Scottish history & life.
Contributors: Glasgow (Scotland). International Exhibition, 1901.
Publisher: J. Maclehose & Sons
Published: 1902
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Scotland -- Antiquities.; Scotland -- History.; Scotland -- Social life and customs.; Scotland -- Biography.; Glasgow (Scotland) -- Antiquities.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Title in red and black: title vignette.
Half-title: Scottish history & life, edited by James Paton, F. L. S.
"The Historical loan collection in the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, provided materials for representing the history of the Scottish nation, by means of extant memorials and remains ... The purpose of this volume is to utilise this ... material in telling the story of the Scottish history, and showing what the people were who made it."--Pref.
Of the 437 illustrations, 289 have been engraved from the portraits or objects in the above collection.  cf. p. [viii]
Table of contents: title: History of Scotland: Prehistoric remains, by J. Anderson.   Sculptured stones of Scotland, by R. C. Graham. Early Scottish history, by P. H. Aitken. Medieval history, by D. J. Medley.  Mary queen of Scots, by D. H. Fleming. James the Sixth, by D. H. Fleming.  King, kirk, and covenant, by D. H. Fleming.  Before the union, by H. G. Graham.  The union, by H. G. Graham.  The Jacobite risings, by H. G. Graham.  After the rebellion, by H. G. Graham.; title: Aspects of Scottish life: Scottish burghs, guilds, and corporations, by J. Paton.  Scottish burghal charters, by R. Renwick.  Deer stalking, fishing, and falconry, by Sir H. Maxwell.  Archery, golf, and curling, by J. Kerr.  Scottish weapons, by C. E. Whitelaw.  Old Scottish plate, by A. J. S. Brook.  Records of freemasonry, by J. D. G. Dalrymple.  Early literary manuscripts, by G. Neilson. Some Scottish ecclesiastical relics, by W. G. Black.  Aspects of social life in Scotland, by H. G. Graham.  The Scottish universities, by D. Murray.; title: Memorials of Glasgow: Glasgow, by W. Young.; title: Index.