"The popularity of this book, long established, will certainly suffer no diminution from the manner in which it is presented to the reading public in this illustrated edition. It is a handsome volume, attractively bound, and beautifully printed; and the illustrations, equally appropriate and effective, at once stimulate and gratify historical interest—supplying indeed a 'National Portrait Gallery' of no small value and extent. Great care, too, has been bestowed upon the letterpress, the work of revision having been performed by a scholar who loves and knows the subject; and altogether the work seems to be nearly as fine an edition of the Scots Worthies as could be desired."—Daily Review.
"The well-known house or Messrs Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, of Edinburgh, has republished the Rev. W. H. Carslaw's edition of the Scots Worthies, and, in so doing, has put within the reach of everybody one of the most interesting and useful books in Scottish literature. More than one hundred years have elapsed since John Howie issued the first edition of the famous book. No man was better fitted for the task of embalming the worthies of the Scottish Covenant in the memories of his fellow-men, for he was a staunch Cameronian; his ancestors had suffered in the interests of the Church of Christ in Scotland; his home was the centre of the district in which many of the most tragic scenes of Scottish martyrology occurred; and, besides strict adherence to truth, he had a literary power which awakes surprise and admiration. The book was a household one in the Presbyterian homes in Scotland in its quaint early garb. An edition was issued with notes by the late William M'Gavin. author of 'The Protestant;' and other editions have followed. Mr. Carslaw's has already established itself in public favour, and well it may. It has all the quaintness of the original volume in a condensed form. It abounds in illustrations of well-executed views of Covenanter localities, from the Communion stones of Irongray to Dunnottar; of Scottish palaces, Falkland, Holyrood, etc.; of Scottish abbeys and churches—indeed it might almost be called an illustrated Gazetteer of Scotland. It likewise contains views of places in England, Ireland, and the Continent connected with Covenanting story, such as Westminster, Rotterdam, and Londonderry. It gives, moreover, a gallery of portraits, from George Wishart to Robert Traill; from Mary Queen of Scots to William III.; and from Archbishop Sharpe to Claverhouse. It is in every way elegantly and quaintly got up, the illustrations having old-fashioned elaborately-decorated borders. We know of no book more calculated to quicken the pulse of modern Protestantism, or to give in an attractively biographical form the history of the Church of Scotland through the lives, and doings, and deaths of her noblest sons. We therefore commend it to all who wish to remember the days of former generations, or to understand the glorious work done for Scotland in his chief book by the old farmer of Lochgoin."—Christian Leader.
"The Scots Worthies. By John Howie of Lochgoin. An illustrated edition, revised from the author's original edition, by the Rev. W. H. Carslaw, M.A.—We are glad to see this reprint of our Scottish Acta Sanctorum. It is one of the books that, lying on cottage shelves, and conned over on cottars' Sabbath nights, has helped to make Scotchmen what they are. It will be a sad day for Scotland when she forgets the men whose deeds are so simply and so quaintly recorded by one who had himself the blood of the Covenant in his veins, and whose fathers resisted unto blood. Though this edition is inexpensive, the illustrations are admirably executed. We counsel those who have not the book in their libraries, so place it there, and put it in the way of their children."—U. P. Record.
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