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10 s. xii. JULY 17, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES.


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1819. [Miller (James).] Verses in memory of Dunbar Collegiate Church. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd [J. Miller, printer, Haddington]. 1819. 8vo, iv+40 pp. Anonymous.

Reprinted in ' St. Baldred of the Bass,' Edinb., 1824. Halkett and Laing's 'Dic- tionary ' and the Advocates' Library (Edin- burgh) Catalogue give George Miller as the author. Not in B.M., and not in Mr. Unwin's collection : title and description are taken from copy in the Advocates' Library.

1820. [Miller (James).] The luckless drave, and other poems. By the author of ' Verses in memory of Dunbar Collegiate Church.' Edinburgh : William Laing, South Bridge ; and Macredie and Co. Princes-street. 1820. [Printed by J. Miller, Haddington.] 8vo, 72 pp. [Original paper covers. " With anecdotes of the witches of East Lothian. Price 2s. 6$."] Anonymous. Contents: (1) The luckless drave; notes. (2) Wreck of the John and Agnes. (3) Shepherd of Lammermoor ; notes. (4) Shep- herd's song. (5) Mad woman's song. (6) Additional gleanings of witchcraft. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are reprinted in ' St. Baldred of the Bass,' Edinb., 1824. Halkett and Laing's ' Dictionary ' gives George Miller of Dunbar as the author.

1821. [Miller (George).] The affecting history of Tom Bragwell, an unhappy young man .... with some account of his companions in iniquity ; wherein, are strikingly delineated the rise, pro- gress, and fatal termination of juvenile delin- quency .... Humbly recommended to the serious attention of youth, as well as to the consideration of all parents, guardians, teachers, masters, and heads of families .... Haddington : printed .... by James Miller, for George Miller, Dunbar, by whom the trade will be supplied .... Sold, in London, by Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch Street. 1821. 12mo, xii+200 pp. [With fron- tispiece.] Not in B.M.

The authorship is indicated on the title-page and in the text of ' Latter Struggles,' 1833.

1824. Miller (James). St. Baldred of the Bass, a Pictish legend ; The siege of Berwick, a tragedy ; with other poems and ballads, founded on the local traditions of East Lothian and Berwickshire. Edinburgh : sold by Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale- Court ; and Geo. B. Whittaker, London. [Printed by Oliver & Boyd.] 1824. 8vo, viii+416 pp. B.M. 11643. 1. 8.

The frontispiece is drawn and engraved by W. H. Lizars.

1826. [Miller (George).] Popular philosophy : or, the book of nature laid open upon Christian principles, and agreeably to the lights of modern science, and the progress of new discovery : being a new, improved, and much enlarged edi- tion of ' The book of Nature laid open, in a cursory and popular survey of several striking facts in Natural History, and in the Phenomena and Con- stitution of the Universe.' By the editor of

' The Cheap Magazine,' and ' Monthly Monitor.'

Printed for and published by G. Miller,

Dunbar .... [Haddington : printed by James


Miller.] 1826. 2 vols. 12mo. Vol. I. xii -f 314 pp. with frontispiece. Vol. II. vi+316 pp, with frontispiece.

Each volume has its own index. " * The Book of Nature Laid Open,' &c. was first printed in a small periodical publication [The Cheap Magazine, vol. ii.], which the author published, and conducted as editor in 1814." Vol. I. preface, v.

1830. Miller (James). The history of Dunbais from the earliest records to the present period i. with a description of the ancient castles and pic-?, turesque scenery on the borders of East Lothian, Published by William Miller, Dunbar, and sold by J. Miller, and G. Neill, Haddington. [Printed* by J. Miller.] 1830. 12mo. With vignette^ half-title, iv+292 pp. B.M. 10370. bbb. 17.

1833. Miller (George). Latter struggles in the journey of life ; or, the afternoon of my days :- comprehending chiefly, the period between my forty-fifth, and the end of my sixtieth year, being the fourth book of my pilgrimage : from, the retrospections of a sexagenarian : in which ....

will be found delineated some of the most

important lessons and sublime maxims of our- Christian philosophy ; not in examples drawn from fictitious representations ; or imaginary characters, existing only in the regions of fancy and romance ; but from the incidents, and every day occurrences, of the latter, and most unfor- tunate part of the real life of a country bookseller

Edinburgh : printed by James Colston,

for the author, George Miller, of Dunbar, East

Lothian 1833. 8vo, 406 pp., and 2 pp. of

abridged testimonials, as Appendix. B.M. 4902. g. 11, and another copy, 10825, dd. 12.

1836. Miller (James). Verses to Lord Ramsay on his marriage with Lady Susan Hay. Ediar. burgh : printed by Ballantyne and Company, Paul's Work, Canongate. MDCCCXXXVI. 40 pp f [Original paper covers.] Not in B.M.

James Andrew Ramsay, Lord Ramsay , afterwards 10th Earl and 1st Marquis of Dal- housie, born 22 April, 1812 ; died 19 Dec., 1860. Governor-General of India and " greatest of Indian Proconsuls." Lady Susan Hay, 1st daughter of 8th Marquis of Tweeddale, born 13 March, 1817, died on board ship while she was returning homo from India, 6 May, 1853.

1841. Miller (James). Elegiac verses in memory of general, the right honourable the Earl of Dalhousie, G.C.B. Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, M.P. and other eminent men connected with East Lothian. Edinburgh : printed by A, Turnbull and Co. High Street. MDCCCXLI. 8vo, iv+36 pp. [Original paper covers : " Price one shilling and sixpence."]

This collected edition is not in B.M., which contains, however, 1414. d. 81. (5.) ^ ' Elegiac Verses in memory of R. Ferguson . . . .Lord Lieutenant of Fifeshire,' 8vo, pp. 16, A. Turnbull & Co., Edinburgh, 1841. The copious notes give biographical details of the persons mentioned in the verses.