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Since this Volume was in type, I have received some additional information which I feel constrained to lay before my readers. With reference to the Easy Club, I have been favoured, through the courtesy of the Rev. Dr. A. B. Grosart, with a sight of the complete Minutes of the Club. From them I observe that Ramsay was one of the earliest members admitted, and that his song 'Were I but a Prince or King' was formally presented to the Club after his admission not before, though its rough draft must have been shown to the members prior to that event. Next, as regards the Editions. | Allan Ramsay by William Henry Oliphant 1 Allan Ramsay by William Henry Oliphant The Project Gutenberg eBook Allan Ramsay by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Author William Henry Oliphant Smeaton Release Date June 1 2010 eBook 32642 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 Allan Ramsay by William Henry Oliphant 2 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALLAN RAMSAY E-text prepared by Susan Skinner and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http ALLAN RAMSAY by OLIPHANT SMEATON Famous Scots Series Published by Oliphant Anderson Ferrier Edinburgh and London The designs and ornaments of this volume are by Mr. Joseph Brown and the printing from the press of Messrs. Morrison Gibb Edinburgh. TO DAVID MASSON . EMERITUS-PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED in grateful acknowledgment of kindly encouragement given in years long gone by and of intellectual stimulus received from him by his former student THE AUTHOR PREFACE Since this Volume was in type I have received some additional information which I feel constrained to lay before my readers. With reference to the Easy Club I have been favoured through the courtesy of the Rev. Dr. A. B. Grosart with a sight of the complete Minutes of the Club. From them I observe that Ramsay was one of the earliest members admitted and that his song Were I but a Prince or King was formally presented to the Club after his admission not before though its rough draft must have been shown to the members prior to that event. Next as regards the Editions of The Gentle Shepherd a valued correspondent Mr. J. W. Scott Dowanhill Glasgow kindly calls my attention to two .