Title |
Author |
Year |
Word count |
Freq. |
Norm. |
Memoirs of a Highland Lady |
Grant, Elizabeth |
1898 |
232,599 |
|
|
Gillespie |
Hay, John Macdougall |
1914 |
186,222 |
|
|
Annals of a Publishing House: William Blackwood and His Sons: Their Magazine and Friends |
Oliphant, Mrs Margaret Oliphant |
1897 |
174,684 |
|
|
David Elginbrod |
Macdonald, George |
1871 |
173,827 |
|
|
Noctes Ambrosianae, Vol. 2 |
Wilson, Professor John |
1865 |
170,843 |
|
|
The Scottish Church |
Various |
1890 |
168,278 |
|
|
Noctes Ambrosianae, Vol. 1 |
Wilson, Professor John |
1865 |
155,951 |
|
|
Noctes Ambrosianae, Vol. 3 |
Wilson, Professor John |
1864 |
145,182 |
|
|
Harp of Perthshire |
Various |
1893 |
142,128 |
|
|
Hand-Book of the Law of Scotland |
Lorimer, Mr James |
1859 |
141,591 |
|
|
Local Industries of Glasgow and the West of Scotland |
Caird, Robert;
Chisholm, Sir Samuel;
Dyer, Henry;
Fleming, Sir James;
Henderson, George Gerald;
Macintyre, Robert;
Mackenzie, T R;
McLean, Angus;
Sandeman, David T;
Sexton, Alexander Humboldt;
Thompson, George R |
1901 |
137,543 |
|
|
Noctes Ambrosianae, Vol. 4 |
Wilson, Professor John |
1864 |
125,203 |
|
|
Harp of Renfrewshire, Second Series |
Various |
1873 |
118,249 |
|
|
Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk |
Alexander, Mr William |
1873 |
115,230 |
|
|
Peat and Its Products: An Illustrated Treatise on Peat and Its Products as a National Source of Wealth |
Kerr, William Alexander |
1905 |
112,529 |
|
|
The Connexion of the Physical Science |
Somerville, Mary |
1834 |
101,792 |
|
|
Diary of the Reverend John Mill, Minister of the Parishes of Dunrossness Sandwick and Cunningsburg in Shetland, 1740-1803 |
Mill, Rev. John |
1889 |
98,811 |
|
|
The House with the Green Shutters |
Douglas Brown, George |
1902 |
92,144 |
|
|
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale |
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour |
1889 |
86,831 |
|
|
Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
Hogg, James |
1824 |
84,088 |
|
|
Lady Louisa Stuart: Selections from Her Manuscripts |
Stuart, Lady Louisa |
1899 |
83,479 |
|
|
Essay on the Composition and Writing of the Antients |
Geddes, James |
1748 |
73,839 |
|
|
The Three Perils of Women, Vol. 3 |
Hogg, James |
1823 |
67,610 |
|
|
Propriety Ascertained in Her Picture, Vol. 2 |
Elphinston, Mr James |
1786 |
64,596 |
|
|
The Three Perils of Women, Vol. 1 |
Hogg, James |
1823 |
62,486 |
|
|
Bards of Galloway |
Harper, Malcolm |
1889 |
61,921 |
|
|
The Three Perils of Women, Vol. 2 |
Hogg, James |
1823 |
61,635 |
|
|
Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters |
Baillie, Joanna |
1821 |
61,156 |
|
|
Letters and Memoirs of Her Own Life, By Mrs Alison Rutherford or Cockburn. Also 'Felix', a Biographical Sketch and Various Songs. |
Cockburn, Alison |
1900 |
59,917 |
|
|
Letters from the North Highlands, During the Summer of 1816 |
Spence, Elizabeth Isabella |
1817 |
59,398 |
|
|
Glasgow University Students' Handbook |
Various |
1935 |
57,395 |
|
|
Report of the Trial of John Thomson, alias Peter Walker |
Wrighte, Thomas |
1858 |
57,063 |
|
|
The Shepherd's Guide - A Practical Treatise on Diseases of Sheep |
Hogg, James |
1807 |
56,443 |
|
|
An Inverness Lawyer and His Sons, 1796-1878 |
