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Entries are very miscellaneous but many refer to literary and scientific personalities of the period. Includes reference to local Dundee affairs and to St Andrews University. Frontispiece has envelope cover addressed to E.P. Harris, Newport from Mrs John Brown, London. [Ex Libris William Harris Valentine]. Including: p.67 Installation of Mr S.A. Froyde as rector of St. Andrews University. 20 March 1869. p.70 Disraelis speech on causes of Irish discontent. n.d. p.71 Partial opening of Suez Canal. 1869. Death of Earl of Glasgow. March 1869 Death of Lord Gough. February 1869. p.74 Mr Gladstone on our colonial policy. 12 March 1869. Dr Budd on the prevention of Scarlet Fever. n.d. p.77 Complimentary festival to Mr and Mrs Armistead. 4 December 1868 p.81 Decleration of the Protestant Conference at Worms. n.d. p.84 Among the English Lakes, on Wordsworth. n.d. p.86 Napolean at Elba. Relics of Mary Queen of Scots. 1868. p.91 Mr Tennysons "Enoch Arden" summary. n.d. p.94 Sketch of the Rev George Gilfillan. 30 August 1869. p.100 Annual General Meeting of Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society. December 1868. p.102 George Gilfillan replies to his accusers. 10 January 1870. p.105 Subscriptions to the Tay Bridge. 30 November 1869. p.108 Opening of Dundee Free Library. 2 July 1869. p.112 George Gilfillan on Chalmers. n.d. p.115 Proposal to pay the National debt with coal. January 1870. p.116 The Tay Bridge Bill. January 1870. The execution of Mary Queen of Scots. n.d. The Tay Ferries Bill. January 1870. p.125 Death of Carlo Cattaneo. n.d. p.126 Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy. 12 February 1870. p.127 The proposed revision of the Bible. Origin of "Oh, Dear Me!". n.d. p.130 The Gilfillan and Gibson question of Creed. 28 February 1870. p.132 Tall and small heroines. 28 February 1870. p.136 Gilfillanese. n.d. p.144 Beu Brummell in Exile. n.d. p.147 News of Napoleon. Wednesday, 20 July 1870. p.149 The childhood of Louis Napoleon. n.d. Burial of Charles Dickens in Westminster Abbey. n.d. The Strasbourg clock. n.d. p.153 The Rev G. Gilfillan in Newcastle. May 1871. p.154 Events of the War. July 1870. p.161 The late Charles Dickens (illness and incidents in his life). 13 June 1870. p.167 Contract for Tay Bridge. n.d. p.174 Rev G. Gilfillan on the evils of war. 2 August 1870. p.175 Gilfillan on Edward Irving's later days. n.d. p.176 New poem by Longfellow. 1871. p.199 The late Mr Charles Dickens. 18 June 1870. p.202 The War. 5 September 1870. p.203 Departure of Napoleon to Germany. n.d. p.210 Lord Mayo's Assassination. 14 February 1872. p.230 Mr Gilfillan on John Knox. 15 December 1872. p.243 Death of Napoleon. Friday, 10 January 1873. p.249 Tennyson's new ode to the Queen. 29 January 1873. p.276 Mr Gilfillan on the decadence of religion. 4 November 1873. p.283 Mr G. Gilfillan on the lesson of the past year. 6 January 1874. p.306 End of Tichborne Trial. 2 March 1874. p.320 Funeral of Dr Livingston. 20 April 1874. p.357 Opening of Victoria Dock. 21 August 1875. p.391 Death of Prince Louis Napoleon. 1879. p.425 Tay Bridge Disaster. n.d. p.465 Pressed flower. n.d

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