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DALYELL, Dalziel, or
Dalzell, an
ancient and local surname taken from the barony of Dalziel in Lanarkshire,
now the name of a parish there. The name is supposed to mean “the white
dale” or meadow (Dal-gheal, Gaelic,) from the whitish scurf on the
surface of the clay soil, or large white gowan which covered the ground
before it was improved by cultivation. This is a more likely derivation
than the one given by tradition, as follows: The armorial bearing of the
family of Dalzell was anciently a man hanging on a gibbet, a device which
Nisbet says was intended to perpetuate the memory of a dangerous exploit
of one of their progenitors, in taking down from a gibbet the body of a
favourite kinsman of King Kenneth the Second who had been hanged by his
enemies. For, as the story goes, the king being exceedingly grieved that
the body of his friend should be allowed to hang there, proffered a great
reward to any of his subjects who would venture to cut it down, but no one
would undertake that hazardous enterprise, until a brave gentleman of the
court said to the king, Dal zell, which in the old Scottish language
signifies “I dare,” His posterity, in consequence, took the word Dalzell
for their surname, with the signification thereof, “I dare,” for their
motto. [Nisbet’s System of Heraldry, vol. i. page 332.] In the old
Scottish language, however, if by that is meant the Celtic, there are no
words approaching to Dalyell, either in sound or spelling. It is not
improbable, however, that the legend had some foundation, the authentic
record of which is lost.
Thomas de
Dalziel is mentioned in the Ragman Roll, as one of the great barons that
swore fealty to King Edward the First in 1296. He was afterwards one of
the patriots who joined King Robert the Bruce.
Sir Robert de
Dalzell, knight, his successor, continued faithful to King David Bruce,
during his captivity in England, and from that monarch he got the
serjeantship of Lanark, and, with other lands, the barony of Selkirk. The
charter of the latter rant is dated 15th May 1365. He was one
of the Scottish barons who, in 1379, became surety to Hakon the Sixth,
king of Norway, that Henry Sinclair, earl of Orkney, should faithfully
govern the Orkney islands, and in 1380 he was sent over to Norway by the
earl. He died the same year immediately on his return home.
The next
mentioned is Sir William de Dalyell, a brave and humorous knight, who lost
an eye at the battle of Otterburn in 1388. He accompanied Sir David
Lindsay of Glenesk, afterwards earl of Crawford, to the famous tournament
on London bridge in 1390, in which Lindsay was the victor, and is
celebrated for the ready reply he made to an English knight, who, jealous
of the honour of his countrymen, admitted that there were brave men in
Scotland, but they were, he said, the issue of the illicit intercourse of
the English with the Scottish ladies during the time that the former
overrun their kingdom; to which Sir William replied that if the allegation
were true, it was no less certain that a proportional degeneracy had taken
place among the English warriors, who were the offspring of valets, cooks,
and father-confessors, whom the English ladies had admitted to their arms
during the absence of their rightful lords in Scotland. This reply was
reported to the English sovereign, who applauded the spirit and humour
shown in it, and, immediately after, Sir Piers Courtenay, a gallant
English knight, appeared, attended by a numerous retinue, and bearing a
falcon embroidered on his sleeve, with a scroll having the following
motto, in token of defiance:
“I beir ane falcone, fairest of flicht;
Qwha so pinches at her, his deth is dicht
In graith.”
Sir William Dalyell
assumed a similar dress, with the badge of a magpie, and this device:
“I beir ane pi, pykkand at ane pese;
Quha so pykks at her, I sal pyk at his nese,
In faith.”
The challenge was
understood and accepted. In the first course the Scottish knight twice
lost his helmet, but he succeeded in wounding the English champion, and
the contest terminated in a ludicrous demand of Dalyell, that, as by the
laws of tournament the champions ought to be perfectly equal, Courtenay,
of course, should have one of his eyes put out to render him equal to
himself. He recovered the estate of his ancestors, which had been
forfeited in the reign of David the Second (See CARNWATH, earl of), and
had two sons, George and John.
George, the
elder, obtained, on the resignation of James Sandilands, brother-in-law of
King Robert the Third, a charter of the barony of Dalyell in the county of
Lanark, to him and the heirs male of his body, whom failing to the heirs
male of his father, Sir William de Dalyell, 5th July 1395. He
predeceased his father before 1400.
