Monthly scrap book, for August

The SCRAP BOOK is not restricted to the Months of one year, but as a reference to the Months generally; and beside noticing incidents and customs peculiar to the Months, it comprises instructive and entertaining Pieces, well suited to excite in youth a relish for useful reading.

THE

Monthly Scrap Book,

FOR AUGUST.

Before the ripen'd field the reapers stand,
In fair array - each by the lass he loves.
To bear the rougher part, and mitigate
By nameless gentle offices her toil.⁠Thomson.

CONTENTS.

An Old Bachelor's Soliloquy,	2
Elephant Hunting,	3
Lammas Towers in Mid-Lothian,	7
Singular Adventure in the American War,	11
Church of Scotland,	17
Variety of Short Scraps,	22
Garden Work in August,

DUNFERMLINE:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN MILLER.

Price One Penny.