Beschreibung:

James Hogg] - Commonplace book of Leonora Dirom of Mount Annan, Dumffrieshire with manuscript verses [including The Green Pears of the Yair], riddles, quotations from Byron, Walter Scott , Joanna Baiille, Sir John Malcolm, Cowper, & others, verse "Inscription for a Grotto finished in the garden At Mount Annan 18th June 1821", verses inscribed to Sir Walter Scott "Oh, thou whose magic breathing strain..." , satirical verse relating to the erection of the Melville monument in Edinburgh, anecdotes, engravings and printed extracts, pencil drawing of Bridekirk [Cumbria], pencil drawing initialled A.C.B., 1816; album; note signed by Miss ?Buffen dated 1808, compiled by Leonara Dirom, Mount Annan, c. 1801-1821