Sir John de
Dalyell, the younger son, had a letter of safe conduct to pass into
England with four other knights and sixty horse in their train, to treat
about national business, 24th July 1392. [Faedera, iii.
iv. 81.] From him was descended Robert Dalyell of that ilk, who was killed
at Dumfries in a skirmish between Lords Maxwell and Crichton 30th
July 1508. The second after him was Sir Robert Dalyell of Dalyell, who
firmly adhered to Queen Mary in all her troubles, and was engaged on her
side at the battle of Langside. He was the father of another Robert, who
married Janet, daughter of Gavin Hamilton of Raploch, commendator of
Kilwinning, and by her had a son, the first earl of Carnwath. See CARNWATH,
earl of.
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The family of
Dalyell of Binns in Linlithgowshire, which possesses a baronetcy, is one
of the oldest cadets of the name. Thomas Dalyell of Binns (born in 1571,
died in 1642), a lineal descendant of the Lanarkshire Dalyells, who became
earls of Carnwath, by his wife, Janet, eldest daughter of Edward Bruce,
the first Lord Kinlos, had, with two daughters, a son, Thomas, the
celebrated General Dalyell, of whom a memoir is given below. By his wife,
a daughter of Ker of Cavers, General Dalyell had a son, Thomas Dalyell of
Binns, a captain in the army, who immediately after his father’s death was
created, by James the Seventh, a baronet of Nova Scotia, by patent dated 7th
November 1685, to himself and his heirs of entail succeeding to the estate
of Binns, in consideration of the “innumerable, faithful, and eminent
services of General Dalyell to Charles the First and Second, and,
notwithstanding all losses and injuries sustained, that his fidelity
remained unshaken; and further, considering that Captain Thomas Dalyell,
his eldest son, has on all occasions testified the like alacrity in
promoting our service, &c.” By his wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir
William Drummond of Riccarton, he had a son, Thomas, and two daughters.
The son, Sir
Thomas Dalyell, the second baronet, died unmarried. The elder daughter,
Magdalen, had married in 1688, James Menteith of Auldcathy, heir-male and
representative of the ancient family of Menteith earls of Menteith (see
MENTEITH, surname of), and had by him seven sons and three daughters. The
eldest son, James Menteith, succeeded his uncle Sir Thomas Dalyell, as the
third baronet of Binns, on which he assumed the additional name of
Dalyell. He also succeeded as heir-male to James Menteith of Milnhall, to
whom he was retoured, 29th December 1728. He served in the army
during the reigns of George the First and Second, and died 28th
February 1747. He had three sons and a daughter. James, the second son, a
captain in the first regiment of foot, and aide-de-camp to Lord Amherst,
was killed in an engagement at a place since called Bloody Bridge, near
Fort Detroit, in America, in 1763; and Thomas, the youngest, an officer in
the navy, died in consequence of a wound on board the Valiant, in 1765.
The daughter, Magdalen, married Robert Stewart, Esq. of Binny, and their
son, Captain John Stewart, in command of the Wyndham East Indiaman,
particularly distinguished himself when twice taken by the French in 1810.
The eldest son,
Sir Robert Dalyell, the fourth baronet, served in the army during his
earlier years, on the continent of Europe. He married, 22d September 1773,
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Nicol Graham, Esq. of Gartmore, by Lady
Margaret Cunningham, eldest daughter of the twelfth earl of Glencairn, by
whom he had five sons and six daughters.
Sir James, the
eldest son, on the death of his father, 10th October 1791,
succeeded as the fifth baronet. He was born on 7th July 1774,
and entering the army, was in the expedition to Flanders commanded by the
duke of York in 1793. He died unmarried in 1841, when his brother, Sir
John Graham-Dalyell, became the sixth baronet. Of this gentleman, who was
the eighteenth in descent fro Walter earl of Menteith, third son of
Walter, lord high steward of Scotland, and the author of several works on
antiquities, science, and history, a memoir is given below. Robert, the
third son of Sir Robert Dalyell, a general in the army, died in 1849. He
was at one period captain of the 43d foot, and served in India, at the
siege of Copenhagen, on the retreat through Spain with Sir John Moore,
&c., and was wounded at the battle of Pombal, as also at that of Setubal
in Portugal. Thomas, the fourth son, served with much approbation under
Sir Alexander Cochrane, and other distinguished persons, but lost his
health in the West Indies, and died young.
