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07/29/2010 10:12 PM
The Pipes of War

The Pipes in the War, 1914-1918 - The Western Front.

07/29/2010 10:10 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter XII - Bazaar Expert.

07/29/2010 10:08 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XVII.—The midnight alarm.

07/29/2010 10:07 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter VI.—The Gairloch Hotel to Poolewe.

07/29/2010 07:51 PM
Electric Scotland Weekly Newsletter

Our weekly newsletter is now available.

07/29/2010 07:18 PM
Clan Leslie Society of New Zealand & Australia

Got in a special edition of the newsletter all about the Battle of Harlaw where so many Leslies perished.

07/29/2010 12:41 PM
The Flag in the Wind

This weeks issue is now available compiled by Richard Thomson.

07/29/2010 09:15 AM
Clan Munro of Australia

We got in a copy of the August 2010 newsletter.

07/29/2010 09:02 AM
Oor Mither Tongue

SYMON, MARY: The Aucht-Day Clock and Come Hame!

07/29/2010 09:01 AM
Poems of William Dixon Cocker

Added another four pages of his poems.

07/28/2010 09:02 PM
The Pipes of War

A History of the Pipes.

07/28/2010 09:01 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter XI - Wider Church Activities.

07/28/2010 08:59 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XVI.—Dauvit Wabster's vote.

07/28/2010 08:58 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter V.—Talladale to the Gairloch Hotel.

07/28/2010 03:13 PM
Robert Burns Lives!

Lament for Slavery? The Case of Robert Burns By Corey E. Andrews, Youngstown State University.

07/28/2010 01:54 PM
Holiday Cottages

Got send in another article, St Andrews – More than a golfer's paradise!

07/27/2010 09:28 PM
The Pipes of War

A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War of 1914 - 1918. by Brevet-Col. Sir Bruce Seton, Bart. of Abercorn, C.B. and Pipe Major John Grant. (1920).

07/27/2010 09:25 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter X - The Business Man in the Church.

07/27/2010 09:23 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XV.—Frae ill to waur.

07/27/2010 09:21 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter IV.—Kenlochewe to Talladale.

07/27/2010 12:33 PM
Scottish Loch Scenery

Loch Leven.

07/27/2010 12:29 PM
Glasgow

Traditions of the Trades House of Glasgow. By Harry Lumsden.

07/27/2010 12:26 PM
The Kingdom of Fife

Adventures of the Jameses.

07/27/2010 12:20 PM
Scottish Notes and Queries

Added Volume 2 Issue 9.

07/27/2010 12:11 PM
Old Biggins of Stirling

We have now completed this book by adding the following pages, River Allan, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane Cathedral and Doune Castle.

07/26/2010 09:02 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter IX - 'Queen's Road'.

07/26/2010 09:01 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XIV.—The village wastre.

07/26/2010 08:56 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

W have added 8 other volumes which you can read in pdf format.

07/26/2010 08:54 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter III.—Achnasheen to Kenlochewe.

07/26/2010 12:55 PM
Beth's Newfangled Family Tree

The August edition is now available.

07/25/2010 10:11 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter VIII - 'Goodwill toward Men'.

07/25/2010 10:09 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XIII.—The loves o' Geordie Simpson an' Mary Wheatsheaf.

07/25/2010 10:08 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Notes and Queries.

07/25/2010 10:06 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter II.—Approaches and Roads.

07/25/2010 12:54 PM
Fisher Life

We've add all the other chapters to this book so it's now complete.

07/25/2010 12:40 PM
Book of Scottish Story

The Penny Wedding Part 2.

07/24/2010 10:17 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter VII - War Days.

07/24/2010 10:15 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XII.—The dangers o' philosophical experiments.

07/24/2010 10:13 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Tables giving all the Scottish Mountains exceeding over 3,000 feet in Height.

07/24/2010 10:11 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Part IV.—Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree. Chapter I.—Gairloch of the Present Day.

07/24/2010 09:48 PM
Geikie's Engravings

Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder (1885).

07/24/2010 11:12 AM
Fisher Life

Or, The Memorials of Cellardyke and the Fife Coast by George Gourlay (1879). We're sending you to a page which gives an overview of this area which also provides a link to pictures of the area that I took several years back. Toward the bottom of the page you will then see a link to this book which is in pdf format and which we're splitting up into smaller parts for you to read.

07/23/2010 09:46 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter VI - Notes of Travel in America.

07/23/2010 09:44 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter XI.—Galvanism is life.

07/23/2010 09:42 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

The Killan Hills.

07/23/2010 09:40 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter X.—Minerals of Gairloch, by Professor W. Ivison Macadam, F.C.S., F.I.C., M.M.S., &c, Edinburgh.

07/22/2010 10:18 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter V - Continental Ventures.

07/22/2010 10:17 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter X.—The curlin' match.

07/22/2010 10:15 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Knoydart.

07/22/2010 10:14 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter IX.—The Geology of Loch Maree and Neighbourhood, by William Jolly, F.G.S., F.R.S.E.

07/22/2010 09:43 PM
Electric Scotland's Weekly Newsletter

This weeks newsletter is now up in our Electric Scotland Community.

07/22/2010 09:42 PM
Flag in the Wind

This weeks issue is now available compiled by Jim Lynch.

