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ALLAN RAMSAY 55
same in spite of the revolutions of fashion and the change
of language.'
The task was no easy one, but Ramsay succeeded with
remarkable skill in dovetailing the second and third
cantos into the first, so that they read as the production
of one mind. For faithful portraiture of Scottish rural
manners, for a fidelity, even in the minutest details,
recalling Teniers and his vividly realistic pictures of
Dutch rustic life, the cantos are unrivalled in Scottish
literature, save by the scenes of his own Gentle Shepherd.

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Allan Ramsay
DescriptionA biography. By Oliphant Smeaton. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, [1896].
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.