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BY ROBERT BRUCE ARMSTRONG

EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS

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SCOTLAND AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS

BY THE DUKE OF ARGYLL

A HISTORY OF RACES, OF MILITARY EVENTS, AND OF THE RISE OF COMMERCE

EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS

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ARCHÆOLOGICAL ESSAYS

BY THE LATE SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON, BART.

EDITED BY THE LATE JOHN STUART, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “SCULPTURED STONES OF SCOTLAND”

CONTENTS.

1. Archæology.

2. Inchcolm.

3. The Cat Stane.

4. The Magical Charm-Stones.

5. Pyramid of Gizeh.

6. Leprosy and Leper Hospitals.

7. Greek Medical Vases.

8. Was the Roman Army provided with Medical Officers?

9. Roman Medicine Stamps, etc., etc.

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DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE PROVINCE OF MORAY

EDITED BY E. DUNBAR DUNBAR OF GLEN OF ROTHES FORMERLY CAPTAIN IN THE 21ST (NOW ROYAL SCOTS) FUSILIERS

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P. Hume Brown.

George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer: a Biography. By P. HUME BROWN. Demy 8vo, 12s.

“There is, perhaps, no eminent Scotsman who has stood in better need of an impartial and scholarly biography than George Buchanan; and Mr Hume Brown is to be congratulated on having in the present volume produced a model of its kind.”—Scotsman.

Tours in Scotland, 1677 and 1681. By THOMAS KIRK and RALPH THORESBY. Edited by P. HUME BROWN. Demy 8vo, 5s.

A lucky accident having brought these two interesting narratives to light since the “Early Travellers in Scotland” was published, it was thought desirable to reprint them uniform with that book.

Scotland Before 1700. From Contemporary Documents. Forming a Companion Volume to “Early Travellers in Scotland.” By P. HUME BROWN, Author of “The Life of George Buchanan,” &c. Demy 8vo, 14s.

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Bishop Forbes.

Kalendars of Scottish Saints. With Personal Notices of those of Alba, etc. By ALEXANDER PENROSE FORBES, D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin. 4to, price £3, 3s. A few copies for sale on large paper, £5, 15s. 6d.

“A truly valuable contribution to the archæology of Scotland.”—Guardian.

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Thomas S. Muir.

Ecclesiological Notes on some of the Islands of Scotland, with other Papers relating to Ecclesiological Remains on the Scottish Mainland and Islands. By THOMAS S. MUIR, Author of “Characteristics of Church Architecture,” etc. Demy 8vo, with numerous Illustrations, 21s.

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Sir Samuel Ferguson.

Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. By the late SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON, President of the Royal Irish Academy, Deputy Keeper of the Public Records of Ireland, LL.D., Queen’s Counsel, etc. (Being the Rhind Lectures in Archæology for 1884.) 1 vol. demy 8vo, 12s.

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Miss Maclagan.

The Hill Forts, Stone Circles, and other Structural Remains of Ancient Scotland. By C. MACLAGAN, Lady Associate of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. With Plans and Illustrations. Folio, 31s. 6d.

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EARLY TRAVELLERS IN SCOTLAND

1295-1689

EDITED BY P. HUME BROWN AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE OF GEORGE BUCHANAN’

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