The secret commonwealth, an essay of the nature and actions of the subterranean (and, for the most part) invisible people, heretofore going under the name of elves, fauns and fairies, or the like, among the low-country Scots, as they are described by
those who have the second sight; and now, to occasion further inquiry, collected and compared, by a circumspect inquirer residing among the Scottish-Irish in Scotland.
The work of the minister of Aberfoyle, before he was spirited away by fairies, allegedly because he revealed their secrets.
2 ALEXANDER CAMPBELLA journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain: containing remarks on Scottish landscape; and observations on rural economy, natural history, manufactures, trade and commerce; interspersed with anecdotes, traditional, literary and historical; together with biographical sketches, relating chiefly to civil and ecclesiastical affairs, from the twelfth century down to the present time.
Contains fine passages of over-blown prose, and the author's justification of inclusive titles.
3 FRANCIS PEACOCK Sketches relative to the history and theory, but more especially to the practice of dancing; as a necessary accomplishment to the youth of both sexes; together with remarks on the defects and bad habits they are liable to in early life; and the best means of correcting or preventing them.
Written by Aberdeen's long-serving municipal dance master.
4 DAVID LOCHEssays on the trade, commerce, manufactures, and fisheries of Scotland; containing, remarks on the situation of most of the sea-ports; the number of shipping employed; their tonnage; strictures on the principal inland towns; the different branches of trade and commerce carried on; and the various improvements made in each.
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
5 ROBERT BRYANReport on the quality of Scottish cheese for the years 1954-1956, with observations on the most frequent faults and with suggested measures for their elimination.
A frank slice of dairy product literature from the Company of Scottish Cheese Makers.
The full article contains 329 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
