h, in
1536. There is a specimen of early English printing shown in Fayban's
"Chronicle," the copy at Innerpeffray being the extremely scarce first
edition of 1533. The first edition of Holinshed's "Chronicles of
Englande, Scotlande, and Ireland," which was printed in 1577; is also
to be found here in good condition. Amongst other notable books may be
mentioned:--"The AEneid," by Gavin Douglas, 1533; Bishop Lesley's
"History of Scotland," in the original Latin, printed at Rome, 1578;
Drummond of Hawthornden's "Flowres of Sion," 1630; the same author's
"History of the Five Jameses," 1654; and also his "Miscellaneous
Poems," 1656; Drayton's "Polyolbion"; Dr Donne's "Elegies"; Stowe's
"Chronicles," 1580; Hitchcock's "Quintessence of Wit," 1590; John
Major's "De Gestis Scotorum," 1536; Bacon's "Essays," 1639; and the
first edition of Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy." Students of warfare
will find much to interest them in some of the military books of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries--one of these especially, printed
in the German language in 1620, being the work of John Jacobi von
Wollhausen, and entitled _Kreigskunst_. It contains engravings showing
the mode of pike exercise and the method of drill adopted for the
management of the musket with rest and linstock as then used. Amongst
the law books are numerous volumes of decisions by Kilkerran, Forbes,
Durie, Dirleton, Maclaurin, and others; as well as textbooks on law by
Grotius, Montesquien, Duffendorf, and other well-known writers.

Monzie is best known in connection with the burning of a witch. The
traditionary story makes out Kate M'Niven to have been a nurse in the
family of the Grammes of Inchbrakie, and as a proof that she was a
member of the weird sisterhood, a story is told of her in connection
with a visit which the Laird of Inchbrakie made to Dunning on the
occasion of some festivity. According to the fashion of the time, he
took with him his knife and fork. After he was seated at the dinner
table he was subjected to annoyance similar to that which teased Uncle
Toby--namely, the hovering of a bee about his head. To relieve himself
from the tiny tormentor, he laid down his knife and fork, and attempted
to beat off the insect with his hands. It soon flew out at the window;
but behold! the laird's knife and fork had disappeared. They were
searched for all over the table, and under the table; nowhere could
they be found; but when their owner reache