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The core texts of this edition were first published as 'A History of the Witches of Renfrewshire' in 1809, and again in 1877 with additional material about both the Renfrewshire and Salem cases of the 1690s. In 2006, Hugh McLachlan added to these with a new, comprehensive, introduction to witchcraft in Scotland and New England. and additional material. This 2022 edition is a corrected re-issue of that work. Central to the work is the famous ...

Poet and historian Angus Martin was born in Campbeltown in 1952 and has lived there all his life. In this, his thirty-seventh book, he has employed his intimate knowledge of the history and families of his native community to produce the definitive account of the distillers, distilleries and related trades and industries which transformed a small West Highland fishing town into the whisky-making capital of the world. Exhaustive research in neg...

Caerlaverock Castle - in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family. Reproduced here in facsimile, with half-tone lithographs and black-and-white illustrations, this second volume of 'The Book of Carlaverock' includes the fascinating detail of family correspondence as well as Royal, State and official letters. With charters, woodcuts of signatures, an Index of Names and an Index of Places.

Caerlaverock Castle - in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family. Reproduced here in facsimile, with half-tone lithographs and black-and-white illustrations, this first volume of 'The Book of Caerlaverock2 includes the Memoirs - short biographies - of family members, together with Pedigrees of Cadet branches and Armorial Seals. The Index is in the second volume.

East Lothian is well known as the setting for the notorious "North Berwick" witchcraft outbreak, which is so famous as to have come to dominate all consideration of Scottish witchcraft. This is a pity, as there is much about "North Berwick" which is not typical of Scottish witchcraft, while there is a vast amount of other interesting material which up to now has been virtually ignored. "Wise wives and warlocks" takes a less academic approach t...

El presente estudio sobre William Kirkpatrick de Málaga viene a poner de manifiesto y dar a conocer, por vez primera, la figura y obra de un hombre verdaderamente excepcional, mencionado únicamente hasta ahora en las numerosas biografías de su famosa nieta la emperatriz Eugenia. Como cónsul de los Estados Unidos en Málaga entre 1800 y 1817, William Kirkpatrick pasó por ser un firme defensor de la implicación directa de la marina estadounidense...

First published in 1977 and now reprinted in its original form, A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft has been the most authoritative reference book on Scottish Witchcraft for almost thirty years. It has been invaluable to the specialist scholar and of interest to the general reader. It provides, but provides much more than, a series of lists of the 'names and addresses' of long-dead witches. However, although it is widely quoted and held in hi...

ME is the most common cause of long-term absence from school. A mild case causes regular absences from education, social life and sport, a severe case leaves a young person housebound or bedbound for years. So why is ME surrounded by a lack of understanding, even within the medical professions? During the three years when her teenage son Chris could not go to school, Merryn Fergusson kept a diary - which here becomes the remarkable and candid ...

Allan Langdale's guide to the archaeology and historical architecture of northern Cyprus surveys the remarkable history of one of the most culturally rich regions in the world. Given the area's isolation, especially since 1974, such a book is a welcome resource as more people discover this virtually lost quarter of the Mediterranean. One can explore the ruins of ancient towns dating back 6000 years, descend into monumental tombs from the Bronz...

When we left Minneapolis, we were in high hopes of having a grand and glorious trip, for none of us had ever been on the water before, and it was a blessed thing we did not know some of the narrow escapes and trials we were to have. However, we got as far as Alton all in good health and strength, having gone through many anxious times, and we sincerely thanked the Lord who had watched over us, a lot of land peo¬ple with no experience as to wha...

Emerging from the aftermath of the disastrous Darien Scheme and the Treaty of Union (1707) the Royal Bank was established in 1727 to play a major role in many aspects of Scottish life. This book not only charts the fascinating history of the Royal Bank itself, it also brings to life events and personalities connected with it over two centuries. We get fascinating glimpses into the Jacobite invasion of Edinburgh, architectural development in Ed...

This account of William Kirkpatrick of Málaga reveals for the first time a remarkable man only occasionally mentioned in the numerous biographies of his famous granddaughter, the Empress Eugénie. As United States Consul in Malaga between 1800 and 1817, William Kirkpatrick was a strong advocate of the US Navy's role in combating the Barbary Corsairs. His Consular work, business enterprises and extensive European and American connections are exp...

Volume I: from Abbey to Jura. The title of this very comprehensive Gazetteeer, published in two volumes in 1851, illustrates the scope of the Editor's remit. The result is over 1200 pages of densely packed information, utilising the best contemporary sources. It was published at the time when the railways had begun to make their mark on the landscape, and to re-shape the way in which people thought about travel. The first Censuses had been tak...

A meticulous account, compiled over six summers, of the route through the Debatable Lands, following the border eventually agreed between two nations of Scotland and England whose local warlords had for centuries sought to dispute, and then to acquire, the ownership of land. This reprint is of the Second Edition, originally published in 1926.

Graveyards fascinate many folk. Many inscriptions tell abbreviated stories, which a little research can expand. Some offer philosophical advice, but there are also hidden depths of history, biography and sociology. Kilkerran church, Kintyre, Scotland, first appears on record in the mid-thirteenth century. The burial-ground has grown immensely since its expansion, in 1857, beyond the walls of the original churchyard. "Kilkerran Graveyard Revisi...

In 1905, there were nineteen shoe shops in Dumfries, six bookshops in Annan, nine drapers within walking distance of Ecclefechan. Lockerbie had three Game Dealers, but only four plumbers. Five Carriage hirers in Thornhill, perhaps to and from the eight hotels.Castle Douglas merited seven solicitors but only six Spirit Dealers, compared to twenty-one in Kirkcudbright.This comprehensives Trades listing is supplemented by lists of the County Coun...

Scotland's Radical Exports is about the men and women who took trade unionism and working class politics from Scotland to the main countries that make up the Scottish Diaspora. Many of Scotland's industrial workers left home with a formidable combination of trade union conviction and political understanding. Their unrivalled experience made them especially suited to leadership roles. Guided by traditional Scottish models, they formed trade uni...

For 20 years, since 1991, historian and poet Angus Martin has been documenting in the Kintyre Magazine his observations and experiences while walking the hills and shores of his native Kintyre.  This volume - an eclectic mix of natural history, history, archaeology, folklore,  and much else, ranging from snippets to mini-essays - comprises a selection of 'By Hill and Shore' from the past 40 issues, plus supplementary articles and some 90 illus...

When Thomas Mawson published his autobiography in1927 he was looking back over a 50 year career as a landscape architect, a reflection he found 'most congenial'. It is a story that charts not only his life, but also the development of his chosen profession as a creative art. Beginning with a 'passion for the arts' and practical experience of garden-making, architecture and forestry, he set out to contribute with others to 'a revival of intelli...

Students of English and Scottish history in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have so long been familiar with the record known as The Chronicle of Lanercost that an English translation may seem to be a superfluity. But, whereas the tendency of modern education is to exchange the study of the classics for a diversity of other subjects reputed to be of greater utility, it is certain that a far smaller proportion of educated persons can rea...