388 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF [martin 
have a kindness for him in spite of his defects. 16th April 
1774.” 
In Boswell’s Life of Johnson we are told that the “ great 
lexicographer ” was at first pleased to approve of Martin’s 
work, but that afterwards he changed his opinion and hurled 
at the unfortunate author one of his ponderous bolts : “ No 
man now writes so ill as Martin’s “ Account of the Hebrides ” 
is written. A man could not wTite so ill if he should try.” 1 
1698. A Late | Voyage | to | St. Kilda, | The Remotest of all the | 
Hebrides, | or | Western Isles of Scotland. | With | a History 
of the Island, Natural, Moral, | and Topographical. Wherein 
is an Account of their | Customs, Religion, Fish, Fowl, &c. As 
also a Rela- | tion of a late Imposter there, pretended to be | 
Sent by St. John Baptist. | By M. Martin, Gent. | London : | 
Printed for D. Brown, and T. Goodwin : At the Black Swan and 
| Bible without Temple-Bar ; and at the Queen’s Head against | 
St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleetstreet. mdcxcviii. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. 14 un. + pp. 158. Map and 1 pi. to 
face p. 55. 
Birds at pp. 46-67. 
The above is the first edition. The date of the second (if pub- 
lished) we are unable to trace. 3rd edit., 1749. 
1753. A | Voyage | to | St. Kilda. | The remotest of all the Hebrides, | 
or Western Isles of Scotland : | Giving | An account of the very 
remarkable In- | habitants of that Place, their Beauty and sin- | 
gular Chastity (Fornication and Adultery being | unknown among 
them) ; their Genius for | Poetry, Music, Dancing ; their sur- 
prising Dex- | terity in climbing the Rocks, and Walls of | 
Houses ; Diversions, Habit, Food, Language, | Diseases and 
Methods of Cure ; their extensive | Charity ; their Contempt of 
Gold and Silver, | as below the Dignity of Human Nature ; their 
| Religious Ceremonies, Notion of Spirits and | Visions, &c. &c. j 
To which is added, | An Account of Roderick, the late Impostor 
there, | pretending to be sent by St. John Baptist with new 
Reve- | lations and Discoveries ; his Diabolical Inventions, At- | 
tempts upon the Women, &c. | By M. Martin, Gent. | The Fourth 
Edition, corrected. ] The Inhabitants of St. Kilda are almost 
the only People in the world | who feel the sweetness of true 
■ Liberty ; what the Condition of the | People in the Golden Age 
is feigned to be, that theirs really is. P. 67. | London : | Printed 
for Dan. Browne, without Temple-Bar ; | and Lockyer Davis, 
in Fleet-Street. | mdccliii. 
1 For a fuller account of this author and his work, vide an article by Mr. Mullens 
in British Birds , 1908, pp. 173-82. 