Anderson, Isabel Harriet |
1900 |
54,692 |
|
|
Edinburgh Review, No. 1 |
Anonymous |
1755 |
50,646 |
|
|
Poems |
Ramsay, Allan |
1721 |
47,690 |
|
|
Betty |
Bell, Mr John Joy |
1927 |
47,064 |
|
|
An Essay on the Scoto-English Dialect |
Collin, Zacharias |
1862 |
35,322 |
|
|
Theodorous: Dialogue Concerning the Art of Preaching |
Fordyce, Mr David |
1752 |
34,335 |
|
|
Mary Queen of Scots: A Narrative and Defence |
Walker, Reverend Alexander |
1889 |
33,962 |
|
|
Essay on the Principles of Translation |
Tytler, Alexander Fraser |
1791 |
33,239 |
|
|
Memorial for James Petrie, Writer in Aberdeen |
Anonymous |
1736 |
32,480 |
|
|
A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth & Caithness |
Brand, Reverend John |
1701 |
31,917 |
|
|
Register of Sasine, Concerning Land Lying on the Southside of Trongate Street, Glasgow |
Anonymous |
1800 |
31,714 |
|
|
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect |
Burns, Robert |
1786 |
27,458 |
|
|
Letters Between the Honourable Andrew Erskine and James Boswell, Esq |
Boswell, Mr James;
Erskine, Mr Andrew |
1763 |
26,843 |
|
|
Record of the David Woodburn Trial |
Anderson, Professor John |
1769 |
25,236 |
|
|
Julia de Roubigné, Vol. 1 |
Mackenzie, Henry |
1777 |
25,036 |
|
|
Julia de Roubigné, Vol. 2 |
Mackenzie, Henry |
1777 |
24,547 |
|
|
Letter Book of the Publisher John McMurray Containing Copies of Outgoing Letters, 11 Oct 1765 - 3 Aug 1769 |
McMurray, John |
1769 |
24,022 |
|
|
Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver |
Thom, Mr William |
1844 |
22,344 |
|
|
The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Pastoral Comedy |
Ramsay, Allan |
1743 |
22,240 |
|
|
David Livingston's Zambezi Manuscript |
Livingstone, David |
1864 |
20,394 |
|
|
A New Revelation |
Doyle, Arthur Conan |
1918 |
20,284 |
|
|
Autobiographical Account by James Hall Nasmyth |
Nasmyth, James |
1850 |
19,376 |
|
|
Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 289 |
Anonymous |
1839 |
13,923 |
|
|
Memorial for Thomas Thomson concerning the controversy between Faculty and Regius Professors |
Anonymous |
1840 |
13,644 |
|
|
Horace in Homespun |
Robertson, James Logie |
1886 |
12,997 |
|
|
The Philosophy of Courtship and Marriage |
Anonymous |
1844 |
12,966 |
|
|
The Confession of Faith |
Anonymous |
1702 |
12,083 |
|
|
The Temper, Character, and Duty of a Minister of the Gospel; A Sermon Preached Before the Synod of Glasgow, on 1 Tim. iv. 16 |
Leechman, Mr William |
1741 |
11,735 |
|
|
Scott's review of Southey's Pilgrim's Progress |
Scott, Sir Walter |
1830 |
11,650 |
|
|
Divine Agency Necessary to the Propogation of Christianity: A Sermon |
Duncanson, Andrew |
1796 |
11,416 |
|
|
Sir Walter Scott's Manuscript Review of Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage III and The Prisoner of Chillon |
Scott, Sir Walter |
1830 |
10,969 |
|
|
A Sermon, Preached Before the Reverend, the Presbytery of Aberdeen, In the Church of New-Machar, 16 February 1737 |
Bisset, Reverend John |
1737 |
10,874 |
|
|
Lion chapter and intro from Livingston's 'Missionary Travels' |
Livingstone, David |
1866 |
10,660 |
|
|
Proceedings of the General Court Martial |
Mackay, Alexander |
1806 |
10,183 |
|
|
