Allan Ramsay

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ALLAN RAMSAY
BY OLIPHANT SMEATON
FAMOUS ·SCOTS· ·SERIES·
PUBLISHED BY OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER · EDINBURGH AND LONDON

The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr. Joseph Brown, and the printing from the press of Messrs. Morrison & Gibb, Edinburgh.

TO DAVID MASSON, LL.D. EMERITUS-PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED in grateful acknowledgment of kindly encouragement given in years long gone by, and of intellectual stimulus received from him by his former student THE AUTHOR
Since this Volume was in type, I have received some additional information which I feel constrained to lay before my readers.