THE SCOTTISH BURGH RECORDS SOCIETY. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM GIBSON CRAIG of Riccarton, Bart., Lord Clerk Register. The Right Hon. the LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh. The Hon. the LORD PROVOST of Glasgow. The Hon. Lord NEAVES. Sir JAMES LUMSDEN of Arden. WILLIAM CHAMBERS, Esq. of Glenormiston, LL.D. DAVID LAING, Esq., LL.D. JOHN STUART, Esq., LL.D. JOHN HILL BURTON, Esq., LL. D., Historiographer-Royal for Scotland. SECRETARY-JAMES D. MARWICK, Esq., Town-Clerk, formerly of Edinburgh, now of Glasgow, and Clerk to the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland. TREASURER-T. B. JOHNSTON, Esq., 4 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh. THE value of the early Records of the Burghs of Scotland, as throwing light upon national life and manners, explaining national institutions, and illustrating social progress, has been fully recognized, and can scarcely be exaggerated. Some of the Book Clubs, which have contributed so much to the elucidation of Scottish History, have already directed their attention to these Records. The Spalding Club has given the country a peculiarly interesting and valuable series of extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Aberdeen, while the Maitland Club has published notices from the Records of Dysart, and extracts from the Burgh Records of Glasgow, Prestwick, Edinburgh, and Canongate. Apart, however, from what has been done in regard to Aberdeen, it cannot be said that much more has been effected than merely to break ground in the direction of investigating and publishing extracts from the Burgh Records of Scotland; and as nothing more is now to be hoped from the Book Clubs which still exist, this Society has been formed for the special purpose of undertaking the work. Besides extracts from the Burgh Records, copies of the Charters of Burghs and illustrative Extracts from contemporary local Records will be given, as far as may be considered desirable. The annual subscription is One Guinea, payable in advance, on the first day of January. The first subscription was payable on 1st January, 1868. A payment of £7 7s. will entitle any member to a copy of the seven volumes which have been issued, and to the volume which is now ready for delivery. |