6 NEW BOOKS 



THE BOOK OF SCOTTISH ANECDOTE: Humor- 

 ous, Social, Legendary, and Historical. Edited by 

 ALEXANDER HISLOP. Crown 8vo., pp. 768. Cheaper 

 edition. Price 5s. 



The most comprehensive collection of Scottish Anecdotes, con- 

 taining about 3,000 in number. 



THE BOOK OF SCOTTISH STORY: Historical, 

 Traditional, Legendary, Imaginative, and Humorous. 

 Crown 8vo., pp. 768. Cheaper edition. Price 5s. 

 A most interesting and varied collection by Leading Scottish 



Authors. 



THE BOOK OF SCOTTISH POEMS: Ancient and 

 Modern. Edited by J. Eoss. Crown 8vo., pp. 768. 

 Cheaper edition. Price 5s. 



Comprising a History of Scottish Poetry and Poets from the 

 earliest times. With lives of the Poets and Selections from their 

 Writings. 



%* These three works are uniform. 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN ISLES OF 

 SCOTLAND, CALLED HYBRIDES. With the 

 Genealogies of the Chief Clans of the Isles. By SIR 

 DONALD MONRO, High Dean of the Isles, who 

 travelled through most of them in the year 1549. 

 Impression limited to 250 copies. Demy 8vo. Price 5s. 

 This is the earliest written description of the Western Islands, 



and is exceedingly quaint and interesting. In this edition all the 



old curious spellings are strictly retained. 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN ISLANDS 

 OF SCOTLAND CIRCA 1695. By MARTIN MARTIN. 

 Impression limited to 250 copies. Demy 8vo. Price 

 12s. 6d. 



With the exception of Dean Monro's smaller work 150 years 

 previous, it is the earliest description of the Western Islands w& 

 have, and is the only lengthy work on the subject before the era 

 of modern innovations. Martin very interestingly describes the 

 people and their ways as he found them about 200 years ago. 



