Chapter C: H. FIRTH, Oxford; SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, LL.D.; Rev. W. D

MACRAY, Oxford; Rev. Professor A. F. MITCHELL, D.D., St. Andrews.

_Hon. Treasurer._

J. T. CLARK, Keeper of the Advocates' Library.

_Hon. Secretary._

T. G. LAW, Librarian, Signet Library.

RULES

1. The object of the Society is the discovery and printing, under selected editorship, of unpublished documents illustrative of the civil, religious, and social history of Scotland. The Society will also undertake, in exceptional cases, to issue translations of printed works of a similar nature, which have not hitherto been accessible in English.

2. The number of Members of the Society shall be limited to 400.

3. The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Council, consisting of a Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and twelve elected Members, five to make a quorum. Three of the twelve elected Members shall retire annually by ballot, but they shall be eligible for re-election.

4. The Annual Subscription to the Society shall be One Guinea. The publications of the Society shall not be delivered to any Member whose Subscription is in arrear, and no Member shall be permitted to receive more than one copy of the Society's publications.

5. The Society will undertake the issue of its own publications, _i.e._ without the intervention of a publisher or any other paid agent.

6. The Society will issue yearly two octavo volumes of about 320 pages each.

7. An Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Tuesday in October.

8. Two stated Meetings of the Council shall be held each year, one on the last Tuesday of May, the other on the Tuesday preceding the day upon which the Annual General Meeting shall be held. The Secretary, on the request of three Members of the Council, shall call a special meeting of the Council.

9. Editors shall receive 20 copies of each volume they edit for the Society.

10. The owners of Manuscripts published by the Society will also be presented with a certain number of copies.

11. The Annual Balance-Sheet, Rules, and List of Members shall be printed.

12. No alteration shall be made in these Rules except at a General Meeting of the Society. A fortnight's notice of any alteration to be proposed shall be given to the Members of the Council.

PUBLICATIONS

OF THE

SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY

_For the year 1886-1887._

1. BISHOP POCOCKE'S TOURS IN SCOTLAND, 1747-1760. Edited by D.
W. KEMP.

(Oct. 1887.)

2. DIARY OF AND GENERAL EXPENDITURE BOOK OF WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM
OF CRAIGENDS, 1673-1680. Edited by the Rev. JAMES DODDS, D.D.

(Oct. 1887.)

_For the year 1887-1888._

3. PANURGI PHILO-CABALLI SCOTI GRAMEIDOS LIBRI SEX.--THE
GRAMEID: an heroic poem descriptive of the Campaign of Viscount
Dundee in 1689, by JAMES PHILIP of Almerieclose. Translated and
Edited by the Rev. A. D. MURDOCH.

(Oct. 1888.)

4. THE REGISTER OF THE KIRK-SESSION OF ST. ANDREWS. Part I.
1559-1582. Edited by D. HAY FLEMING.

(Feb. 1889.)

_For the year 1888-1889._

5. DIARY OF THE REV. JOHN MILL, Minister of Dunrossness,
Sandwick, and Cunningsburgh, in Shetland, 1740-1803. Edited by
GILBERT GOUDIE, F.S.A. Scot.

(June 1889.)

6. NARRATIVE OF MR. JAMES NIMMO, A COVENANTER, 1654-1709. Edited
by W. G. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, Advocate.

(June 1889.)

7. THE REGISTER OF THE KIRK-SESSION OF ST. ANDREWS. Part II.
1583-1600. Edited by D. HAY FLEMING.

(Aug. 1890.)

_For the year 1889-1890._

8. A LIST OF PERSONS CONCERNED IN THE REBELLION (1745). With
a Preface by the EARL OF ROSEBERY and Annotations by the Rev.
WALTER MACLEOD.

(Sept. 1890.)

_Presented to the Society by the Earl of Rosebery._

9. GLAMIS PAPERS: The 'BOOK OF RECORD,' a Diary written by
PATRICK, FIRST EARL OF STRATHMORE, and other documents relating
to Glamis Castle (1684-89). Edited by A. H. MILLAR, F.S.A. Scot.

(Sept. 1890.)

10. JOHN MAJOR'S HISTORY OF GREATER BRITAIN (1521). Translated
and Edited by ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE, with a Life of the author by
ÆNEAS J. G. MACKAY, Advocate.

(Feb. 1892.)

_For the year 1890-1891._

11. THE RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES,
1646-47. Edited by the Rev. Professor MITCHELL, D.D., and the
Rev. JAMES CHRISTIE, D.D., with an Introduction by the former.

(May 1892.)

12. COURT-BOOK OF THE BARONY OF URIE, 1604-1747. Edited by the
Rev. D. G. BARRON, from a MS. in possession of Mr. R. BARCLAY of
Dorking.

(Oct. 1892.)

_For the year 1891-1892._

13. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN CLERK OF PENICUIK, Baronet,
Baron of the Exchequer, Commissioner of the Union, etc.
Extracted by himself from his own Journals, 1676-1755. Edited
from the original MS. in Penicuik House by JOHN M. GRAY, F.S.A.
Scot.

