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Library

Chambers' Circulating Library 5826
Orkney Library 4326
Wigtown Subscription Library 2731
Advocates Library 1284
Selkirk Library 436
Westerkirk 400
Leighton Library 364
Royal High School of Edinburgh 162
Innerpeffray Library 51
Edinburgh University Library 40
St Andrews University Library 36
Craigston Castle Library 10
Glasgow University Library 5
Hunterian Museum Library 3
Dumfries Presbytery Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 5280
Mrs 2347
Reverend Mr 1475
Miss 900
Captain 857
Dr 657
Lady 315
Reverend 237
Major 129
Lieutenant 101
Sir 61
Colonel 26
Reverend Dr 21
Staff Sergeant 17
Professor 15
General 14
Honourable Mrs 12
Honourable 8
Lord 7
Brigadier General 3
Corporal 3
Mrs General 3
Sous Lieutenant 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Madame 1
Midshipman 1
Mrs Major 1

Borrower gender

Male 12047
Female 3584
Unknown 36
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Law 2533
Independent Means 1360
Religion and Clergy 1306
Minister/Priest 1303
Advocate 1285
Church of Scotland 1073
Gentleman 880
Writer/Procurator 876
Military 772
Miscellaneous 752
Wife/Spouse 752
Medicine and Health 619
Education 586
Politics/Office Holders 542
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 481
Arts and Letters 480
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 440
Navy 417
Sheriff 362
Surgeon 351
Customs Collector 308
Author 301
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 280
Physician 262
Army 223
Poet 190
Writer to the Signet (WS) 178
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 171
Agricultural 163
Unknown denomination 163
School Child 161
Banker 150
Merchants/Traders 150
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 131
Advocate Depute 127
Accountant 125
Teacher 116
University Student 108
Lord Provost/Provost 106
Service Provision and Hospitality 103
Booksellers 102
Print and Book Trade 102
School Master/Dominie 102
University Professor 98
Barrister 95
Land Manager/Factor 91
Prisoner of War 86
Librarian 74
Mariner 69
Ships Owner 69
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 67
Presbyterian Seceder 65
Farmer 64
Bookbinder 63
Tenant 60
Tanner/Currier 59
Tax Collector 51
Officer 50
Musician 46
MP (Britain) 45
Grocer 44
Publishers 39
Clerk of Session 36
Dean of Faculty 31
Solicitor-General 29
Notaries/Clerks 28
Surveyor 27
Factor/Agent 23
Watchmaker 22
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 21
Victualler 21
Distiller 20
Brewer 17
Construction 17
Architect 13
Judge 9
Lord Advocate 9
Baillie 8
Clerks 8
Baron of the Exchequer 7
Lord Justice Clerk 7
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 6
Dyer 5
Messenger-at-arms 4
Lord President 3
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 3
Builder 2
Chaplain 2
Engineer 2
Lay Preacher 2
Tutor 2
Domestic Service 1
Food Provision/Preparation 1
Indoor Servants 1
Insurance 1
Retailer/Shopkeeper 1
Supporting Activities 1
Wright 1

Author

Sir Walter Scott 1428
David Brewster 398
Washington Irving 329
James Fenimore Cooper 274
Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton 247
John Galt 143
Horatio Smith 139
Thomas Colley Grattan 127
Eyre Evans Crowe 126
Thomas Hamilton 123
George Croly 113
Captain Basil Hall 112
Robert Chambers 111
John Gibson Lockhart 107
Catherine Grace Frances Gore 104
John Banim 104
John Wilson 'Christopher North' 95
Michael Banim 92
Gerald Griffin 83
Reginald Heber 81
Susan Ferrier 78
Elizabeth Caroline Grey 77
Misses Corbett 76
William Pitt Scargill 74
Alexander von Humboldt 73
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder 71
William Nugent Glascock 67
Moyle Sherer 66
James Baillie Fraser 64
George Robert Gleig 62
Theodore Edward Hook 61
Charles White 58
John Richardson 58
Henry David Inglis 57
James Justinian Morier 56
Mrs Anne Catharine Monkland 56
Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío 54
Catherine Dorothea Burdett 51
Charlotte Campbell Lady Bury 50
John Malcolm 50
Lady Sydney Morgan 50
Major General David Stewart 50
Thomas Moore 48
John Blakiston 47
Samuel Beazley 47
Anna Maria Porter 46
Anna Eliza Bray 45
Georgette Ducrest 45
Thomas Alexander Boswell 45
Augustus Bozzi Granville 44
William Hamilton Maxwell 44
Eugène François Vidocq 43
Robert Pearse Gillies 43
Dugald Stewart 42
Eliza Logan 41
Francis Barry Boyle St Leger 41
Henry Hart Milman 41
Mrs Anna Jameson 41
Alexander Peterkin 40
James Boaden 40
Mary Russell Mitford 40
William Ellis 39
George Chalmers 38
John Thomas Smith 38
Benjamin Disraeli 36
Edmund Burke 34
William Maginn 34
Constantine Henry Phipps Marquess of Normanby 33
Lady Caroline Lucy Scott 33
Sir William Edward Parry 33
Thomas Henry Lister 32
William Francis Patrick Napier 32
Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry 31
Robert Plumer Ward 30
William Mudford 30
Alaric Alexander Watts 29
Erskine Neale 29
John Miller 29
Michael Russell 28
Alexander Ranken 27
Amelia Bristow 27
Charles Brand 27
Jane Porter 27
Edward Daniel Clarke 26
Captain George Francis Lyon 25
John Shipp 25
Mrs Jane Loudon 25
Richard Robert Madden 25
Baron Horatio Walpole 24
Caroline Anne Southey Bowles 24
William Cobbett 24
George Lewes Newnham Collingwood 23
Robert Walsh 23
Thomas Haynes Bayly 23
William Hazlitt 23
Louis Simond 22
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 22
Allan Cunningham 21
George Payne Rainsford James 21
John Parker Lawson 21

