Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of John Richardson, of Kirklands, and his family, with some verse., 1841-1887.
Correspondence of John Richardson, of Kirklands, and his family, with some verse and other papers., 1807-1887, undated.
Correspondence of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family.
Among Samuel Brown's more frequent correspondents, outside the family, are Thomas Aird, George Combe (the phrenologist), Sydney Dobell, and Coventry Patmore; those of his widow and daughter (the donor) include Alexander Anderson ('Surfaceman') and Harriet Martineau.
Correspondence of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson with various literary figures., 1904-1955.
Correspondence of Sir James Dalrymple's younger children, 1753-1800, undated, and miscellaneous papers, 1759-1802., 1753-1802, undated.
Correspondence of the antiquary, John Pinkerton, with papers and notes accumulated by him in connection with works which he published or projected.
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., ?1780, 1826-1840.
Included is a printed poem, 'Gordonstoun Teinding Eve', said to have been written about 1780.
Correspondence of various writers to Janet Adam Smith, 1951-1994.
Containing:
Christmas card from Robert Graves, with press cuttings of his poems and ‘The Listener’ article on his work, 1951-1954.
Postcards to Janet Adam Smith from Anthony Powell (7), and one from Hilary, 1973-1994.
Letters and postcards from Alan Bennett to JAS, 1980s-1994.
Cards to Janet Adam Smith from Dorothy and V S Pritchett, 1985-1995.
Letters and papers relating to Marcus Cunliffe, 1985-1991.
Correspondence, papers, and poetry of the Oliphants of Gask, mostly concerning the Jacobite risings of 1715, 1719, and 1745., 1715-1763, and undated.
Correspondence, papers, bromides and negatives of 'Chapman' literary magazine.
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems, short stories, articles and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.
Correspondence, poems and notes of and concerning Phoebe Anna Traquair., 1883-1948, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence of Phoebe Anna Traquair, 1890-1948 (folio 1);
(ii) Poems in her hand dated Aberdour, 1883 (folio 215);
(iii) Miscellaneous of notes, undated (folio 224).
The major part of the correspondence is from Lieutenant-Colonel William E Moss, her nephew, and from her two sons, Harry, a surgeon in Edinburgh, and Ramsay, an architect in Montreal.
Correspondence, poems and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson., 1833-1895, undated.
Contains correspondence, 1833, 1839-1849, 1866-1877, 1888, 1895, undated (folio 1); poems, 1832-1842, undated (folio 82); writings in the language of Old Calabar, and miscellaneous papers, undated (folio 110).
Correspondence, poems, and photograph., 1912-1997.
Correspondence, poetry and prose of Sir Walter Scott from the Library of Honresfield House., 1796-1832.
Correspondence, proofs, artwork and paste-ups of the literary magazine 'Chapman'.
The magazine was founded in 1970 and includes poetry and articles on all aspects of Scottish culture, including theatre, politics, language and arts.
Correspondence, teaching materials and papers of Tom Gourdie, mostly concerning the teaching and promotion of handwriting.
Correspondence, together with some other writings, of John Leyden, collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1794-1811, undated.
Cowie collection of manuscripts of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Allan Ramsay and others, made by Charles R Cowie of Glasgow.
The Cowie manuscripts include the final version of ‘The gentle shepherd, a Scots pastorall comedy’ by Allan Ramsay (MS.15972).
'Crusader, a poem in three cantos’., 19th century.
'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’., 1808-1817.
‘De Guerra Romana’ and short poems in French and Latin by Antonius Arena.
Anciennes poesies Macaroniques et autres.
The volume titled on the back, contains a transcript of the Macaronic poem of Antonius Arena, ‘De Guerra Romana’, and a number of charter pieces in Latin and French, transcribed in the earlier part of the 17th century.
'Deliciae Sacrae: Poetarum Flores Εὐτϱαφει̂ϛ Medico-Mellilli: Sermone Latii nec non Britannico. Selegit Adamus Gib, U.D.M. Edinʳ. Edinburgi: Octʳ. MDCCLII.' A collection of Latin and English poetry copied from printed sources by Adam Gib, Scots anti-burgher divine., 1752.
The Latin poetry consists of the 'Hecatombe' of Robert Boyd of Trochrig, and various poems and many of the metrical versions of the Psalms by George Buchanan.
The English poetry consists of a number of poems which appeared in the 'Scots Magazine', and an excerpt from Edward Young's 'Night thoughts'.
Descriptive poem in three cantos titled ‘Trip to Pitkeathly’ and ‘A poetical epistle to Sir Walter Scott’ by John Paterson.
Dialogue sketch and poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson from "Catriona".
Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.