Commonplace book entitled 'Fugitive Pieces', collected by Richard Gall (1776–1801)
Scope and Contents
Commonplace book of Richard Gall, made up of clippings with occasional manuscript notes. Initial entries focus on the recent death of Robert Burns (1759-1796), but branch out into examples of Burns' work, and poems by other authors that centre generally on Scottish life and the city of Edinburgh.
Identifiable authors and subjects of their work:
- E. [Ellen] Hyslop (1766-1852)
- William Roscoe (1753-1831)
- Edward Rushton (1756-1814)
- Eaglesfield Smith (1770-1838)
- Stewart Lewis (c 1756–1818)
- John Dowie (fl.1770s-1817)
- Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818)
- David Allan (1744-1796)
- John Reresby (1634-1689)
- Allan Ramsay (1684-1758)
- F. J. Guion (fl.1770-1800)
- William Bennet (1666-1729)
- James Thomson of Kinleith (1763-1832)
- Adam Duncan (1731-1804)
- George Dyer (1755–1841)
- John Armstrong (1709-1779)
- Ebenezer Picken (1769- 1816)
- Ludovick Grant (1707-1773)
- Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738)
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
Scrap laid in at pp.76-77, with various titles.
Pseudonyms used, in additon to numerous initials:
- Scoto-Britannus
- Crito
- Eugenio
- Philo
- Benevolus
Dates
- Creation: 1649-1799
Creator
- Gall, Richard, 1776-1801 (Scottish poet) (Compiler, Person)
- Hyslop, Helen "Nelly", 1776-1852 (of Moffat | Acquaintance of Robert Burns) (Author, Person)
- Roscoe, William, 1753-1831 (British banker, lawyer, politician and abolitionist) (Author, Person)
- Rushton, Edward, 1756-1814 (English poet, writer, bookseller and abolitionist) (Author, Person)
- Smith, Eaglesfield, c 1770-1838 (Poet and surgeon) (Author, Person)
- Lewis, Stuart, c 1756–1818 (Scottish poet) (Author, Person)
- Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775–1818 (Gothic novelist and dramatist) (Author, Person)
- Reresby, John, 1634-1689 (English politician and diarist) (Author, Person)
- Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758 (Scottish poet and bookseller) (Author, Person)
- Guion, F. J. , fl.1770-1800 (Poet, actor, and teacher of elocution) (Author, Person)
- Dyer, George, 1755-1841 (Classicist, poet and editor) (Author, Person)
- Picken, Ebenezer, 1769-1816 (Scottish poet and songwriter) (Author, Person)
- Sheridan, Thomas, 1687-1738 (Author | friend of Jonathan Swift) (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Scots
Physical Location
Gen. 309D
Custodial History
Bears former shelfmark LL.118.5.60 on Edinburgh University Library bookplate
Physical Description
Quarter bound octavo volume with worn marbled boards. 106 numbered pages.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Elin Crotty in June 2026
Subject
- Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) (Person)
- Dowie, John, fl.1770s-1817) (Tavern landlord in Edinburgh) (Person)
- Allan, David, 1744-1796 (Scottish painter and illustrator) (Person)
- Bennet, William, 1666-1729 (2nd Baronet of Grubet | Scottish politician and patron) (Person)
- Thomson, James, 1786-1832 (Scottish weaver poet) (Person)
- John Armstrong, 1709-1779 (Physician, poet and satirist) (Person)
- Grant, Ludovick, 1641-1717 (1st of Grant and 8th of Freuchie | Scottish politician and soldier) (Person)
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 (Anglo-Irish writer) (Person)
- Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (Scottish poet) (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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