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us likely to be of special interest to any one who would care to 

 inquire further into subjects more or less connected with it. Our 

 thanks are specially due to Mr. J. W. Cursiter, of Kirkwall, for 

 his aid in making this so complete, but at the same time it must 

 not be looked upon as a Bibliography of the Orkney literature, 

 which subject has been taken in hand for some time back by 

 others more specially interested in that subject. 



A.D. 



1684. Scotia lllustrata, sive Prodromus Historic?, Natumlis Scotice. 



Eoberto Sibbaldo. 1684. 



1693. Wallace, Rev. James. A Description of the Isles of Orkney. 8vo. 

 Edinburgh. 



- Reprint of 1693 ed. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1883. 



1700. Wallace, James, M.D., F.R.S. An Account of the Islands of 

 Orkney. 8vo. London, 1700. 



[This is merely a new edition of the foregoing by the first- 

 named author's son.] 



1700. Brand, Rev. John. A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pight- 

 land Firth, and Caithness. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1700. 



Reprint. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1884. 



1751. Voyage to Shetland, the Orkneys, and the Western Isles. 8vo. Lon- 

 don, 1751. 



1775. Fea, James, Surgeon. The Present State of the Orkney Islands 

 Considered. 8vo. Holy Rood House, 1775. 

 Reprint. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1884. 



1774 (1879). Low, Rev. George. A Tour through the Islands of Orkney 

 and Schetland. 1774. 8vo. Kirkwall. 1879. 



1775 1 (1813). Fauna Orcadensis. Circa 1770. 4to. Edinburgh, 1813. 

 (Vide p. 86 of our present volume.) 



1791. Old Statistical Account of the Orkney Islands. 8vo. 1791. 



1805. Barry, Rev. George, D.D. History of the Orkney Islands. 4to. 

 Edinburgh, 1805. 



Second edition, with Hendrick's Notes. 4to. Edinburgh, 1808. 



Reprint, with Introduction. 8vo. Kirkwall, 1867. 



1806. Neill, Patrick. Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and 

 Shetland. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1806. 



1814. Shireff, John. General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney and 

 Shetland Islands. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1814. 