Book Work

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 2044
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
Pirate 143
New Annual Register 126
History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus 123
Library of Entertaining Knowledge 109
Chronicles of the Canongate [Second Series: Saint Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth] 108
Fortunes of Nigel 104
Tales of a Grandfather [First Series] 103
Pelham; or The Adventures of a Gentleman 102
Eclectic Review 98
Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton 89
Quentin Durward 84
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier 83
Peveril of the Peak 81
Tales of a Traveller 81
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
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 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
Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the Years 1820, 1821 and 1822 69
Hungarian Tales 67
Tales of the Crusaders 66
Tales of a Grandfather [Second Series] 65
Devereux. A Tale 64
Redgauntlet, a Tale of the Eighteenth Century 62
Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humorists 61
Tales of the Great St. Bernard 59
Ecarte; or, The Salons of Paris 58
St Ronan's Well 58
High-Ways and By-Ways, or, Tales of the Roadside [Second Series] 57
Kuzzilbash. A Tale of Khorasan 57
Collegians 56
Edinburgh Annual Register 56
Life in India, or, The English at Calcutta 56
Lochandhu. A Tale of the Eighteenth Century 55
Reginald Dalton 53
Zillah; A Tale of the Holy City 53
Salathiel. A Story of the Past, the Present, and the Future 52
Inheritance [Susan Edmonstone Ferrier] 51
Picture of Scotland 51
At Home: A Novel 50
Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk 50
Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland 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
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine 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
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
History of the Jews [Henry Hart Milman] 40
Notes on Orkney and Zetland 40
Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery 40
Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan 39
Last of the Mohicans 39
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands 39
Tales of the Wars of Our Times 39
Trials of Margaret Lindsay 39
Nollekens and His Times, Comprehending a Life of that Sculptor and Memoirs of Several Artists 38
Yesterday in Ireland 38
Romances of Real Life 37
Trials of Life 37
Caledonia: or, An Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain 36
History of Napoleon Bonaparte 36
History of the Rebellions in Scotland [Robert Chambers] 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
Pilot: A Tale of the Sea 34
Sayings and Doings [Third Series] 34
Tales of Passion 34
Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke 34
Marriage in High Life 33
Monthly Magazine and British Register 33
Tales of Military Life 33
Epicurean 32
Foresters 32
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France 32
Rank and Talent. A Novel 32

Book language

English 15579
French 54
Latin 23
Greek 10
German 9
Spanish 4
Anglo-Saxon 3
Italian 3
Icelandic 1

Book place of publication

London 8721
Edinburgh 7498
Dublin 152
Glasgow 57
Paris 50
Kincardine 11
Cambridge 7
Leipzig 7
Oxford 7
Newcastle 6
Berlin 3
Calcutta 3
New York 3
Frankfurt am Main 2
Tübingen 2
Utrecht 2
Amsterdam 1
Breslau 1
Chiswick 1
Copenhagen 1
Elgin 1
Göttingen 1
Heidelberg 1
Leeds 1
Leiden 1
Leith 1
Londonderry 1
Madrid 1
Philadelphia 1
Siena 1
Verona 1
Weimar 1
Wellington, Shropshire 1

Book format

8vo 9219
12mo 4136
folio 415
4to 393
18mo 32
16mo 22
24mo 1

Genre

Fiction 5814
Periodicals 5486
Travel 1350
Lives 1071
Theology 656
Reference Works 562
History 523
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 382
Belles Lettres 376
Poetry 198
Politics, Society and Political Economy 180
Law 100
Philosophy and Morality 95
Natural Philosophy 87
Medicine 53
Fine Arts 42
Education 33
Drama 19
Miscellaneous/Other 9
Mathematics 4
Sermons 4

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