Poetry.

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebook of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems., 1860-1866.

Item

Identifier: MS.10296

Dates: 1860-1866.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet. / Notebooks of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems.

Notebook of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems., 1860-1866.

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Identifier: MS.10297

Scope and Contents

The notebook includes the draft of 'Angling about Edinburgh'.

Dates: 1860-1866.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet. / Notebooks of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems.

Notebook of Thomas Stoddart containing miscellaneous material including verses, lists of people whom Stoddart had met (these were used in his biographical sketch prefixed to ‘Songs of the seasons’) and a catalogue of his books, 1876-1879., 1876-1879, undated.

Item

Identifier: MS.10299

Dates: 1876-1879, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks of Thomas Tod Stoddart containing verses, angling notes and a few prose works by the angler poet.

Notebook of W S Graham containing drafts of poems, a radio play, notes and illustrations.

File

Identifier: Acc.12979

Dates: 1942-1973.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebook of Willa Muir containing verses and notes on ballads and witchcraft., Mid 20th century.

Item

Identifier: MS.19702

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks and manuscripts of Willa Muir, Edwin Muir's wife. / Miscellaneous notes of Willa Muir.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, containing notes on continental travel, probably based on his visit to Germany in 1833., [?1833.]

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Identifier: MS.4926

Scope and Contents

The notebook also contains fragments of poetry (folios 16 verso-17 verso).

Dates: [?1833.]

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor. / Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing three prose translations from German and Latin, part of a political dialogue, various notes and fragments, and forty-four poems., [Circa 1836.]

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Identifier: MS.4917

Scope and Contents Of the poems, the following were published in “Blackwood's Magazine”: a translation of 'The twenty-second book of the Iliad', May 1839 (folio 14); four poems published as 'Ballads from the Romaic', May 1840 (folios 29 verso, 30, 122, 122 verso); 'The burial march of Dundee', April 1843 (folio 110); 'Who'll buy my Cupids', July 1844 (folio 56); a poem published as 'Magus Muir', November 1847 (folio 127); two versions of 'The widow of Glencoe', December 1847 (folios 69, 107); 'Edinburgh after...

Dates: [Circa 1836.]

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'Hocus Pocus, 1834-1837', containing epigrams, poems and unfinished verses., 1834-1837.

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Identifier: MS.4916

Scope and Contents Most of the volume (folios 10-70, 115 verso-152 verso) is taken up with a draft of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion, which was apparently unpublished (see also MS.4915). The remainder of the volume contains sixteen shorter complete poems, of which the following were published in “Blackwood’s magazine”: 'The minstrel's curse' (folio 96), 'The Count of Greiers' (folio 98), 'The castle by the sea' (folio 99 verso), 'Midnight music' (folio 100 verso) in March 1836; 'The Dream' (folio 99),...

Dates: 1834-1837.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers. / Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.

Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'My Barbarossa Succedaneum 1833-1834'., 1833-1834.

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Identifier: MS.4915

Scope and Contents The notebook contains various jottings and quotations, fragments of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion (folios 31 verso, 46) (see also MS. 4916), an early draft of parts of a translation of Goethe's 'Faust' (folios 36-44, 60-98, 100-124, 128-135) (see also MS. 4923), and thirty-one poems. Of the poems, 'Blind old Milton', only part of which is in existence here, was published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1841 (folio 27). The following were published in “Tait's...

Dates: 1833-1834.