On the death of
Sir John Graham Dalzell, the sixth baronet, in 1851, he was succeeded by
his next surviving brother, Sir William Cunningham-Cavendish-Dalyell,
fifth and youngest son of Sir Robert, the fourth baronet. Born in 1784, he
entered the navy in 1793, and in 1800 he was mate of the Seine at the
capture of the French frigate La Vengeance. He was subsequently frequently
noticed in the official despatches for services with the Antelope and the
Rattler in the Channel and North Seas. In 1805 he was very severely
wounded din an attempt to cut out the Vimerieux from St. Valery. He was
taken prisoner by the French, and remained some time in captivity in
France. He became a commander in 1814, and in 1820 married a daughter of
Antony Teiriera Sampayo, Esq. of Peterborough House, Fulham, by whom he
had issue. In 1852 he was appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Linlithgowshire,
and is in receipt of a pension for the wounds which he received during the
war.
DALYELL, SIR THOMAS,
of Binns, in West Lothian, an eminent Cavalier officer, was born there
about 1599. He was the son of Thomas Dalyell of Binns, by his wife the
Hon. Janet Bruce, daughter of the first Lord Bruce of Kinloss. He early
entered the army, and on the breaking out of the civil wars he fought
bravely for the king. He had at one time the command of the town and
garrison of Carrickfergus, where he was taken prisoner by the rebels.
After the execution of Charles the First, he never shaved his beard, which
grew white and bushy, and descended almost to his girdle. He adhered to
the fortunes of Charles the Second with the utmost fidelity, and at the
battle of Worcester, in 1651, he had the rank of major-general, but being
again taken prisoner, he was committed to the Tower, his estates
forfeited, and himself excepted from the general act of indemnity. Having
succeeded in escaping from the Tower, he seems to have gone abroad. In
1654 he landed with some royalists in the north of Scotland, and,
supported by a small party, took possession of the castle of Skelko. He
assisted in the exertions then made for the restoration of Charles, who
soon after sent him the following testimony of his approbation:
“Tom Dalyell,
“Though I need
say nothing to you by this honest bearer, Captain Mewes, who can well tell
you all I would have said, yett I am willing to give it you under my owne
hand, that I am very much pleased to heare how constant you are in your
affection to me, and in your endeavours to advance my service. We have all
a harde work to do: yett I doubt not God will carry us through it: and you
can never doubt that I will forgett the good part you have acted; which,
trust me, shall be rewarded, whenever it shall be in the power of your
affectionat frind.
“Colen, 30 Dec.
1654. Charles R.”
When the affairs
of Charles became desperate in Scotland, Dalyell, provided with several
strong recommendations from that prince, for eminent courage and fidelity,
went to Russia, and entered the Muscovite service, when the Czar, Alexis
Michaelowitch, made him a general. He displayed much bravery in the wars
with the Turks and Tartars, and after some years’ active employment, he
requested permission to return to Scotland, whereupon the Czar ordered a
flattering testimony of his services to pass under the great seal of
Russia.
In 1665 he
returned to Scotland, and in the year following, Charles the Second
appointed him commander-in-chief of his forces in that kingdom. He was
also created a privy councillor, and afterwards elected a member of
parliament for the county of Linlithgow. On the 28th of
November 1666, he suppressed the rising at Pentlant, and his memory is
still execrated for his cruel persecution of the Covenanters.
In the same year
he raised a regiment of foot, but its place in the military lists is not
now known. He was not at Bothwell Bridge; his commission as
commander-in-chief in Scotland having been intermitted mor a fortnight in
June 1679, and bestowed on the duke of Monmouth; in consequence of which
General Dalyell resigned all his employments, but was immediately restored
to them, and received an ample pension besides. He had received the gift
of the forfeited estate of Muir of Caldwell, in lieu of large sums which
he had expended for the king. At the Revolution, all the forfeited estates
were restored to their right owners, and the General’s family never
obtained any indemnification for a claim exceeding one hundred thousand
pounds against Government, except an inconsiderable pension. [Playfair’s
British Family Antiquity, 8th vol. app. p. ccxxxi. Note.]
