OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER'S "FAMOUS SCOTS" SERIES.
Reading edition
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Thomas Carlyle. By Hector C. Macpherson.
"One of the best books on Carlyle yet written."—Literary World.
Allan Ramsay. By Oliphant Smeaton.
"Full of sound knowledge and judicious criticism."—Scotsman.
Hugh Miller. By W. Keith Leask.
"Leaves on us a very vivid impression."—Daily News.
John Knox. By A. Taylor Innes.
"There is vision in this book as well as knowledge."—Speaker.
Robert Burns. By Gabriel Setoun.
"A very valuable and opportune addition to a useful series."—Bookman.
The Balladists. By John Geddie.
"One of the most delightful and eloquent appreciations of the ballad literature of Scotland that has ever seen the light."—New Age.
Richard Cameron. By Professor Herkless.
"Interesting study of Cameron and his times."—National Observer.
Sir James Y. Simpson. By Eve Blantyre Simpson.
"It is indeed long since we have read such a charmingly-written biography as this little Life of the most typical and 'Famous Scot' that his countrymen have been proud of since the time of Sir Walter.... There is not a dull, irrelevant, or superfluous page in all Miss Simpson's booklet, and she has performed the biographer's chief duty—that of selection—with consummate skill and judgment."—Daily Chronicle.
Thomas Chalmers. By Professor W. Garden Blaikie.
"The most notable feature of Professor Blaikie's book—and none could be more commendable—is its perfect balance and proportion. In other words, justice is done equally to the private and to the public life of Chalmers, if possible greater justice than has been done by Mrs. Oliphant."—Spectator.
James Boswell. By W. Keith Leask.
"One of the finest and most convincing passages that have recently appeared in the field of British Biography."—Morning Leader.
Tobias Smollett. By Oliphant Smeaton.
"Mr. Smeaton has produced a very readable and vivid biography."—Academy.
Fletcher of Saltoun. By G. W. T. Omond.
"Unmistakably the most interesting and complete story of the life of Fletcher of Saltoun that has yet appeared."—Leeds Mercury.
The "Blackwood" Group. By Sir George Douglas.
"Sir George Douglas, in addition to summarising their biographies, criticises their works with excellent and well-weighed appreciation."—Literary World.
Norman Macleod. By John Wellwood.
"Its general picturesqueness is effective, while the criticism is eminently liberal and sound."—Scots Pictorial.
Sir Walter Scott. By George Saintsbury.
"Mr. Saintsbury's miniature is a gem of its kind."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Kirkcaldy of Grange. By Louis A. Barbé.
"A conscientious and thorough piece of work, showing wide and accurate knowledge."—Glasgow Herald.
Robert Fergusson. By A. B. Grosart, D.D., LL.D.
"It is a creditable, useful, and painstaking book, a genuine contribution to Scottish literary history."—British Weekly.
James Thomson. By William Bayne.
"The story of Thomson's claim to the disputed authorship of 'Rule Britannia' is sustained by his countryman with spirit and in our judgment with success."—Literature.