07/22/2010 12:47 PM
The Concise Household Encyclopaedia

Added this week, Page 400, Durham Cutlet, Durham Pudding, Dust, Dustbin, Duster, Dusting, Dust Sheet, Dustpan, Dutch Auction, Dutch Cheese, Dutch Garden, Page 401, Dutch Garden, Dutchman's Pipe, Dutch Metal, Dutch Oven, Duvetyn, Dwarf Bean, Dwarf Trees, Page 402, Dyeing, Dynamo, Page 403, Dynamo, Dysentery, Dysmenorrhoea, Dyspepsia, Ear. And this now ends this publication for a while.

07/22/2010 11:53 AM
Poems of William Dixon Cocker

Added Pages 156 - 159.

07/22/2010 11:52 AM
Oor Mither Tongue

Lewis Spence.

07/22/2010 11:20 AM
Robert Burns Lives!

Chapter 92 - Burns and Slavery.

07/21/2010 09:34 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter IV - Scientific Advertising.

07/21/2010 09:32 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter IX.—Sandy Pitlesslie's toothache.

07/21/2010 09:30 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Winter Ascents No. III.

07/21/2010 09:29 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter VIII.—Shells of Gairloch, by Rev. John M'Murtrie, M.A.

07/21/2010 01:43 PM
Holiday Cottages

Shetland - Explore the majestic charm of Shetland Island.

07/20/2010 07:37 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter III - Adventures in Advertising.

07/20/2010 07:36 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter VIII.—A cure for love.

07/20/2010 07:33 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Through the Mountains.

07/20/2010 07:32 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter VII.—Flowering Plants of Gairloch.

07/20/2010 11:26 AM
The New High School of Stirling at Torbrex in 1962

Thanks to John Henderson for sending this into us.

07/20/2010 11:25 AM
Scottish Loch Scenery

Stonebyres Fall.

07/20/2010 11:11 AM
Glasgow

Glasgow's Municipal Servicer. By James Willock.

07/19/2010 07:51 PM
John MacKintosh

Chapter II - The Romance of Business.

07/19/2010 07:49 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter VII.—Ghaest-Seein' an' its effects.

07/19/2010 07:47 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Notes and Queries.

07/19/2010 07:46 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter VI.—Birds of Gairloch.

07/19/2010 10:44 AM
Furth in Field

Burns, the Poet of the Country. And this completes this book.

07/19/2010 10:40 AM
The Kingdom of Fife

James the Fifth's Papingo.

07/19/2010 10:40 AM
Scottish Notes and Queries

Added Vol. 2 No. 8.

07/18/2010 09:02 PM
John MacKintosh

A Biography by Geo. W. Crutchley (1921). I decided to do this book after learning that 1 million Scots were now living in England, Wales and Ireland. This is thus a person of Scottish heritage born in England.

07/18/2010 09:00 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter VI.—The Hameless Waif.

07/18/2010 08:59 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Winter Ascents.

07/18/2010 08:52 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter V.—Mammals of Gairloch.

07/18/2010 08:51 PM
Scottish Land League of America

From volume 10 of the Celtic Magazine (pdf)

07/18/2010 08:33 PM
Adventures of Donald MacLeod

This is a pdf file of a man who spent over 40 years in the army at the age of 103 was still living.

07/18/2010 05:30 PM
Major John MacDonald

This is a very interesting account of a soldier raising through the ranks to Major.

07/18/2010 04:20 PM
"Peermen" and their relations

An article about lighting in the old days.

07/18/2010 02:32 PM
John's Scottish Singalong

Mary Morison

07/18/2010 02:08 PM
Auld Biggins of Stirling

Added Buchlyyie, Blairloqie, Causewayhead, Tullibody Church and Churchyard, Bridge of Teith, Gartincaber Tower, Gartincaber Lime Avenue, Thornhill.

07/18/2010 02:06 PM
Book of Scottish Story

The Penny Wedding, Part 1.

07/17/2010 11:10 PM
General Sir Herbert MacPherson V.C., K.C.B., K.S.I.

Found this article in volume 8 of the Celtic Magazine.

07/17/2010 10:46 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter V.—Miss M'Snaffle's Blight.

07/17/2010 10:42 PM
Hector MacKinnon, A Memoir

The Flowing Tide. This now completes this book.

07/17/2010 10:40 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Ben Nevis in 1880 and 1889.

07/17/2010 10:39 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter IV.—Lower Forms of Life.

07/16/2010 08:59 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter IV.—Tam Pearson's Scare.

07/16/2010 08:57 PM
Hector MacKinnon, A Memoir

The Christian's growth in Grace.

07/16/2010 08:54 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Ben Lui.

07/16/2010 08:52 PM
Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire

Chapter III.—Anecdotes and Notes.

07/16/2010 08:40 PM
The Unforgettable Scottish School of Physical Education, 1958-61

A new poem in the Dorric language by John Henderson.

07/16/2010 01:41 AM
Among the Mongols

An account of the Rev James Gilmour's time among the Mongols in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

07/15/2010 07:59 PM
Chronicals of a Country Cobbler

Chapter III.—The Mysterious Cat.

07/15/2010 07:58 PM
Hector MacKinnon, A Memoir

The Law of the Christian Life.

07/15/2010 07:56 PM
The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

Ben Screel.