George Craig was Sir Walter Scott's local banker, a writer, insurance agent, election agent and baron bailie of Galashiels. Based on thousands of recently discovered letters, this is the first…

This is an in-depth study of the intellectual, technical, and artistic encounters between Europe and China in the late eighteenth century.

How important can a court and its members be in influencing the development of a country? In Scotland’s case, the answer is surprising. This book reveals the working milieu within…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

This Wiseblood Book edition of Finlay’s poetry and related writings is the most comprehensive edition to date, including many previously uncollected and unpublished materials. John Finlay’s poems are almost all…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

The genre of biblical commentary is as old as the Bible itself, and remains very much alive as a point of illuminating contact between the ancient text and its modern…