And never did any one apply to him for advice without feeling his accessibility,
and his cordial disposition to assist. The hasty, and indeed sometimes even
the patient, murmured occasionally at his slowness; and he had certainly no
taste for vulgar rapidity; but this was the result of caution and fastidiousness—both good qualities; and though it sometimes wearied expectation, was generally rewarded by improved excellence in the end."
The literary exertions thus so highly and so justly commended, which Mr. Thomson performed in behalf of the Bannatyne Club, and which were published under its auspices, are comprised in the following list:—
"Alex. Myln, Vitae Dunkeldensis Ecclesiae Episcoporum." 4to, 1823.
"Discours particulier d'Escosse, escrit en 1559." 4to, 1824.
"The Historie and Life of King James the Sext." 4to, 1825.
"Memoirs of his own Life, by Sir James Melville, of Halhill." 4to, 1827.—Speaking of this work while in progress, Sir Walter Scott thus alludes to it in his diary Thomson is superintending a capital edition of Sir James Melville's Memoirs. It is brave to see how he wags his Scots tongue, and what a difference there is in the form and firmness of the language, compared to the mincing English edition in which he has hitherto been alone known."
"Memoirs of his own Life and Times, by Sir James Turner." 4to, 1829.
"The History of Scotland, by John Lesley, Bishop of Ross." 4to, 1830.
"Collection of Ancient Scottish Prophecies, in alliterative verse." 4to, 1833.
"Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents, from the Pollok MS." 4to, 1833.
"The Ragman Rolls, 1291-1296." 4to, 1834.
"The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland, 1560-1618." 3 vols. 4to, 1839, 1840, 1845.
"The Accounts of the Great Chamberlains of Scotland, &c., 1326-1406." In 2 vols. 4to, 1817.
A third volume of do. 4to, 1845.
"A Diary of the Public Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall." 4to, 1843.
"Munimenta Vetustiora Comitatus de Mortoun, and Original Letters and Papers in the Archives of the Earls of Morton." 4to, 1852.
In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Thomson edited the following works, which were chiefly printed for private circulation:—
"A Compilation of the Forms of Process in the Court of Session, during the earlier periods after its establishment, with the Variations which they have since undergone," &c. 8vo, 1809.
"A Collection of Inventories, and other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewelhouse; and of the Artillery and Munition in some of the Royal Castles, 1488-1606." 4to, 1815.
"The Chamberlain Rolls, 1306-1406." 4to, 1817.
"Inventory of Worke done for the State, by [Evan Tyler] his Majesties Printer in Scotland, December, 1642—October, 1647." 4to, 1815.
"Ane Addicioun of Scottis Cornikles and Deidis." Small 4to, 1819.
"Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland from the Restoration of King Charles II., A.D. 1660, by Sir George Mackenzie, of Rosehaugh, Knight." 4to, 1821.
"Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood, and of Lady Grissell, by their daugher, Lady Murray."
"Menu de la Maison de la Royne faict par Mons. de Pinguillon. M.D.LXII." 4to, 1824.
