Allan Ramsay

The book is Allan Ramsay. 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. At the time of which we write, the capital of Scotland was virtually represented by the one long street called the High Street, or 'Edinburgh Street, ' which crowned the summit of the ridge extending from the Castle to Holyrood Palace, the ancient home of the Stuarts.