MUNGO PARK. By T. BANKS MACLACHLAN. ROBERT FERGUSSON. By A. B. GROSART. JAMES THOMSON. By WILLIAM BAYNE. DAVID HUME. By Professor CALDERWOOD. THOMAS REID. By Professor CAMPBELL FRASER. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE “FAMOUS SCOTS” SERIES. Of SIR WALTER SCOTT, by GEORGE SAINTSBURY, The _Pall Mall Gazette_ says:-- “Mr Saintsbury’s miniature is a gem of its kind.... Mr Saintsbury’s critique of the Waverley Novels will, I venture to think, despite all that has been written upon them, discover fresh beauties for their admirers.” Of THOMAS CARLYLE, by H. C. MACPHERSON, The _Literary World_ says:-- “One of the very best little books on Carlyle yet written, far out-weighing in value some more pretentious works with which we are familiar.” Of ALLAN RAMSAY, by OLIPHANT SMEATON, The _Scotsman_ says:-- “It is not a patchwork picture, but one in which the writer, taking genuine interest in his subject, and bestowing conscientious pains on his task, has his materials well in hand, and has used them to produce a portrait that is both lifelike and well balanced.” Of HUGH MILLER, by W. KEITH LEASK, The _Expository Times_ says:-- “It is a right good book and a right true biography.... There is a very fine sense of Hugh Miller’s greatness as a man and a Scotsman; there is also a fine choice of language in making it ours.” Of JOHN KNOX, by A. TAYLOR INNES, Mr Hay Fleming in the _Bookman_ says:-- “A masterly delineation of those stirring times in Scotland, and of that famous Scot who helped so much to shape them.” Of ROBERT BURNS, by GABRIEL SETOUN, The _New Age_ says:-- “It is the best thing on Burns we have yet had, almost as good as Carlyle’s Essay and the pamphlet published by Dr Nichol of Glasgow.” Of THE BALLADISTS, by JOHN GEDDIE, The _Spectator_ says:-- “The author has certainly made a contribution of remarkable value to the literary history of Scotland. We do not know of a book in which the subject has been treated with deeper sympathy or out of a fuller knowledge.” Of RICHARD CAMERON, by Professor HERKLESS, The _Dundee Courier_ says:-- “In selecting Professor Herkless to prepare this addition to the ‘Famous Scots Series’ of books, the publishers have made an excellent choice. The vigorous, manly style adopted is exactly suited to the subject, and Richard Cameron is presented to the reader in a manner as interesting as it is impressive.... Professor Herkless has done remarkably well, and the portrait he has so cleverly delineated of one of Scotland’s most cherished heroes is one that will never fade.” Of SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON, by EVE BLANTYRE SIMPSON, The _Daily Chronicle_ says:--