Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishop, Down to the Year 1688: Also, an Account of All the Religious Houses That Were in Scotland at the Time of the Reformation
There is hardly any one who has undertaken to throw light on the antiquities Of Scotland, who has not had to acknowledge the ready and most valuable assistance Of lieut.-general Hutton. This distinguished officer has long devoted all the leisure which the duties of an active profes sion have permitted him to enjoy, to inquiries re specting the ancient history, the arts, and the institutions, which distinguished our ancestors in this portion of the British empire. His know ledge Of ecclesiastical architecture, and his inti mate acquaintance with the various orders of ascetics who inhabited our ancient monasteries, qualify him in a particular manner for a great work, to which it is said his attention has been many years directed, on the Religious Houses of Scotland. The curiosity of the learned could not fail to receive much gratification were the General to realise his important undertaking - For near ly all the Notes contained in the Appendix, the reader is indebted to the friendly condescension of this most accomplished antiquary.
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