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Library

Orkney Library 4829
Chambers' Circulating Library 4665
Wigtown Subscription Library 3026
Advocates Library 465
Selkirk Library 427
Westerkirk 400
Leighton Library 210
Edinburgh University Library 40
Royal High School of Edinburgh 29
Craigston Castle Library 9
St Andrews University Library 9
Glasgow University Library 5
Hunterian Museum Library 3
Innerpeffray Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 4253
Mrs 1942
Reverend Mr 1490
Captain 898
Miss 798
Dr 710
Lady 252
Reverend 250
Major 122
Lieutenant 107
Sir 34
Colonel 25
Reverend Dr 16
General 14
Professor 13
Honourable Mrs 12
Staff Sergeant 9
Lord 7
Brigadier General 3
Corporal 3
Honourable 3
Mrs General 3
Sous Lieutenant 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Midshipman 1

Borrower gender

Male 11049
Female 3010
Unknown 51
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Law 1789
Independent Means 1480
Religion and Clergy 1313
Minister/Priest 1309
Church of Scotland 1083
Writer/Procurator 989
Gentleman 915
Military 871
Medicine and Health 623
Miscellaneous 572
Wife/Spouse 572
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 566
Navy 519
Advocate 489
Politics/Office Holders 489
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 359
Arts and Letters 346
Physician 331
Education 315
Customs Collector 303
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 286
Surgeon 283
Army 226
Author 217
Sheriff 186
Unknown denomination 175
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 164
Agricultural 154
Poet 139
Merchants/Traders 133
Writer to the Signet (WS) 132
Banker 123
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 97
Tanner/Currier 97
Lord Provost/Provost 96
School Master/Dominie 96
Accountant 93
Teacher 93
Booksellers 90
Print and Book Trade 90
Mariner 86
Ships Owner 86
Prisoner of War 85
Land Manager/Factor 83
Service Provision and Hospitality 78
Librarian 69
Farmer 64
Bookbinder 59
Tenant 59
University Student 56
Presbyterian Seceder 51
Tax Collector 49
Officer 46
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 42
University Professor 40
Advocate Depute 39
Grocer 36
Musician 36
Publishers 31
School Child 29
Barrister 28
MP (Britain) 28
Distiller 17
Notaries/Clerks 17
Victualler 17
Solicitor-General 16
Watchmaker 15
Factor/Agent 13
Clerk of Session 12
Dean of Faculty 10
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 9
Baillie 8
Clerks 8
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 8
Brewer 7
Judge 6
Lord Advocate 5
Surveyor 5
Chaplain 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Messenger-at-arms 3
Construction 2
Lay Preacher 2
Lord President 2
Tutor 2
Baron of the Exchequer 1
Builder 1
Domestic Service 1
Engineer 1
Food Provision/Preparation 1
Indoor Servants 1
Insurance 1
Magistrate 1
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 1
Retailer/Shopkeeper 1
Wright 1

Author

Sir Walter Scott 1037
James Fenimore Cooper 427
David Brewster 397
Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton 253
Washington Irving 192
Captain Basil Hall 186
Thomas Hamilton 153
Robert Chambers 139
Catherine Grace Frances Gore 123
Eyre Evans Crowe 119
Horatio Smith 116
George Croly 112
Josiah Conder 107
Reginald Heber 107
John Galt 98
Henry David Inglis 97
Gerald Griffin 83
Elizabeth Caroline Grey 77
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 75
Alexander von Humboldt 73
Charlotte Campbell Lady Bury 71
Henry Hart Milman 69
George Robert Gleig 66
Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío 65
Charles White 58
John Richardson 58
James Baillie Fraser 57
James Justinian Morier 56
Mrs Anne Catharine Monkland 56
Thomas Colley Grattan 56
William Pitt Scargill 55
Jane Porter 53
Catherine Dorothea Burdett 51
Lady Sydney Morgan 49
William Nugent Glascock 49
John Gibson Lockhart 48
John Blakiston 47
Samuel Beazley 47
Anna Eliza Bray 45
Georgette Ducrest 45
Augustus Bozzi Granville 44
William Hamilton Maxwell 44
Eugène François Vidocq 43
Dugald Stewart 42
John Malcolm 42
Robert Southey 41
William Godwin 41
Mary Russell Mitford 40
Moyle Sherer 39
William Ellis 39
Frederick Marryat 38
John MacGregor 38
John Thomas Smith 38
Misses Corbett 37
William Wallace 37
John Lander 36
Richard Lemon Lander 36
Benjamin Disraeli 35
John Banim 35
Francis Barry Boyle St Leger 34
Theodore Edward Hook 34
William Maginn 34
Anna Maria Porter 33
Lady Caroline Lucy Scott 33
Thomas Moore 32
William Francis Patrick Napier 32
Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry 31
Henry Glassford Bell 31
James Boaden 31
Archibald Alison 30
William Mudford 30
Alaric Alexander Watts 29
John Miller 29
Amelia Heber 28
Michael Russell 28
Mrs Anna Jameson 28
Sir William Edward Parry 28
Charles Brand 27
Thomas Chalmers 27
John Kidd 26
Maria Edgeworth 26
Sir Charles Bell 26
Captain George Francis Lyon 25
Eliza Logan 25
John Shipp 25
Mrs Jane Loudon 25
Richard Robert Madden 25
Caroline Anne Southey Bowles 24
James Stuart of Dunearn 24
Michael Banim 24
George Lewes Newnham Collingwood 23
Robert Walsh 23
Thomas Haynes Bayly 23
Thomas Henry Lister 23
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 22
Robert Plumer Ward 22
George Payne Rainsford James 21
John Parker Lawson 21
John Smythe Memes 21
Thomas McCrie 21

