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Scottish Tourism & Leisure in the Nineteenth Century

Material from Special Collections

 


Highlands & Islands

George Anderson Guide to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Zetland: descriptive of their scenery, statistics, antiquities and natural history ... Edinburgh: 1847 (New edition) Sp Coll BG53-k.22

George Anderson Guide to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Zetland: descriptive of their scenery, statistics, antiquities and natural history ... Edinburgh: 1850 (Third edition) Sp Coll Mu Add. 155

George Anderson Guide to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Zetland: descriptive of their scenery, statistics, antiquities and natural history ... Edinburgh: 1863 (Fourth edition) Sp Coll Mu3-g.27-29
Click on thumbnail to see frontispiece depicting a Pictish Tower in Shetland and title-page of Vol. 3 (Mu3-g.29)

Edward Burt Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland [Captain Burt or Birt] to his friend in London ... likewise an account of the Highlands ... London: 1818 (Fifth edition) T5-x.1-2 (NB. This item is not held in Special Collections: apply at Lending Services Desk)

James Cririe Scottish scenery: or, Sketches in vers, descriptive of scenes chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland... London: 1803 Sp Coll Hepburn q35

Thomas Garnett Observations on a tour through the Highlands and part of the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill; to which are added, a description of the Falls of the Clyde, of the country round Moffat, and an analysis of its mineral waters London: 1800 Sp Coll Mu8-y.16

Mary Anne Hanway A journey to the Highlands of Scotland; with occasional remarks on Dr. Johnson's tour London: 1777 Sp Coll Mu8-h.13 

Philip Homer Observations on a short tour made in the summer of 1803, to the Western Highlands of Scotland; interspersed with original pieces of descriptive and epistolary poetry London: 1804 Sp Coll Mu6-g.30 

James Johnson The recess, or autumnal relaxation in the Highlands and Lowlands; being the home circuit versus foreign travel, a tour of health and pleasure to the Highlands and Hebrides London: 1834 Sp Coll Mu1-d.4  

William Keddie Maclure and Macdonald's series of illustrated guides to the Western Highlands of Scotland Glasgow: 1860 Sp Coll Mu26-a.26 

John Knox A tour through the highlands of Scotland, and the Hebride Isles, in MDCCLXXXVI London: 1787 Sp Coll RQ 733 

Sinclair Korner Rambles round Crieff and excursions into the Highlands Edinburgh: 1858 Sp Coll Mu9-h.17 

John Leyden Journal of a tour in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland in 1800 Edinburgh: 1903 Sp Coll Mu3-h.2 

John MacCulloch A description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man; comprising an account of their geological structure; with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities London: 1819 Sp Coll Mu11-a.1-3 

John MacCulloch The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, containing descriptions of their scenery and antiquities, with an account of the political history and ancient manners, and of the origin, language, agriculture, economy, music, present condition of the people, &c. &c London: 1824 Sp Coll Mu11-e.1-4 

James M'Nayr A guide from Glasgow, to some of the most remarkable scenes in the Highlands of Scotland, and to the Falls of Clyde Glasgow: 1797 Sp Coll Bh11-e.1 

Martin Martin A description of the Western islands of Scotland ...; to which is added a brief description of the Isles of Orkney, and Schetland London: 1703 Sp Coll Mu3-y.25

Martin Martin A voyage to St. Kilda ... London: 1753 Sp Coll T.C.L. 1102 

Joseph Mawman An excursion to the Highlands of Scotland and the English Lakes, with recollections, descriptions, and references to historical facts London: 1805 Sp Coll Mu11-g.12 
Click on thumbnail to see engraving of Loch Lomond opposite p. 167

Sir Donald Monro Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides. By Mr. Donald Monro ...who travelled through the most of them in the year 1549 Glasgow: 1818 Sp Coll Mu1-a.40 

Sketch of a tour in the Highlands of Scotland; through Perthshire, Argyleshire, and Inverness-shire, in September and October, 1818 : with some account of the Caledonian canal London: 1819 T5-a.15 (NB. This item is not held in Special Collections: apply at Lending Services Desk)

John Williams An account of some remarkable ancient ruins, lately discovered in the Highlands, and northern parts of Scotland; in a series of letters to G.C.M. esq. Edinburgh: 1777 Sp Coll Mu40-e.23


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