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This page links to documents related to the nation of Scotland.
Works
[edit]- Scotland, 1838 by William Beattie
- Scotland's Influence on Civilization, 1885 by Leroy Jones Halsey [1]
- Scotland, 1907 by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
- Account of Bursaries in the University of Glasgow (1792) by the Town Council of Glasgow
- What are the causes of the distressed state of the Highlands of Scotland? (1852) by William Neilson Hancock
Travel writing
[edit]- A Tour in Scotland, 1772 Thomas Pennant
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775 by Samuel Johnson
- The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 1785 by James Boswell
- A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, 1799, Sarah Murray
- History of the Scottish Expedition to Norway in 1612, 1886 by Thomas Michell [2]
- Edinburgh, 1914 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Natural history
[edit]- "Hutton, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- On the Geology of various parts of Scotland, 1814 by John MacCulloch
- On the Vitrified Forts of Scotland, 1814 by John MacCulloch
- The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands, 1905 by Edmund Selous
Language
[edit]See also: Portal:Scots and Category:Texts in Scots
Literature
[edit]- Waverley, 1814 by Walter Scott
- Guy Mannering, 1815, by Walter Scott
Poetry
[edit]- The Battle of the Boyne (1825) by Anonymous
- "The Bluebell of Scotland"
- Bruce's Address (est. 1804-1819) by Robert Burns, Thomas Campbell, Charles Dibdin, and Robert Tannahill
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (1800) by Anonymous
- Gow's Fareweel to Whiskey (est. 1812-1820) by Robert Burns, Neil Gow, and Anonymous
- "Scotland the Brave" by Cliff Hanley
- "Scots Wha Hae" or "Bannockburn" by Robert Burns
- "The Tears of Scotland" by Tobias Smollett
- "The Parting Glass" by Anonymous
History
[edit]- Portal:Jacobite broadsides
- "Wallace, Sir William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Robert the Bruce and the struggle for Scottish independence, 1909 by Herbert Maxwell
Historical documents
[edit]- 1320Declaration of Arbroath
- 1328Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton
- 1706Speech against the Union by Lord John Hamilton
- 1707Act of Union 1707
- 1988Scotch Whisky Act 1988
Religion
[edit]- Portal:Church of Scotland
- "Established Church of Scotland," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Free Church of Scotland," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland
- Caritatis Studium (1898) (Encyclical by Pope Leo XIII)
- Church of Scotland Act 1921
- National Covenant of the Church of Scotland
Periodicals
[edit]Chapbooks printed in Scotland
[edit]- A penny-worth of wit (c. 1800)
- The Dreamer's Dictionary (between 1840 and 1850)
- Works of merit, in every department of literature (1811)
Reference
[edit]- "Scotland," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Scotland," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Scotland," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen (1857) (incomplete) edited by Thomas Napier Thomson