Abbreviations

AFC
Annals of the Free Church, (ed. J. Ewing, Edinburgh)
B&C
Black J. S. and Chrystal, G. W.: The Life of William Robertson Smith
COTM
Children of the Manse, by Alice Thiele Smith, ed. Booth and Hess, (The Bellfield Press, Edinburgh, 2004)
CSD
The Concise Scots Dictionary (ed. Robinson, AUP, Aberdeen, 1985)
CUL
Cambridge University Library
DNB
Dictionary of National Biography
EB9
Encyclopaedia Britannica, ninth edition (1875–1888)
EPOD
Edinburgh Post Office Directories
Eng.
English
EU
Edinburgh University
EUL
Edinburgh University Library
FC
Free Church
FP
Family papers
Ger.
German
Lat.
Latin
L&E
Lectures and Essays of William Robertson Smith (ed. Black and Chrystal)
MS
manuscript
NLS
National Library of Scotland
OED
Oxford English Dictionary
O.S.
Original Secession [Church]
Presby
Presbytery
PFCA
Proceedings of the Free Church Assembly
R.P.
Reformed Presbyterian [Church]
Scot.
Scottish
TS
typescript copy of original manuscript
ULB
University Library Bonn (here: Autographensammlung.)
U.P.
United Presbyterian [Church]
WRS
William Robertson Smith
WPS
William Pirie Smith

Introduction

A Note on the Text

Abbreviations

Select Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Letters by date

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