In 1681 he
raised the regiment which has since so often distinguished itself under
the name of the Scots Greys. It was formerly the custom for the younger
sons of reputable families to serve in that regiment as volunteers, whence
the opinion long prevailed that at one time the whole regiment consisted
of gentlemen only. The letters of service for raising the Greys are dated
the 25th November 1681. He generally went to London once or
twice a-year to kiss the king’s hand, and the eccentricity of his dress
and appearance drew crowds after him, whenever he was observed on the
streets. “As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their
civilities, when he left them at the door to go in to the king; and would
let them know exactly at what hour he intended to come out again and
return to his lodgings. When the king walked in the park, attended by some
of his courtiers, and Dalyell in his company, the same crowds would always
be after him, showing their admiration at his beard and dress, so that the
king could hardly pass on for the crowd; upon which his majesty bid the
devil take Dalyell, for bringing such a rabble of boys together, to have
their guts squeezed out, whilst they gaped at his long beard and antic
habit; requesting him at the same time (as Dalyell used to express it) to
shave and dress like other Christians, to keep the poor bairns out of
danger. All this could never prevail upon him to part with his beard; but
yet, in compliance to his majesty, he went once to court in the very
height of fashion; but as soon as the king and those about him had laughed
sufficiently at the strange figure he made, he reassumed his usual habit,
to the great joy of the boys, who had not discovered him in his
fashionable dress.” [Memoirs of Captain Creichton, by Swift.]
On the accession
of James the Seventh, he received a commendation and approval, under the
great seal, of his conduct in Scotland, and a new and enlarged commission
to be commander-in-chief. An historian of that period observes that “after
he had procured himself a lasting name in the wars, he fixed his old age
at Binns, (his paternal inheritance) adorned by his excellence with
avenues, large parks, and fine gardens, and pleased himself with the
culture of curious flowers and plants.” This fierce and unrelenting
persecutor, who, as Bishop Burnet says, “acted the Muscovite too grossly,”
died about Michaelmas 1685. His private eccentricities furnished a subject
for the sarcastic pen of Dean Swift in his “Memoirs of Captain Creighton’
above quoted, while his public history forms an important element in the
narrative of the troublous times of the Church of Scotland.
DALZELL, ANDREW, M.A.
and F.R.S.,
an eminent scholar, the son of a wright or carpenter, in the parish of
Kirkliston, Linlithgowshire, was born there in 1742. After receiving the
elementary part of his education at the village school, he went to the
university of Edinburgh, with a view of studying for the ministry, but
though he delivered the prescribed course of lectures in the divinity
hall, to the satisfaction of Professor Hamilton, then in the theological
chair, it does not appear that he was ever licensed. Having been appointed
tutor to Lord Maitland, afterwards earl of Lauderdale, he travelled with
him to Paris, and shortly after his return he was, in 1779, through the
interest of his pupil’s father, elected by the town council, professor of
Greek in the university of Edinburgh, that chair being vacant by the death
of Professor Robert Hunter. In the university of Edinburgh classical
literature had, for a long period, been in a great measure neglected. The
great fame of Professor Moor, of the college of Glasgow, with the
excellent editions of the Greek classics, then issuing from the press of
the Foulises, had given that city a higher reputation for Greek learning
than Edinburgh had for many years possessed. The enthusiasm and ability of
Professor Dalzell, however, imparted a new impetus to the study of the
most polished language of antiquity, and the various improvements which he
introduced in his system of tuition, tended in an eminent degree to
restore the character of the university, and to attract to his classes
students from many distant quarters. The elementary class-books he
compiled were so well adapted to the object for which they were designed
that they soon found their way into many of the chief towns of England,
and with certain modifications and improvements, are still generally in
use. He also delivered a course of lectures to his students on the
literature, philosophy, history, the eloquence, the poetry, the fine arts,
and the antiquities of the Greeks, which were published, after his death,
in two volumes, by his son.
In 1783, when
the Royal Society of Edinburgh was instituted, Professor Dalzell was
prevailed upon to undertake the duties of secretary to its literary class,
and he contributed various able essays, and other interesting
communications to the Society’s Transactions. He had for some time been
associated with Dr. James Robertson, professor of Oriental languages, as
conjunct secretary and librarian of the university, and on the death of
that gentleman in 1795, he was appointed keeper of the college library,
having as his assistant Mr. Duke Gordon, who had been a candidate with him
for the Greek chair, and on whose death, in 1802, he did ample justice to
his memory in an interesting memoir of his life contributed to the Scots
Magazine.
