldane, was born in Edinburgh in 1897. She was the youngest child of Louisa Kathleen Haldane, née Trotter, and John Scott Haldane (1860-1936). Her elder brother was the biologist J. B. S. 'Jack' Haldane (1892–1964).Naomi attended the Dragon School...