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Muir, Thomas («The Trial of „the Pest of Scotland“»), from The Trial of Thomas Muir, younger, of Huntershill, Before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 30th and 31st Days of August, 1793(London, 1793).

Myles, James («Child Worker in a Dundee Factory»), from James Myles, Chapters in the Life of a Dundee Factory Boy(Dundee, 1850).

Nithsdale, the Countess of («A Jacobite Escapes from the Tower of London»), from Genuine Account of the Escape of Lord Nithsdale written by the Countess of Nithsdale, to her sister, Lady Lucy Herbert, Abbess of the Augustine Nuns, of Bruges (National Library of Scotland, manuscript archive).

Obree, Graeme («The Flying Scotsman breaks the World Hour Re-cord»), from Graeme Obree, Flying Scotsman, the Graeme Obree Story(Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2003). Extract reproduced by permission of Birlinn Ltd ( www.birlinn.co.uk).

Owen, Robert («An Experiment in Humanity»), from Report of Minutes of Evidence Taken by the Select Committee on the State of the Children Employed in the Manufactories of the United Kingdom (Parliamentary Papers, vol. 3,1816), quoted in Scottish Voices, 1745–1960, eds. Т. C. Smout and Sydney Wood (William Collins and Sons, London, 1990).

Paris, Matthew («Viking Invaders»), from Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora, vol. I, quoted in Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, AD 500–1286, collected and translated by Alan Orr Anderson (Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1991).

Park, Mungo («African Exploration»), from Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa(London, 1799), quoted in The Oxford Book of Exploration, ed. Robin Hanbury-Tenison (OUP, Oxford, 1993).

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Playfair, John («The Age of the Earth Is Proved by James Hutton»), quoted in Donald B. Mclntyre and Alan McKirdy , James Hutton: The Founder of Modem Geology(NMS Publishing, Edinburgh, 2001).

Pollock, Thomas («Smallpox»), from The Statistical Account of Scotland 1791–1799:Vol. VI Ayrshire (parish of Kilwinning), ed. Sir John Sinclair quoted in Modem Scottish History 1707 to the Present: Vol. 5 Major Documents, ed. Anthony Cooke, Ian Donnachie, Ann MacSween, Christopher A. Whatley (Tuckwell Press, Edinburgh, 1998).

Porte, Isa («Rape»), quoted in Voices from the Hunger Marches,ed. Ian MacDougall (Polygon, Edinburgh, 1990). Extract reproduced by permission of Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd ( www.birlinn.co.uk).

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Reid, Jimmy («The Upper Clydeside Shipyards’ Work-in»), from «The UCS Campaign», in Jimmy Reid, Reflections of a Clyde-Built Man,ed. Ruth Wishart (Souvenir Press, London, 1976). Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

Robertson, James («The Day They Buried Princess Diana»), an extract from his essay «Six Deaths, Two Funerals, a Wedding and a Divorce», first published in Scotland into the New Era(Canongate, Edinburgh, 2000). Reproduced by permission of the author.