The History of the Monastery of the Holy-Rood, and of the Palace of Holyrood House. E-book. Formato PDF John Harrison   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

This book had its beginning in a series of articles on the builders of the first Palace of Holyrood House, which were contributed to the Scotsman.' The subject interested me, so I extended my inquiries, and now attempt to tell the long history of Holyrood, first as Monastery and then as Palace. The thread of the story stretches through so many centuries that I may be excused if 1 have wrongly interpreted any of the periods which I touch on. The book was nearly completed when the Great War broke out in August 1914, and was laid aside, because other work claimed my thoughts and my time.I have to thank many friends for encouragement and assistance. Especially I must express my indebtedness to the late Professor Hume Brown for wise counsel, and acknowledge that his 'History of Scotland' has supplied the historical framework of the book. I am also indebted for ready help given me by his successor in the Chair of Ancient History in the University of Edinburgh, Professor Hannay; and to Hew Morrison, LL.D., Librarian of the Edinburgh Public Library.

The Scot in Ulster: Sketch of the History of the Scottish Population of Ulster. E-book. Formato PDF John Harrison   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

These sketches of the history of the Scottish settlers in Ulster were published in the columns of the 'scotsman' during this spring. They have been recast, and are now published in a permanent form, as I think they may interest some who care to ex amine the Irish question for themselves. Their English and Scottish origin seems to me to give to the men of Ulster an inalienable right to protest, as far as they are concerned, against the policy of Separation from Great Britain to which the Irish, — with the genius for nicknames which they possess — at present give the name of Home Rule.