The History of Scottish Poetry, from the Middle Ages to the Close of the
Seventeenth Century. By the late DAVID IRVING, LL.D. Edited by JOHN
AITKEN
CARLYLE, M.D. With a Memoir and Glossary. In one vol. demy 8vo, 16s.
“Such a book was demanded to supply a gap in Scottish literature,
and being executed with adequate knowledge of the subject, must be
recognised as a standard work.”—_Spectator, October 19._
“The book seems to us to exhaust the subject, and is therefore of
permanent value.”—_Dumfries Herald, October 25._