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[Illustration: LORD FOUNTAINHALL.]
1665-1676
Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by
DONALD CRAWFORD
Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff
[Illustration: SIR JOHN LAUDER, FIRST BARONET.
(Lord Fountainhall's Father.)]
Journal in France, 1665-1667,
1. Notes of Journeys in London. Oxford, and Scotland, 1667-1670,
2. Notes of Journeys in Scotland, 1671-1672,
3. Chronicle of events connected with the Court of Session, 1668-1676,
4. Observations on Public Affairs, 1669-1670,
i. Accounts, 1670-1675,
ii. Catalogue of Books, 1667-1679,
iii. Letter of Lauder to his Son,
II. SIR JOHN LAUDER, first Baronet, Lord Fountainhall's father
III. JANET RAMSAY, first wife of Lord Fountainhall
IV. SIR ANDREW RAMSAY, Lord Abbotshall
All reproduced from pictures in the possession of Lady Anne Dick Lauder.
There are here printed two manuscripts by Sir John Lauder, LordFountainhall, and portions of another. The first[1] is a kind of journal,though it was not written up day by day, containing a narrative of hisjourney to France and his residence at Orleans and Poictiers, when he wassent abroad by his father at the age of nineteen to study law in foreignschools in preparation for the bar. It also includes an account of hisexpenses during the whole period of his absence from Scotland. Thesecond,[2] though a small volume, contains several distinct portions. Thereare narratives of visits to London and Oxford on his way home from abroad,his journey returning to Scotland, and some short expeditions in Scotlandin the immediately following years, observations on public affairs in 1669-70, and a chronicle of events connected with the Court of Session from 1668to 1676; also at the other end of the volume some accounts of expenses. Thethird[3] may be described as a commonplace book, for the most part writtenduring the first years of his practice at the bar and his early marriedlife, but it also contains some notes of travel in Fife, the Lothians, andthe Merse in continuation of those in MS. H., and a list of the books whichhe bought and their prices, brought down to a late period of his life.These manuscripts have been kindly made available to the Scottish HistorySociety by the owners. The first is in the Library of the University ofEdinburgh. T