Series 3 > Miscellany of the Scottish History Society (Sixth volume)

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It is the first of the two volumes for the year 1937-8 : the
second—Inchcolm Charters, edited by Dr. D. E. Easson and
Dr. Angus Macdonald—is in the press, and should be ready
for issue during December.
For the year 1938-9 the Council propose to issue a further
volume of extracts from the Diaries of Johnston of Wariston,
which Mr. J. D. Ogilvie is engaged in editing, and also Miscel¬
lany Volume YI. The latter will include Bagimonfs Roll,
edited by Mrs. Dunlop (Miss Annie I. Cameron) from a
manuscript in the Vatican library; Letters of the Duke of
Lauderdale, edited by Mr. H. M. Paton ; and Memories of
Ayrshire about 1780 by the Rev. John Mitchell, edited by Dr.
W. K. Dickson.
New material which the Council have accepted during the
past year comprises the Foundation Charter of Dunbar Col¬
legiate Church, to be edited by the Rev. D. E. Easson, Ph.D.;
a collection of Jacobite Letters in the Vatican I ibrary, to be
edited by Miss Helen C. Stewart; and the Diary of Sir
William Drummond of Hawthornden 1657-9, to be edited by
Dr. H. W. Meikle.
In accordance with the policy, pursued since 1919, of issuing
in occasional years a single volume instead of two, the Council
have decided that Miscellany Volume VII shall be the only
volume for 1939-40.
On the completion of his term of office, Dr. W. K. Dickson
resigned in June from the Chairmanship of the Council. The
Council desire to place on record their appreciation of the
dignity, tact, and geniality with which he presided over their
meetings, and the unremitting zeal with which he has furthered
the interests of the Society. In his place the Council have
elected Professor R. K. Hannay, His Majesty’s Historio¬
grapher for Scotland, as Chairman for the ensuing four years.
Professor Hannay’s eminence as a Scottish historian and his