New Spalding Club > Report by Council

Another work, to form part of the issue for 1893, is—
IV. — The Ri;coKns of Aboyne. Edited by the Most
Hon. the Marquis of Huntly, LL. D. Upwards of
350 pages of this volume have been already printed
off, including all the Deeds selected from the Aboyne
Charter Chest ; but the unexpected accumulation in
the eclitor's hands of material illustrating the early
history of the Gordons, and of Aboyne before it
came into the possession of that family, has delayed
the appearance of the book. The last of the MS. is
now in the printer's hands. The volume will be
richly illustrated with photogravure portraits of
the early Marquises of Huntly, views of Aboyne
Castle as it appeared in the seventeenth century, and
plates of seals never before engraved.
As the number of pages to which II. and IV. have run has
very considerably e.xceeded the estimate fcjrmed a year ago, it
has been foimd impracticable to include in the financial year,
1893, the third volume mentioned in the Sixth Report, viz. :- —
V. — Boece's Lives of the Bishops of Aberdeen. Edited
and translated by James Moir, LL. D. This will
therefore fall to be reckoned as part of the issue for
1894, and as the whole of the Te.xt and Translation
has been printed off, and the Notes are now passing-
through the press, subscribers will have the satisfac-
tion of receiving an instalment of next year's publi-
cations in an earl)' month.
As approved by the Editorial Conunittee. the other volume
to appear in 1894 will be —
VI. — Historical and other Papers connected with the
Jacohiie Period. Edited by Colonel Allardyce.