Commonplace-books

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Commonplace book of Elizabeth Steuart. Mostley theological, undated.

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Commonplace book of Elizabeth Steuart. Mostly theological, undated.

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Commonplace book containing newspaper clippings (1914-15), poems, and quotations. One poem is dated, 'Pretoria, December 1st 1901', and a clipping of a poem by Rumi, extracted from the Asiatic Journal, July 1839, is pasted on the inside cover.

'Miss Helen Littlejohn Feb. 1841' is written on front flyleaf.

Scope and Contents Commonplace book, titled 'Adversaria de rebus indicis aliisque'. Contains entries between 1857 and 1898.Entries mainly relate to Mitchell's time in India, and include: - Comparative mythology and vernacular literature - Census information - Indian religions - Female education in India - Opium - Idolatry and demon worship - Christianity and mission in India - Sacrifice (human and animal)Dark brown leather octavo volume, with...

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Commonplace book of William H. Peyton, indexed, c. 80,000 words. Copious notebook kept some of the time when the writer was visiting France and Switzerland, with references to Darwin and Huxley, and an autobiography at p. 181. Dated 1893-1898.

Also includes enclosures (mainly newspaper clippings), gathered in one folder.

Scope and Contents A set of six early notebooks, established by Lyell to record prose, verse, and his travels, including: a trip through Europe in 1818 with his father, mother and his two older sisters; and detailing tours with William Buckland (Kinnordy 1819, Paris 1823), and Prévost (Cornwall 1824), where Lyell meets Mary Anning. The notebooks vary in format and use, pages are unnumbered, and there are no indexes. In the travel sections, dates are given throughout, and the route is given at the top of every...

Content Description This is an album used as a sketchbook and a common-place book from the mid-19th century to the 1930s, created and compiled by two Scottish women of the same family. The first contributor is Caroline Elizabeth Houstoun (1840-1926), who filled the volume with well-spaced studies of landscapes and buildings in coloured pencil, pastel, and some watercolour. Some noteworthy sites include Inverness from the Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Euston Station in London, and Saint-Germain in Paris. The...

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Manuscript commonplace book containing sayings and prayers. Calligraphic hands, illuminated capitals, and decorated margins. The volume is mostly blank, with only six pages filled in.

Scope and Contents The commonplace book may have been the work of M. Massy, York Place, Edinburgh - the name inscribed in first page. The written material contains original and transcribed matter. It is bound in original decorative brown morocco with all page edges gilt. There are gilt inner dentelles with repeated flower and urn design. Gilt spine and cover designs. There are clipped illustrations showing: the Gile Callum broadsword dance; Scottish Games, Tossing the caber; Clan Cameron; Clan...