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Library

Chambers' Circulating Library 3891
Wigtown Subscription Library 2163
Advocates Library 867
Westerkirk 393
Leighton Library 353
Selkirk Library 349
Orkney Library 98
Royal High School of Edinburgh 59
Innerpeffray Library 51
Edinburgh University Library 40
St Andrews University Library 20
Craigston Castle Library 10
Glasgow University Library 5
Hunterian Museum Library 3

Borrower title

Mr 2529
Mrs 1483
Miss 582
Reverend Mr 347
Captain 255
Dr 209
Reverend 209
Lady 191
Major 103
Sir 46
Lieutenant 20
Colonel 15
Professor 15
Staff Sergeant 15
Honourable Mrs 8
General 7
Reverend Dr 7
Honourable 6
Mrs General 3
Lord 2
Madame 1
Mrs Major 1

Borrower gender

Male 6007
Female 2272
Unknown 24

Borrower occupation

Law 1673
Advocate 887
Writer/Procurator 568
Arts and Letters 535
Miscellaneous 471
Wife/Spouse 471
Author 458
Religion and Clergy 426
Minister/Priest 422
Independent Means 373
Politics/Office Holders 319
Education 316
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 235
Sheriff 228
Presbyterian Seceder 218
Gentleman 216
Customs Collector 205
Church of Scotland 202
Military 197
Medicine and Health 179
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 157
Army 156
Surgeon 154
Agricultural 146
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 146
Poet 137
Writer to the Signet (WS) 117
Banker 96
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 93
University Student 93
Accountant 88
University Professor 87
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 86
Advocate Depute 83
Lord Provost/Provost 76
Barrister 74
Land Manager/Factor 73
Teacher 72
Farmer 65
Tenant 61
School Child 59
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 49
Merchants/Traders 47
Musician 42
Clerk of Session 40
Tanner/Currier 39
MP (Britain) 33
Service Provision and Hospitality 30
Notaries/Clerks 28
Officer 28
Physician 25
Dean of Faculty 20
Booksellers 18
Lord Advocate 18
Print and Book Trade 18
Publishers 18
Construction 17
Solicitor-General 17
Victualler 15
Brewer 14
Architect 13
Prisoner of War 13
Factor/Agent 12
Judge 9
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 9
Baillie 8
Clerks 8
Baron of the Exchequer 5
Dyer 5
School Master/Dominie 4
Chaplain 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Builder 2
Engineer 2
Lay Preacher 2
Librarian 2
Lord President 2
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 2
Tutor 2
Domestic Service 1
Food Provision/Preparation 1
Indoor Servants 1
Insurance 1
Navy 1

Author

Sir Walter Scott 507
David Brewster 391
Washington Irving 196
James Fenimore Cooper 157
George Croly 111
John Banim 104
Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton 103
Michael Banim 92
Horatio Smith 90
Thomas Hamilton 89
Eyre Evans Crowe 88
Robert Chambers 88
Reginald Heber 79
Susan Ferrier 78
Captain Basil Hall 73
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder 71
Thomas Colley Grattan 71
Misses Corbett 68
Moyle Sherer 65
James Baillie Fraser 64
Theodore Edward Hook 61
James Justinian Morier 56
Mrs Anne Catharine Monkland 56
Catherine Dorothea Burdett 51
Charlotte Campbell Lady Bury 47
Samuel Beazley 47
Anna Eliza Bray 45
Anna Maria Porter 45
Georgette Ducrest 45
Thomas Alexander Boswell 45
Thomas Moore 45
Augustus Bozzi Granville 44
Eugène François Vidocq 43
Dugald Stewart 41
Elizabeth Caroline Grey 40
James Boaden 40
Mary Russell Mitford 40
George Chalmers 38
John Thomas Smith 38
Benjamin Disraeli 36
John Wilson 'Christopher North' 35
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
Alaric Alexander Watts 29
Erskine Neale 29
John Malcolm 28
Amelia Bristow 27
Charles Brand 27
Charles White 27
Gerald Griffin 27
Jane Porter 27
Captain George Francis Lyon 25
Baron Horatio Walpole 24
William Pitt Scargill 24
George Lewes Newnham Collingwood 23
Robert Pearse Gillies 23
Robert Walsh 23
Thomas Haynes Bayly 23
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 22
William Hazlitt 22
Henry David Inglis 21
George Thomas Keppel Earl of Albemarle 20
Thomas Hood 20
Allan Cunningham 19
William Nugent Glascock 19
Christian Isobel Johnstone 18
George Cruikshank 18
Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson 18
Comte Philippe-Paul Ségur 17
Henry Matthews 17
James Hall 17
John Russell 16
Thomas Wyse 16
William Hone 16
Anne Chetwode 15
Deale 15
Edmund Frederick John Carrington 15
George Wightwick 14
Henry Glassford Bell 14
John Galt 14
Peter Miller Cunningham 14
Thomas Crofton Croker 14
Alexander von Humboldt 13
Andrew Picken 13
Mrs Anna Jameson 13
David Macbeth Moir 12
George Robert Gleig 12
James Hook 12
Johan Christian Mämpel 12
John Payne Collier 11
Robert Pollok 11
Samuel William Ryley 11
Thomas McCrie 11
William Kitchiner 11
Charles Sealsfield 10

ESTC

T213203 425
T131829 126
P1966 73
T101038 41
T149673 24
P1968 12
P1900 8
P6583 7
P1957 4
P2463 3
T145775 3
T149936 3
P3191 2
T153436 2
T154239 1
P1934 1
P1967 1
P2025 1
T162631 1

Book language

English 8243
French 36
Latin 12
Greek 6
German 4
Italian 2
Spanish 2
Icelandic 1

Book place of publication

London 5338
Edinburgh 3063
Dublin 82
Glasgow 56
Paris 37
Leipzig 6
Newcastle 6
Berlin 3
Calcutta 3
Cambridge 3
New York 3
Oxford 2
Copenhagen 1
Elgin 1
Heidelberg 1
Leeds 1
Leith 1
Madrid 1
Philadelphia 1
Siena 1
Verona 1
Wellington, Shropshire 1

Book format

8vo 4970
12mo 2328
folio 409
4to 319
18mo 32
16mo 22
24mo 1

Genre

Fiction 3183
Periodicals 2625
Travel 854
Lives 640
Reference Works 439
Belles Lettres 238
History 225
Poetry 146
Politics, Society and Political Economy 95
Law 80
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 68
Philosophy and Morality 58
Natural Philosophy 51
Medicine 38
Theology 37
Fine Arts 32
Drama 14
Education 13
Mathematics 3
Sermons 3

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