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The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club is the foremost journal for all aspects of Edinburgh history.
The Original Series goes back to 1908 and the foundation of the Old Edinburgh Club.
The New Series was begun in 1991.
Contents
Professor R. J. Morris - An Appreciation
Identity, Imagination and George IV in Edinburgh, 1822
Robert Pirrie
Inventing Scotch Baronial Edinburgh: The Role of Walter Scott
Aonghus MacKechnie
Edinburgh and Slavery
Jennifer Melville
Elevating the Poor: The Origin, Activities and Evolution of the Edinburgh Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor c.1868–1906
Joan Fraser
Servant Keeping and Residential Neighbourhood Composition: Presbyterian Ministers in Late Nineteenth-Century Edinburgh
John W. Sawkins and Andrew J. Sawkins
The Role of Glass in Chemistry, Especially in Edinburgh
Jill Turnbull
Toun’s College or College’s Toun? A Study into the Social Effects of the Edinburgh University Comprehensive Development Area