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" Prayers of Intercession for their Use who mourn in 

 secret for the publique Calamities of this Nation." Printed 

 in 1659, containing Prayers for Charles II. and Queen 

 Henrietta Maria and an " Anniversary Prayer " for the 

 30th January. 



A considerable number of books printed in Scotland or 

 bearing upon Scotch history have been added to the Library 

 during the year. Among these the following are of special 

 interest : — 



" Elegie nuptiale presentee a Princesse Magdaleine le 

 lendemain de ses nopces avec le Roy d'Escoce." Printed in 

 1536. Madeleine, eldest daughter of Francis I. of France, 

 married James V. of Scotland on the 1st January 1537, and 

 died shortly after landing in Scotland, in July of the same 

 year. 



Knox, John : " Epistle anto the inhabitants of Newcastle 

 and Barwicke." Geneva, 1559. 



Barnestaple, 0. : L'histoire et vie de Marie Stuart. Com- 

 posee en Latin et faicte fran^oise." Paris, 1589. 



" Actes of Parliament past seen the Coronation of the 

 King, 1567-1592 in furtherance of the progress of the true 

 Religion." R. Waldegrave, Edinburgh, 1593. 



Two editions of the " Book of Common Order of the 

 Church of Scotland," the first printed by Richard Schilders, 

 Middelburg, 1594, the second by Andrew Hart, Edinburgh, 

 1611. 



" Articles concerning the Authoritie of Justices within 

 the Kingdome of Scotland." Edinburgh, 1612. 



"A Forme of Prayer" (Set forth to be used on the 

 5th August as a Thanksgiving for the escape of James VI. 

 from the Gowrie Conspiracy in the year 1600). B. Norton 

 and J. Bill, London, 1618. 



" Protestation of the General Assemblie and of the 

 Subscribers of the Covenant lately renewed in the High 

 Kirk and Mercate Cross of Glasgow, November, 1638." 

 George Anderson, Gla.sgow, 1638. The first book known to 

 have been printed at Glasgow. The printer, George 

 Anderson, before this date had a press in Edinburgh. 



"Poems." J. Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1803. In this volume 

 appeared anonymously the first issue of Thomas Campbell's 

 " Lochiel " and " Hohenlinden." 



The following are the most interesting among the 

 Incunabula and other foreign books acquired during the 

 year : — 



A copy of the second edition of the Latin-German 

 Dictionary commonly known as the " Vocabularius ex quo." 

 Printed by Nicolaus Bechtermiinze at Eltville near Mainz, 

 1469. This book is specially interesting on account of its 

 connection with Johann Gutenberg, who after his severance 