In 1789,
Professor Dalzell succeeded his father-in-law, the Rev. Dr. John Drysdale
of Kirkliston, as principal clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland, being the first layman who ever held that appointment. The
contest was a keen one, his opponent being Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk, who
was supported by the moderate party, while Mr. Dalzell was the candidate
of the popular or evangelical section of the Assembly. When the votes were
taken, there appeared to be a majority of three in favour of Dr. Carlyle
(145 to 142), but on a scrutiny the election was found to be in Professor
Dalzell’s favour. On this occasion Kay of Edinburgh published a
full-length portrait of the professor, one of his most finished sketches,
under the title of “the successful candidate.”
After a
lingering illness, Professor Dalzell died on the 8th December
1806. He left several children. One of his sons, John Dalzell, born in
1796, passed advocate in 1818, and died in 1823. The professor’s personal
appearance was prepossessing. He had a fair complexion, mild aspect, blue
eyes, full of vigorous expression; and plump features, without heaviness
or grossness, while his address was graceful and impressive. His works
consist principally of collections from Greek authors, with short Latin
notes. Subjoined is a list of them:
Description of
the Plain of Troy; with a map of that region, delineated from actual
survey. Translated from the original French of M. Chevalier, (not
published,) with notes and illustrations. Edin. 1791, 4to.
Sermons by the
late Rev. John Drysdale, D.D., Edin.; to which is prefixed, An Account of
the Author’s Life and Character. 1793, 2 vols. 8vo.
Analecta Graeca
Minora, in usum Tironum accommodata, cum Notis Philologicis. 8vo.
Of certain
Analogies observed by the Greeks in the use of their Letters, and
particularly of the letter
SIGMA.
Trans. R. Soc. Edin. ii. part. ii. 3. 1790.
Substance of
Lectures on the Ancient Greeks. 2 vols, 8vo. Edin. 1821. Posthumous.
Edited by his son, John Dalzell.
DALYELL, SIR JOHN
GRAHAM, the
sixth baronet of Binns, editor of various works illustrative of the
poetry, history, and antiquities of Scotland, was born in 1776. He was the
second son of Sir Robert Dalyell, the fourth baronet, and was educated for
the bar. He passed advocate in the year 1797. Having little practice, he
devoted himself to literary pursuits, and turning his attention to the
collection of manuscripts preserved in the Advocates’ library, Edinburgh,
he commenced an industrious career of editing and publishing old journals
and neglected historical tracts, with the view of rescuing such useful and
authentic materials for illustrating our national history and antiquities
from oblivion, and was thus one of the first of that valuable class of
literary labourers in the department of research which the nineteenth
century has so abundantly produced. His first publication, entitled
‘Fragments of Scottish History,’ contained, among other matters of
interest, the characteristic ‘Diary of Robert Birrell, burgess of
Edinburgh from 1532 to 1608.’ In the preface to his second work, a
collection of ‘Scottish Poems of the Sixteenth Century,’ published in
1801, he stated that, in the course of his preparatory researches, he had
examined “about seven hundred volumes of manuscripts.” In 1809 he issued a
small work with the title of ‘A Tract chiefly relative to Monastic
Antiquities,’ the first of four or five thin octavos, in which he called
attention to those ecclesiastical records of Scotland, so many of which
have since been printed by the Bannatyne, Maitland, and Spalding Clubs.
The chartularies which occupied his pen were those of the bishoprics of
Aberdeen and Moray, the abbey of Cambuskenneth, the chapel royal of
Stirling, and the preceptory of St. Anthony of Leith. His edition of the
Scottish Chronicle of Lindsay of Pitscottie is still considered the best,
though it is probably destined to be superseded by the ore complete one of
this most pleasing of Scottish annalists which Lord Lindsay has
undertaken.
IN 1836, he
received the honour of knighthood under the great seal, for his
attainments in literature, and on 1st February 1841, on the
death of his elder brother, he succeeded to the baronetcy and family
estate. He was for many years one of the vice-presidents of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland, in the affairs of which he long took an active
interest. He was also president of the Society for Promoting Useful Arts
in Scotland, vice-president of the African Institute of Paris, and for
several years he represented the fourth district of the city in the town
council of Edinburgh. He did not confine his attention to antiquities and
history. He was distinguished also by his acquaintance with mechanical
science, and still more by his knowledge of natural history. Of the zeal
with which he prosecuted this last pursuit he has left a signal monument
in his ‘Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland,’ a handsome work in two
costly quartos. He was also conversant with the art of music, of which he
was particularly fond, and in one of his later works, the ‘Musical Memoirs
of Scotland,’ he has condensed the result of his researches on this
favourite subject, during a long literary life. The volume is illustrated
by many curious engravings, and its pages preserve a few of those social
anecdotes which its author was accustomed to relate with characteristic
vivacity.
