"A graphic and informed account not only of the man and his works, but of his immediate environment and of the times in which he lived."—Bailie.
Sir William Wallace. By Professor Murison.
"Mr. Murison is to be heartily congratulated on this little book. After much hard and discriminate labour, he has pieced together by far the best, one might say the only rational and coherent, account of Wallace that exists."—Speaker.
Robert Louis Stevenson. By Margaret M. Black.
"Certainly one of the most charming biographies we have ever come across. The writer has style, sympathy, distinction, and understanding. We were loth to put the book aside. Its one fault is that it is too short."—Outlook.
Thomas Reid. By Professor Campbell Fraser.
"Supplies what must be allowed to be a distinct want in our literature, in the shape of a brief, popular, and accessible biography of the founder of the so-called Scottish School of Philosophy, written with notable perspicuity and sympathy by one who has made a special study of the problems that engaged the mind of Reid."—Scotsman.
Pollok and Aytoun. By Rosaline Masson.
"Miss Masson tells the story of the lives of her two subjects in a bright and readable way. Her criticisms are sound and judicious, and altogether the little volume is a very acceptable addition to the series."—North British Daily Mail.
Adam Smith. By Hector C. Macpherson.