The James Willard Oliver Collection of David Hume & Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Describes a collection of first and other editions of the Scottish philosopher David Hume, recently donated to the University of South Carolina by Prof. James Willard Oliver, and uses older library records from the library of South Carolina College (founded in 1801) to chart the changing reputation and influence of Hume\u27s philosophical works as compared to his essays and historical writings. First presented at the SE American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, in Columbia, SC, February 3003

Hamish Henderson: The Desert War, Italy, and Scottish poetry

Catalogue of library exhibition about the Scottish poet and folk musicologist Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), covering Henderson\u27s career during World War II, with the 51st Highland Division in the Western Desert and with the Italian resistance, and after the war as prize-winning poet, as political theorist and translator of Gramsci, as a champion and collector of Scottish traditional song, and as folk performer and composer. Includes information on the Henderson manuscripts in the G. Ross Roy Collection at the University of South Carolina, including drafts of his poem Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica (1948)

Scotland in European Perspective: the Mainz-Germersheim Conference Before the Referendum

Reviews the published papers on political, literary, and cultural aspects of Scottish cultural identity from a conference held at Johnannes Gutenberg University-Mainz at Germersheim, Germany, in October 2013, before the narrowly-unsuccessful Scottish Independence referendum of the following year [ Indyref ], and discusses their continuing relevance in Scottish attitudes to the upcoming United Kingdom referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union [ Brexit ]

\u27As I Walk\u27d by mysel\u27: A Burns Autograph Manuscript and the Problem of Attribution

Describes and illustrates Robert Burns\u27s autograph manuscript of the song As I walk\u27d by mysel\u27 (Kinsley 686), reviews the issues and problems in attributing manuscript songs to Burns, traces the provenance of the unique manuscript, and compares the Burns version to that published by David Herd\u27s Antient and Modern Scotish Songs (1776 etc.), concluding that the manuscript was sent by Burns to James Johnson for possible inclusion in the Scots Musical Museum, and that, while the song is not original with Burns, he may have tinkered with specific phrases to improve it

Books Noted and Received

Short reviews or brief notices of seventeen books published or received since publication of Studies in Scottish Literature, 42:1 (Spring 2016)

Adam Smith for Our Time, I: Necroeconomics

Reviews a wide-ranging new American study of the Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith (1723-1790), examining its treatment of Smith as critic and rhetorical theorist, as well as of his better-known writings on moral philosophy in his Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and economic theory in The Wealth of Nations (1776), and discusses briefly the value for Scottish cultural history of interpretative practices developed originally in other national traditions, concluding that the book is important for scholars of 18th century Scottish literature... because it approaches Smith’s work through disciplinary practices that are common enough in other literary fields but not as commonly applied in this detail to non-literary Scottish texts

Gettysburg: an exhibit for the First-Year Reading Experience

Based on an exhibition for University of South Carolina students reading Michael Shaara\u27s bestselling book The Killer Angels, this catalogue recounts the story of the battle of Gettysburg day by day, with an opening section introducing the major participants and a final section dealing with the commemoration of the battle and its treatment in later American literature. All the items in the exhibition are drawn from the Francis A. Lord Civil War Collection and the Robert S. Chamberlain Military History Collection, both in Rare Books & Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries

The Changing Reputation of Clough\u27s The Bothie

Discusses changing critical responses to what was once Clough\u27s most highly-regarded longer poem, and argues that the values it represents are still central to understanding Clough\u27s life and career. First presented at a symposium on Clough\u27s work hosted by University College, London, at Dr. Williams\u27s Library, London, on February 3, 2010, marking the unveiling by English Heritage on Clough\u27s London residence of an official blue memorial plaque

\u27Minds that Move at Large\u27: A Scottish Perspective on Collegiate Literary Societies, Past and Present

This paper contrasts two kinds of literary society, based on examples from eighteenth-century Edinburgh: the ludic or playful use of rhetoric in the early 18th century Easy Club, centred on the Scottish poet Allan Ramsay (1686-1758), and the agonistic or forensic rhetoric of the later 18th century Speculative Society, especially as seen in the Scottish lawyer and reviewer Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) and in the influential Edinburgh Review for which he wrote. The paper originated as the keynote address to Rhetor \u2786: the Convention of the National Association of Collegiate Literary Societies, held in Columbia, SC, October 10, 1986