New Edition, demy 8vo, cloth extra, with numerous Illustrations,
and facsimile of original Title and Frontispiece, price 5s.,
=A Cloud of Witnesses=: For the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ;
being the Last Speeches and Testimonies of those who have suffered for
the Truth in Scotland since the year 1680. Reprinted from the Original
Editions, with Explanatory and Historical Notes. By the Rev. John H.
Thomson.
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=The Scots Worthies.= By JOHN HOWIE of Lochgoin. Revised from the
Author's Original Edition by the Rev. W. H. CARSLAW, M.A. The
Landscapes and Ornaments by various artists, engraved under the
superintendence of Mr. Williamson; the Historical Portraits by Mr.
Hector Chalmers, engraved by Messrs Schenck & M'Farlane. New edition,
demy 8vo, cloth extra, with upwards of 150 Illustrations, price 5s.
"The popularity of this book, long established, will certainly
suffer no diminution from the manner in which it is presented to
the reading public in this illustrated edition. It is a handsome
volume, attractively bound, and beautifully printed; and the
illustrations, equally appropriate and effective, at once
stimulate and gratify historical interest--supplying indeed a
'National Portrait Gallery' of no small value and extent. Great
care, too, has been bestowed upon the letterpress, the work of
revision having been performed by a scholar who loves and knows
the subject; and altogether the work seems to be nearly as fine
an edition of the Scots Worthies as could be desired."--_Daily
Review._
"The well-known house or Messrs Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, of
Edinburgh, has republished the Rev. W. H. Carslaw's edition of
the Scots Worthies, and, in so doing, has put within the reach of
everybody one of the most interesting and useful books in
Scottish literature. More than one hundred years have elapsed
since John Howie issued the first edition of the famous book. No
man was better fitted for the task of embalming the worthies of
the Scottish Covenant in the memories of his fellow-men, for he
was a staunch Cameronian; his ancestors had suffered in the
interests of the Church of Christ in Scotland; his home was the
centre of the district in which many of the most tragic scenes of
Scottish martyrology occurred; and, besides strict adherence to
truth, he had a literary power which awakes surprise and
admiration. The book was a household one in the Presbyterian
homes in Scotland in its quaint early garb. An edition was issued
with notes by the late William M'Gavin. author of 'The
Protestant;' and other editions have followed. Mr. Carslaw's has
already established itself in public favour, and well it may. It
has all the quaintness of the original volume in a condensed
form. It abounds in illustrations of well-executed views of
Covenanter localities, from the Communion stones of Irongray to
Dunnottar; of Scottish palaces, Falkland, Holyrood, etc.; of
Scottish abbeys and churches--indeed it might almost be called an
illustrated Gazetteer of Scotland. It likewise contains views of
places in England, Ireland, and the Continent connected with
Covenanting story, such as Westminster, Rotterdam, and
Londonderry. It gives, moreover, a gallery of portraits, from
George Wishart to Robert Traill; from Mary Queen of Scots to
William III.; and from Archbishop Sharpe to Claverhouse. It is in
every way elegantly and quaintly got up, the illustrations having
old-fashioned elaborately-decorated borders. We know of no book
more calculated to quicken the pulse of modern Protestantism, or
to give in an attractively biographical form the history of the
Church of Scotland through the lives, and doings, and deaths of
her noblest sons. We therefore commend it to all who wish to
remember the days of former generations, or to understand the
glorious work done for Scotland in his chief book by the old
farmer of Lochgoin."--_Christian Leader._
"The Scots Worthies. By John Howie of Lochgoin. An illustrated
edition, revised from the author's original edition, by the Rev.
W. H. Carslaw, M.A.--We are glad to see this reprint of our
Scottish Acta Sanctorum. It is one of the books that, lying on
cottage shelves, and conned over on cottars' Sabbath nights, has
helped to make Scotchmen what they are. It will be a sad day for
Scotland when she forgets the men whose deeds are so simply and
so quaintly recorded by one who had himself the blood of the
Covenant in his veins, and whose fathers resisted unto blood.
Though this edition is inexpensive, the illustrations are
admirably executed. We counsel those who have not the book in
their libraries, so place it there, and put it in the way of
their children."--_U. P. Record._