Miscellaneous essays and addresses
By: by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Baronet ; also biographical note and bibliography ; illustrated with six engravings. 
Contributors: Guy, Robert.
Edition: Large paper ed. 
Series: The Works of Sir Wm. Stirling-Maxwell Baronet -- v. 6 
Publisher: J. C. Nimmo
Published: 1891
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859.; Ford, Richard, 1796-1858.; Strange, Robert, Sir, 1721-1792.; Proverbs.; History.
Table of contents: title: The proverbial philosophy of Scotland; title: A few Spanish proverbs about friars; title: Wit and wisdom from West Africa; title: Adagia of Erasmus; title: William Hickling Prescott; title: Ticknor's Life of Prescott; title: Richard Ford (1); title: Richard Ford (2); title: Sir Robert Strange; title: The Dukes of Urbino; title: Devises and mottoes; title: Ancient Scottish seals; title: Spanish bull-fights; title: Rectorial address: St. Andrew; title: On some varieties of historical style; title: The fall of two empires, 1814 and 1870; title: Sir Walter Scott; title: Rectorial address: Edinburgh; title: Chancellor's address: Glasgow.