Charismatic Perthshire Characters Come Alive In Anecdotes
A Perthshire reminiscence volume highlights Charles Robertson known as Goffin Charlie a witty liberal cultured yet erratic figure. Anecdotes recount dinners with Turnbull and a curling club toast to John Frost of Kamschatka, plus Miss Preston and Sir David Baird wedding arrangements. The book also profiles painter Thomas Duncan and Jacobite themes in Duncan’s Prince Charlie works, while old Macnab tales reveal rustic humor and local manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogers
Perthshire
Burna
Walter Scott
Charles Robertson
Goffin Charlie
United Presbyterian Ministry
Robertson
Mr. Turnbull
Bellwood
Wolff
Bokhara
Turnbull
J. Turnbull
Lord Breadalbane
Charles
I & Company
John Frost
Kamschatka
Friesland
Sir David Baird
Miss Preston
William Robertson
Thomas Duncan
Drummond
Prince Charlie
Duncan
Scotland
Prince Charles Stuart
Edinburgh
Culloden
Old City
Charles Stuart
Great Britain
Karlie
Canongate
Argylshire
Chevalier
Macnab
Breadalbane
Macloran
Dronascandlich
Inverness-shire
Enoug
Scandlich
Siller
India
Naenab
Cotterill's Peregrinus Proteus under Scrutiny
A critical review questions Cotterill's claim that the Epistle to Diognetus and related works are forgeries of Henry Stephens. The piece argues that the theory collapses under scrutiny, noting dubious manuscript histories and the unlikely fabrication of Clement and other ancient texts by Stephens.
Peregrinus Proteus Investigation of Classical Texts
A scholarly work by J. M. Correrity from Edinburgh discusses relations among De Morte Peregrini two Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians the Epistle to Diognetus Photius Bibliotheca and other writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian
Clement
Photius
Bibliotheca
Galen
Basil
Diognetus
Justin Martyr
Lardner
Semisch
Henry Stephens
Paris
Diabolus
Erasmus
Cesar
Henricus Stephanus
Cotterill
Mr. Cotterill
Alexandrinus
Charles I
Cyrillus Lucaris
Constantinople
Alexandria
Cyril
Patrick Young
England
Clemens Romanus
Philotheos Briennios
Serra
Cambridge University Library
M. Jules Mohl
J. M. Correrity
Edinburgh
T. and Clark
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Cotterild
Peregrinus Proteus
Diognotus