The Trial of John Grant, Sheriff-Clerk Depute of the Shire of Inverness before the Circuit Court of Justiciary Held There on May 1, 1793 For Forgery |
Grant, John |
1793 |
10,078 |
|
|
Thomas Crawford's Journey to Australia |
Crawford, Thomas |
1825 |
10,004 |
|
|
Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, etc., Mostly Written in the Dialect of the South |
Hogg, James |
1801 |
8,125 |
|
|
A Sermon Preached on the Occasion of the Death of the Late Rev. Dr. Small, Of the Ministers of Stirling |
MacFarlan, Reverend Patrick |
1825 |
7,656 |
|
|
The Alchemist magazine, Vol. 2.1 |
Various |
1926 |
7,576 |
|
|
An Account of the Kingdom of Thibet |
Stewart, Mr John |
1777 |
6,441 |
|
|
Answers in the David Woodburn case |
Dalrymple, Sir David;
Inglis, Charles |
1769 |
6,137 |
|
|
Petition Regarding Land, Named 'The Leadhead' |
Wight, Alex |
1790 |
6,006 |
|
|
Notes on the Council's Reading of 'An Act For the More Effectual Preventing Bribery & Corruption in the Election of Members to Serve in Parliament' |
Monteith, Henry |
1814 |
5,566 |
|
|
Replies in the Case of the Suspension of David Woodburn, Student |
Dalrymple, Sir David |
1769 |
5,496 |
|
|
The Alchemist magazine, Vol. 1.1 |
Various |
1925 |
5,369 |
|
|
The Disruption of the Scottish Church-Establishment, by an Elder of the Free Church |
Craufurd, Lord James |
1843 |
5,276 |
|
|
Worm Jacob Threshing the Mountains: A Sermon, Preached on a Sacramental Occasion |
Boston, Reverend Thomas |
1779 |
5,054 |
|
|
Is It Well With the Child? It is well: A Sermon Preached in North Bute Parish Church, on September 27th, 1896 |
Dewar, Reverend Peter |
1896 |
4,143 |
|
|
Petition by the University of Glasgow to Glasgow Corporations, Regarding Proposed Trams on University Avenue |
Anonymous |
1914 |
3,970 |
|
|
Petition for Fishing Rights |
Maclaurin, Lord John |
1781 |
3,619 |
|
|
A North Briton Extraordinary |
Smollet, Tobias George |
1765 |
3,178 |
|
|
Hints on Swimming |
Wilson, William |
1910 |
3,084 |
|
|
Scott, Eulogy on Byron |
Scott, Sir Walter |
1824 |
2,916 |
|
|
Letter from Scott to Gifford, 25 Oct 1808 |
Scott, Sir Walter |
1808 |
2,442 |
|
|
Extracts from Handbook for Scotland: Edinburgh |
Anonymous |
1868 |
2,370 |
|
|
The Stubborn Wife's Warning Piece, or Good Instructions for a Scolding Wife |
Anonymous |
1700 |
2,313 |
|
|
The Accomplished Courtier |
Anonymous |
1764 |
2,050 |
|
|
A True Relation of the Death of Sir Andrew Barton, Pirate and Rover |
Anonymous |
1700 |
1,802 |
|
|
Answer to the Reasons of Protest and Dissent, Taken on 9 May, To be Inserted in the Minutes of the University Meeting, 10 Jun 1769 |
Anonymous |
1769 |
1,776 |
|
|
Extracts from Hand-Book for Scotland: Contents |
Anonymous |
1868 |
1,762 |
|
|
Sasine of Archibald Campbell of Succoth |
Campbell, Archibald |
1702 |
1,737 |
|
|
Marriage Contract between Margaret Walkinshaw and William Campbell |
Anonymous |
1710 |
1,729 |
|
|
A Penny-Worth of Wit |
Anonymous |
1800 |
1,671 |
|
|
Letter from Blackwood to Murray2, 21 Jan 1815 |
Blackwood, William |
1815 |
1,652 |
|
|
The Decadence of the Spook |
J, M B |
1922 |
1,511 |
|
|
Some Notes on Ship-Building in Australia, In Reply to Mr MacFarlane |
Atkinson, J |
1822 |
1,479 |
|
|
Letter from Hogg to Byron, 11 Oct 1814 |
Hogg, James |
1814 |
1,434 |
|
|