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Queen Mary's lamentation. To which are added, The orange and blue, Lord Gregory, Tak' your auld cloke about ye, and The sailor's return
A collection of ballads and songs, including: the lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the eve of her execution; the song of a woman whose love had joined the militia and was sent to fight on Ireland’s shores, although he promises to wed her upon his…
Rab and Ringan. A Tale. To which is added, Verses, occasioned by seeing two men sawing timber, in the open field, in defiance of a furious storm.
This moral tale is prefaced with an address to the “President” as an answer to the current debate over whether it is better to be clever or diffident in education. The tale itself is told in verse and describes the education and lives of two…
Raising the Wind; or, Habbie Sympson and his wife Baith Deid. As originaly written and spoken by John Andrews, in the exchange rooms, Moss Street. Together with the Lyfe and Deithe of Habbie Simpson, The famous pyper of Kilbarchan.
The first part of this chapbook is a humorous tale told about the famous piper, Habbie Simpson, and his wife, who together pull one over on the local laird and lady by pretending, alternately, that the other had died in order to get food and drink…
Rashie Coat
A reprint of a story taken from Robert Chambers’s Popular Rhymes of Scotland. In this variation of a Cinderella tale, Rashie-Coat is a king’s daughter who does not wish to marry the man chosen for her. She seeks the advice of an old hen-wife, who…
Reading for Winter Evenings; A Selection of Amusing and Instructive Stories. New and Improved Series, No. 22
A collection of stories and tales about the adventures of a variety of different characters, including an elderly cat describing her adventures—most frequently her many brushes with death—throughout her life, a successful farmer who had to endure an…
Religion not beyond reason: a reply to the remarks of Alexander G. Burnett, Esq., of Kemnay, on broadchurchism, rationalism, and unitarianism
The chapbook is a print edition of a letter originally submitted for publication to the editor of the Aberdeen Free Press in response to a piece written by Mr. Burnett in that newspaper on July 29th. An inscription on the opening page indicates that…
