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The SCRAP BOOK is not restricted to the Months of one year, but as a reference to the Months generally; and beside noticing incidents and customs peculiar to the Months, it comprises instructive and entertaining Pieces, well suited to excite in youth a relish for useful reading.
THE
Monthly Scrap Book,
FOR AUGUST.
Before the ripen'd field the reapers stand,
In fair array - each by the lass he loves.
To bear the rougher part, and mitigate
By nameless gentle offices her toil.Thomson.
CONTENTS.
An Old Bachelor's Soliloquy, | 2 |
Elephant Hunting, | 3 |
Lammas Towers in Mid-Lothian, | 7 |
Singular Adventure in the American War, | 11 |
Church of Scotland, | 17 |
Variety of Short Scraps, | 22 |
Garden Work in August, |
DUNFERMLINE:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN MILLER.
Price One Penny.