n of Winchester (sixth son of Sir
Peter), who acquired from Lord Ramsay, eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie,
part of the barony of Baledmouth in Fife. Dean Young founded a school at
St. Andrew's, on the site of which is now built Dr. Bell's Madras College.
Sir Peter Young the elder, knighted in 1605, has been sometimes confounded
with his third son, Peter, who received his knighthood at the hands of
Gustavus Adolphus, on the occasion of that king being invested with the
Order of the Garter.
Another fine library (Andrew Melville's) was brought into Scotland about
the same time as Scrymgeour's; and it is creditable to the statesmen of
James's reign that there was an order in the Scotch exchequer, that books
imported into Scotland should be free from custom. A note of this order is
preserved among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum; but my reference
to the number is not at hand.
DE CAMERA.
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MORMON PUBLICATIONS.
Can any of your correspondents oblige me by supplying particulars of other
editions of the following Mormon works? The particulars required are the
size, place, date, and number of pages. The editions enumerated below are
the only ones to which I have had access.
1. _The Book of Mormon_:
First American edition, 12mo.: Palmyra, 1830, pp. 588., printed by
E. B. Grandin for the author.
First European edition, small 8vo.: Liverpool, 1841, title, one leaf,
pp. 643., including index at the end.
Second European edition, 12mo.: Liverpool, 1849. Query number of pages?
Third European edition, 12mo.: Liverpool, 1852, pp. xii. 563.
2. _Book of Doctrine and Covenants_:
First (?) American edition, 18mo.: Kirkland, 1835, pp. 250.
Third European edition, 12mo.: Liverpool, 1852, pp. xxiii, 336.
3. _Hymn Book for the "Saints" in Europe_:
Ninth edition, 16mo.: Liverpool, 1851, pp. vii. 379., containing 296
hymns.
As I am passing through the press two Lectures on the subject of Mormonism,
and am anxious that the literary history and bibliography of this curious
sect should be as complete as possible, I will venture to ask the favour of
an immediate reply to this Query: and since the subject is hardly of
general interest, as well as because the necessary delay of printing any
communication may hereby be avoided, may I request that any reply be sent
to me at the address given below. I shall also be glad to learn wh
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