Book Work

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 2042
Edinburgh Review, or, Critical Journal 886
Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 682
Quarterly Review 599
Edinburgh Christian Instructor 583
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 497
Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French 186
New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal 174
Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist 165
History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus 123
Tales of a Grandfather [First Series] 117
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine 114
Library of Entertaining Knowledge 109
Chronicles of the Canongate [Second Series: Saint Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth] 108
Modern Traveller 106
Pelham; or The Adventures of a Gentleman 102
Tales of my Landlord [Fourth Series] 101
Eclectic Review 98
Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton 89
Disowned 80
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-25 79
Borderers: A Tale 74
Chronicles of the Canongate [First Series: The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, The Surgeon's Daughter] 73
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804 73
Edinburgh Literary Journal, or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles Lettres 72
Tales of a Grandfather [Third Series] 72
History of the Jews [Henry Hart Milman] 69
Metropolitan Magazine 68
Hungarian Tales 67
Tales of a Grandfather [Second Series] 65
Devereux. A Tale 64
Edinburgh Cabinet Library 63
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine 62
Last of the Mohicans 61
Tales of the Great St. Bernard 59
Ecarte; or, The Salons of Paris 58
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [First Series] 57
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Second Series] 57
Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan 57
Collegians 56
Edinburgh Annual Register 56
Life in India, or, The English at Calcutta 56
Lawrie Todd; or, The Settlers in the Woods 55
Zillah; A Tale of the Holy City 53
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte 52
Salathiel. A Story of the Past, the Present, and the Future 52
Picture of Scotland 51
At Home: A Novel 50
Chelsea Pensioners 49
English in France 49
New Forest 49
Sailors and Saints: or, Matrimonial Manoeuvres 48
Roué 47
Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three Quarters of the Globe 47
Foreign Quarterly Review 45
Protestant; a Tale of the Reign of Queen Mary 45
St Petersburgh: a Journal of Travels to and from that Capital 44
Stories of Waterloo; and Other Tales 44
Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police until 1827 43
Red Rover, A Tale 43
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Third Series] 42
Book of the Boudoir 41
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind 41
Traits of Travel; or, Tales of Men and Cities 41
De Lisle; or, the Sensitive Man 40
Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery 40
Penny Magazine 40
Prairie, A Tale 40
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands 39
Tales of the Wars of Our Times 39
History of Scotland [Walter Scott] 38
Lives of Illustrious & Distinguished Scotsmen 38
Nollekens and His Times, Comprehending a Life of that Sculptor and Memoirs of Several Artists 38
Pilot 38
Presbyterian Review and Religious Journal 38
Yesterday in Ireland 38
Exclusives 37
History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth 37
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft 37
Pilot: A Tale of the Sea 37
Romances of Real Life 37
Trials of Life 37
History of Napoleon Bonaparte 36
History of the Rebellions in Scotland [Robert Chambers] 36
Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger 36
Anglo-Irish of the Nineteenth Century. A Novel 35
Castilian 35
Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns from 1808 to 1814 34
Flirtation. A Novel 34
Sayings and Doings [Third Series] 34
Tales of Passion 34
Marriage in High Life 33
Monthly Magazine and British Register 33
Tales of Military Life 33
Epicurean 32
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France 32
Rank and Talent. A Novel 32
Thaddeus of Warsaw 32
Adventures of a King's Page 31
Alhambra 31

Book language

English 14073
French 30
Latin 8
Greek 3
German 2
Italian 2
Icelandic 1
Spanish 1

Book place of publication

London 8165
Edinburgh 6683
Dublin 238
Glasgow 65
Paris 29
London? 16
Kincardine 11
Leipzig 7
Calcutta 3
Oxford 2
Berlin 1
Cambridge 1
Copenhagen 1
Elgin 1
Heidelberg 1
Leeds 1
Leith 1
Madrid 1
Siena 1
Verona 1

Book format

8vo 7436
12mo 3405
folio 454
4to 243
18mo 30
16mo 17

Genre

Periodicals 5507
Fiction 4419
Travel 1459
Lives 1148
Theology 681
History 617
Reference Works 531
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 345
Belles Lettres 177
Natural Philosophy 126
Poetry 117
Politics, Society and Political Economy 81
Law 68
Philosophy and Morality 47
Medicine 31
Education 26
Fine Arts 26
Drama 24
Miscellaneous/Other 9
Mathematics 2
Sermons 1

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