"It is a creditable, useful, and painstaking book, a genuine contribution to Scottish literary history."—British Weekly.
James Thomson. By William Bayne.
"The story of Thomson's claim to the disputed authorship of 'Rule Britannia' is sustained by his countryman with spirit and in our judgment with success."—Literature.
OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER'S "FAMOUS SCOTS" SERIES.
Mungo Park. By T. Banks Maclachlan.
"Not only a charming life-story, if at times a pathetic one, but a vivid chapter in the romance of Africa."—Leeds Mercury.
David Hume. By Henry Calderwood, LL.D.
"Fulfils admirably well the purpose of the writer, which was that of presenting in clear, fair, and concise lines Hume and his philosophy to the mind of his countrymen and of the world."—Scotsman.
William Dunbar. By Oliphant Smeaton.