(Dec. 1892.)

14. DIARY OF COL. THE HON. JOHN ERSKINE OF CARNOCK, 1683-1687.
From a MS. in possession of HENRY DAVID ERSKINE, Esq., of
Cardross. Edited by the Rev. WALTER MACLEOD.

(Dec. 1893.)

_For the year 1892-1893._

15. MISCELLANY OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY, First Volume--

THE LIBRARY OF JAMES VI., 1573-83.
DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING CATHOLIC POLICY, 1596-98.
LETTERS OF SIR THOMAS HOPE, 1627-46.
CIVIL WAR PAPERS, 1645-50.
LAUDERDALE CORRESPONDENCE, 1660-77.
TURNBULL'S DIARY, 1657-1704.
MASTERTON PAPERS, 1660-1719.
ACCOMPT OF EXPENSES IN EDINBURGH, 1715.
REBELLION PAPERS, 1715 and 1745.

(Dec. 1893.)

16. ACCOUNT BOOK OF SIR JOHN FOULIS OF RAVELSTON (1671-1707).
Edited by the Rev. A. W. CORNELIUS HALLEN.

(June 1894.)

_For the year 1893-1894._

17. LETTERS AND PAPERS ILLUSTRATING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN
CHARLES II. AND SCOTLAND IN 1650. Edited, with Notes and
Introduction, by SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, LL.D., etc.

(July 1894.)

18. SCOTLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH. LETTERS AND PAPERS RELATING
TO THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF SCOTLAND, Aug. 1651-Dec. 1653.
Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by C. H. FIRTH, M.A.

(Oct. 1895.)

_For the year 1894-1895._

19. THE JACOBITE RISING OF 1719. Letter Book of James, Second
Duke of Ormonde, Nov. 4, 1718-Sept. 27, 1719. Edited by W. K.
DICKSON, Advocate.

(_In progress._)

20, 21. THE LYON IN MOURNING, OR A COLLECTION OF SPEECHES,
LETTERS, JOURNALS, ETC., RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF PRINCE
CHARLES EDWARD STUART, by the Rev. ROBERT FORBES, A.M., Bishop
of Ross and Caithness. 1746-1775. Edited from his Manuscript by
=Henry Paton=, M.A. Vols. I. and II.

(Oct. 1895.)

_In preparation._

THE LYON IN MOURNING. Vol. III.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESBYTERY RECORDS OF INVERNESS AND DINGWALL
FROM 1638 TO 1688. Edited by WILLIAM MACKAY.

RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
(_continued_) for the years 1648-49, 1649-50, 1651-52. Edited by
the Rev. Professor MITCHELL, D.D., and Rev. JAMES CHRISTIE, D.D.

JOURNAL OF A FOREIGN TOUR IN 1665 AND 1666 BY JOHN LAUDER,
LORD FOUNTAINHALL. Edited by DONALD CRAWFORD, Sheriff of
Aberdeenshire.

JOURNALS AND PAPERS OF JOHN MURRAY OF BROUGHTON, PRINCE CHARLES'
SECRETARY. Edited by R. FITZROY BELL, Advocate.

SIR THOMAS CRAIG'S DE UNIONE REGNORUM BRITANNIÆ. Edited, with an
English Translation, from the unpublished MS. in the Advocates'
Library, by DAVID MASSON, Historiographer Royal.

NOTE-BOOK OR DIARY OF BAILIE DAVID WEDDERBURNE, MERCHANT OF
DUNDEE, 1587-1630. Edited by A. H. MILLAR.

A TRANSLATION OF THE STATUTA ECCLESIÆ SCOTICANÆ, 1225-1556, by
DAVID PATRICK, LL.D.

DOCUMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE HAGUE AND ROTTERDAM CONCERNING
THE SCOTS BRIGADE IN HOLLAND. Edited by J. FERGUSON, Advocate.

THE DIARY OF ANDREW HAY OF STONE, NEAR BIGGAR, AFTERWARDS
OF CRAIGNETHAN CASTLE, 1659-60. Edited by A. G. REID from a
manuscript in his possession.

A SELECTION OF THE FORFEITED ESTATES PAPERS PRESERVED IN H.M.
GENERAL REGISTER HOUSE AND ELSEWHERE. Edited by A. H. MILLAR.

A TRANSLATION OF THE HISTORIA ABBATUM DE KYNLOS OF FERRERIUS. By
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE.

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PARTY
IN SCOTLAND, from the year of the Armada to the Union of the
Crowns. Edited by THOMAS GRAVES LAW.

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Transcriber's note:

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).

Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=).

Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.

Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.

The carat character (^) indicates that the following letter is superscripted (example: Rev^d). If two or more letters are superscripted they are enclosed in curly brackets (example: 26^{_to_}).

Page 293: On this page the ---- has been added by the transcriber to indicate blank areas on the original page.

Page 352: The transcriber has supplied the closing round bracket for the phrase "delivered over to him Captain Switenham (an English gentleman)".

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