The number and
extent of Sir John Graham Dalyell’s works will appear surprising when it
is considered that his habits of composition were most fastidious. Some of
his manuscripts he copied four or five times over before he would commit
them to the printer’s hands. The selection and editing of old manuscripts
for the purpose of being printed, and of rare works for republication,
form, even in practised hands, by no means so easy a labour as those not
accustomed to such employment may be inclined to suppose. Sound judgment,
and research of no ordinary kind, with a knowledge of old writings and
authors, and a practical acquaintance with what is precisely wanted to
supply materials for history, or for the illustration and elucidation of
antiquities, are essentially requisite for such a department of
literature, which is one of the most important, though it be one of the
least pretending, that can be named; and in these respects Sir John Graham
Dalyell showed himself every way qualified for the task which he had
chosen for himself, as a lifelong occupation. He died unmarried, on the 7th
June 1851, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir William
Cunningham-Cavendish Dalyell, commander, R.N., of the Royal Hospital,
Greenwich, as already stated.
Sir John Graham
Dalyell’s publications are:
Fragments of
Scottish History. Edin. 1798, 4to.
Scottish Poems
of the Sixteenth Century. 2 vols. 8vo. Edin. 1801. With a Glossary.
Tracts on the
Natural History of Animals and Vegetables. Translated from the original
Italian of Spallanzani, with Physiological illustrations. Edin. 1803, 2
vols, 8vo.
Illustrations of
Scottish History, preserved from Manuscripts of the sixteenth century.
Edinburgh, 1806, 8vo.
Journal of
Richard Bannatyne, Secretary to John Knox; with a Preface and short
Introduction. Edinburgh, 1806, 8vo. The volume contains also, Letters from
Secretary Maitland and the earl of Morton, 1572. An Account of the death
of the earl of Huntly, 1576. Confession of the earl of Morton, 1581; and
Mutual aggressions by the contending factions, 1570.
A Tract chiefly
relative to Monastic Antiquities, with some account of a recent search for
the Remains of the Scottish kings interred in the Abbey of Dunfermline.
Edinburgh, 1809, 8vo.
Some account of
an ancient manuscript of Martial’s Epigrams, illustrated by an Engraving,
and occasional anecdotes of the manners of the Romans. Edin. 1811, 8vo.
Only thirty copies of this work were printed, six of them on vellum.
Observations on
some interesting phenomena in Animal Physiology, exhibited by several
species of Planariae. Edin. 1814, 8vo.
Remarks on the
Antiquities, illustrated by the Chartularies of the Episcopal see of
Aberdeen. Edin. 1820, 8vo.
A Brief Analysis
of the Ancient Records of the Bishopric of Moray. Edin. 1826, 8vo.
A Brief Analysis
of the Chartularies of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, chapel royal of
Stirling, and Preceptory of St. Anthony at Leith. Edin. 1828, 8vo.
Chronicle of
Lindsay of Pitscottie. 2 vols. 8vo. 1814.
Enquiry into the
remote causes of cholera. A pamphlet, anonymous. Edinburgh, 1832.
The Darker
Superstitions of Scotland, illustrated from history and practice. Edin.
1834, 8vo. This work embodies the fruit of much patient study in scarce
and little read publications, and affords many curious glimpses of the
popular mythology of the North.
Rare and
Remarkable Animals of Scotland, represented in more than a hundred plates,
drawn from living subjects. 2 vols. 4to, London, 1847-8.
Musical Memoirs
of Scotland, with Historical Annotations, and numerous illustrative
plates. Edin. 1849, 4to.
The Powers of
the Creator displayed in the Creation; or Observations of line amidst the
various forms of the humbler tribes of animated nature, with practical
comments and Illustrations. 1 vol. London, 1851, 4to. A second volume left
in manuscript, was edited by the Rev. Dr. Fleming of the New College,
Edinburgh, with a memoir and portrait.
He was also the
author of various articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica. |
