Walter Scott, the Two Sicilies, and Events ‘of Recent Date’

Traces Walter Scott\u27s interest in Sicily and Naples through his earlier writing up to his travels to both in 1831-1832, discusses his treatment of Neapolitan history and politics in essays in 1816 and 1829, especially his accounts of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), king of Naples from 1808-1815, and in Masaniello, leader of the popular rising in 1647-48, and suggests how these interests connect to Scott\u27s unfinished short novel Bizarro, written in 1832 but first published in 2008, so unavailable to earlier Scott scholars

Review of "From Galt to Douglas Brown: Nineteenth Century Fiction and Scots Language" by Letley

Tulloch's review of Emma Letley's book "From Galt to Douglas Brown, Nineteenth Century Fiction and Scots Language" (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1988)

Review of "Robin Hood: The Forresters Manuscript, British Library Additional MS 71158" by Knight

Tulloch's review of "Robin Hood: The Forresters Manuscript, British Library Additional MS 71158" edited by Stephen Knight (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1998)

Imagery in "The Highland Widow"

The overt central theme of Scott's "Highland Widow" is obvious enough and generally agreed on. The story deals with the passing of the old Highland values of those who 'esteemed it shame to want anything that could be had for the taking' and the imposition of new 'civilised' values appropriate to a 'settled government of laws, that protect the property of the weak against the incursions of the strong'. How then are we meant to feel about this story from the past? One possible way to examine some of the issues at stake is to look at the imagery. There is a persistent strain throughout the story of imagery of the natural world: animals, birds, hills, clouds. An examination of how these images are used provides us with some interesting hints as to how we should respond to the events and characters

Robert Garioch's Different Styles of Scots

In 1977 Robert Garioch was asked by Duncan Glen, as editor of 'Akros', to describe his poetic language. He did so very succinctly; "My language is my native local Scots, plus words and expressions of any other date or provenance, from speech, dictionaries and books: I follow the practice of most writers in Scots, at least since they became self-conscious sometime about the eighteenth century. Latterly I have been inclined to spell less phonetically, assuming, e.g. that a reader will not usually pronounce the final letters of 'and' and 'of'. Also I use Scots of different styles for different purposes, and try to use it as any writer would use any language." This description is very helpful and what this paper aims to do is largely to flesh out these comments with details. In particular it takes up Garioch's comment that he used "Scots of different styles for different purposes". Indeed, the whole question of his language will be examined from this particular angle

Review of "The Days of the Duchess Anne: Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton 1656-1716" by Marshall

Tulloch's review of Rosalind K. Marshall's book "The Days of the Duchess Anne: Life in the Household of the Duchess of Hamilton 1656-1716" (Phantassie, East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000)

The monitoring of environmental conditions within corporate collections at Keyworth and Murchison House : 2004

This report presents the environment data gathered during the calendar year 2004 in the storerooms for the British Geological Survey’s Corporate Collections Archives. The report follows the pattern laid down in the first in the series, released in 2004, The Monitoring of Environmental Conditions within Corporate Collections at Keyworth and Murchison House 2002-03, with comparisons made between data collected in pervious years to assess the benefits or otherwise of modifications to either working practices or the fabric of the building. The data are discussed in chapters 2 and 3 where they are also illustrated in graphical format. A full copy of the data is contained on the accompanying compact disk, together with an Adobe Acrobat format version of this report. We will discuss the factors that affect the temperature and humidity of the storerooms, including the duration and number of workers present in the room, heating cycles of the building and external influences such as variations in the weather, from temperature and precipitation to the direction of the wind. Alterations to working practices and improvements in the fabric of the stores over the period of reporting will also be discussed. Possible future modifications are identified, however these are made in a controlled manner to allow changes in the environment to be assessed

Review of "Anecdotes of Scott" by Hogg and Rubenstein

reviewTulloch's review of Jill Rubenstein's edition of "Anecdotes of Scott" by James Hogg (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999)

Review of "Ivanhoe" edited by Duncan

Tulloch's review of the World's Classics edition of "Ivanhoe" edited by Ian Duncan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)