Item 11.45 - Notebook of Daniel Frazer

1 vol., c 205 x 130 x 42 mm. 2 ff. endpapers, unnumbered; pp. 1-279 (pagination jumps from p. 122 to 143; resumes as pp. 135 and onwards after p. 154 so that there are two sets of pages paginated 143-154). Pages after 278 are blank. Cuttings pasted to p. 2, 219, 220, 221, 222, and 223; 2 cuttings pasted to p. 224.

Bequeathed to the library by Daniel Frazer's son, Sir James George Frazer, 1941.

With bookplate of Daniel Frazer pasted to the inside front cover. Texts of talks given to Free St Peter's Young Men's Association and Congregation; Frequent mention made of Mr. [William] Arnot. Also texts of letters to press etc. Contents:
pp. 1-70: 'Essay. Paper, Pens and Ink... read at meeting of Free St Peter's Young Men's Association... 6th October 1854';
pp. 71-97: 'Day Dreamers of the Day - or John Gough and Teetotalism', described as being 'written early in Spring 1854 and read -with additions to few friends... about mid-summer same year';
pp. 100-154: 'Romanism versus Free Churchism. Popery and the Free Church Contrasted', described as 'The First "Essay" I ever wrote -';
pp. 136-144 [second use of numbers]: 'The Earth - The Work of God - The Habitation of Man', given at Free St Peter's Young Men's Soc., 21 Mar. 1857;
pp. 146-175: 'The Shorter Catechism as an Antidote to Certain Errors of the Day...'
pp. 176-188: 'Young Men's Christian Associations and the Influence of the Pulpit', 'read at annual meeting of Free St Peter's Congregation in City Hall 16 March 1854 [corrected from 1855];
pp. 190-194: 'Truth or Liberty', read at Free St Peter's Young Men's Soc., 5 Jan. 1855:
pp. 195-198: 'The Free Church Schoolmaster's Fund', 'read at Free St Peter's Congregational Meeting in City Hall... 1849-1850? [added in pencil]';
pp. 200-204: 'Education, Should it be National?'
pp. 205-218: 'Moderate "Charity"', 'written soon after the disruption - but never made use of'
p. 219: cutting pasted on, 'The Schoolmasters of the Free Church. To the Editor of the Scottish Guardian', 25 Apr. 1850 ;
p. 220: cutting pasted on, 'Druggists and the Sabbath. To the Editor of the Scottish Guardian, 10 Nov. 1852;
pp. 221-224: cuttings pasted on, 'Druggists' Drudgery', from The Young Men's Magazine: A Monthly Journal, Vol I. No. 8, Aug. 1854;
pp. 225-227: 'The Poor Laws. To the Editor of the Daily Mail', MS;
pp. 228-235: 'Loss of Life in Battle. To the Editor of the North British Daily Mail"', appeared 1 Dec. 1854, MS;
pp. 236-237: 'The Discipline of the Crimean Army. To the Editor of the North British Daily Mail', 24 Jan. 1855;
pp. 237-238: 'The Defence and attack of Fortified Places'; notice of lecture on this subject given by Captain McLaggan to the Young Men's Christian Association, published in North British Daily Mail, 15 Mar. 1855, MS;
pp. 240-258: 'Dr Henry Wilson Cleland';
pp. 260-271: 'The Glasgow Free Church College, and its Professors. To the Editors of the Witness*', 23 May 1856, MS;
pp. 274-276: 'Hugh Miller', read to Free St Peter's Young Men's Society, 20 Mar. 1857;
p. 278: 'Man and His Servants', read at meeting of Y. M. C. Association, 30 Mar. 1863. Text of paper not copied out, and rest of volume blank.