FAMOUS SCOTS 

 ALLAN RAMSAY 



BY OLIPHANT SMEATON 



' Graphic and winning.' Dundee Advertiser. 



1 Gives many quaint and pleasant glimpses of Scottish 

 life in the last century.' Newcastle Chronicle. 



' A most interesting monograph.' Arbroath Herald. 



' Discussing Ramsay as a pastoral poet and elegist, the 

 biographer gives an able analysis of his chief writings. 

 The whole book is, indeed, marked by authority and 

 ability.' Banffshire Journal. 



'A new and most important addition to our national 

 biography.' Scottish Notes and Queries. 



f Eminently readable.' Border Advertiser. 



'The story throughout is told with vigour.' Glasgow 

 Citizen. 



'Presents a very interesting sketch of the life of the 

 poet, as well as a well-balanced estimate and review of his 

 works.' Peoples Friend. 



' The author has shown scholarship and much enthusiasm 

 in his task.' Edinburgh Dispatch. 



* The kindly, vain, and pompous little wig-maker lives for 

 us in Mr. Smeaton's pages.' Daily Record. 



'A careful and intelligent study.' Glasgow Herald. 



*A very capable piece of literary craftsmanship by a 

 competent hand.' Edinburgh Evening News. 



' It is not a patchwork picture, but one in which the 

 worker, taking genuine interest in his subject and bestow- 

 ing conscientious pains on his task, has his materials well in 

 hand, and has used them to produce a portrait that is both 

 lifelike and well-balanced.' Scotsman. 



