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SCOTTISH STORIES AND SKETCHES.
Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim,
with Glimpses of Parish Politics about a.d. 1843, by William Alexander,
LL.D. Tenth Edition, with Glossary, Fcap. 8vo, 2s.
Seventh Edition, with Twenty Illustrations — Portraits and Landscapes —
by Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A. Demy 8vo, 12s. 6d.
' A most vigorous and truthful delineation of local character, drawn from a portion
of the country where that character is peculiarly worthy of careful study and record.'
— The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
' It is a grand addition to our pure Scottish dialect ; . . . it is not merely a
capital specimen of genuine Scottish northern dialect ; but it is a capital specimen
of pawky characteristic Scottish humour. It is full of good hard Scottish dry fun.'
— Dean Ramsay.
Life among" my Ain Folk, by the Author of 'Johnny Gibb
of Gushetneuk.'
Contents.
i. Mary Malcolmson's Wee Maggie. I fi ^ Hu ; e>s Bastard Geet
2. Couper bandy. T r , ■•, A
3. Francie Herriegerie's Sharger Laddie. | 5 " ■^'engmoflram.
Fcap. 8vo. Second Edition. Cloth, 2s. 6d. Paper, 2s.
' Mr. Alexander thoroughly understands the position of men and women who are
too often treated with neglect, and graphically depicts their virtues and vices, and
shows to his readers difficulties, struggles, and needs which they are sure to be the
wiser for taking into view.' — Freeman.
Notes and Sketches of Northern Rural Life in the Eigh-
teenth Century, by the Author of 'Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk.' In 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo, 2s. 6d., 2s., and is.
' This delightful little volume. It is a treasure. . . . We admire the telling
simplicity of the style, the sly, pawky, Aberdonian humour, the wide acquaintance
with the social and other conditions of the northern rural counties of last century,
and the fund of illustrative anecdotes which enrich the volume. The author has
done great service to the cause of history and of progress. It is worth a great many
folios of the old dry-as-dust type.' — Daily Review.
Chronicles Of Glenbuekie, by Henry Johnston, Author of ' The
Dawsons of Glenara.' Extra Fcap. 8vo, 5s.
* # * A book of humour and pathos, descriptive of the social, political, and ecclesi-
astical life in a Scottish parish fifty years ago.
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Scotch Folk. Illustrated. Fourth Edition enlarged. Fcap.
8vo, price is.
' They are stories of the best type, quite equal in the main to the average of Dean
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Rosetty Ends, or the Chronicles of a Country Cobbler.
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' The sketches are amusing productions, narrating comical incidents, connected by
a thread of common character running through them all — a thread waxed into
occasional strength by the "roset" of a homely, entertaining wit.' — Scotsman.
EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS.