E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Grant, James
(b. Edinburgh, August 1st, 1822; d. 1887). “The Romance of War; or, Highlanders in Spain” (1846); “Highlanders of Belgium” (1847); “The Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp” (1848); “Memoirs of Kirkcaldy of Grange” (1849); “Walter Fenton” (1850); “Edinburgh Castle” (1850); “Bothwell; or, the Days of Mary, Queen of Scots” (1851); “Memoirs of Sir John Hepburn, Marshal of France, and Colonel of the Scots Brigade” (1851); “Jane Seton; or, the King’s Advocate” (1853); “Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers” (1854); “Frank Hilton; or, the Queen’s Own” (1855); “The Yellow Frigate” (1855); “The Phantom Regiment” (1856); “Harry Ogilvie; or, the Black Dragoon” (1856); “Laura Everingham” (1857), “Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose” (1858); “Arthur Blane; or, the Hundred Cuirassiers” (1858); “The Cavaliers of Fortune” (1858); “Lucy Arden: a Tale of 1715” (1859); “Legends of the Black Watch” (1859); “Mary of Loraine” (1860), “Oliver Ellis; or, the Fusiliers” (1861); “Dick Rodney; or, the Adventures of an Eton Boy” (1861); “The Captain of the Guard” (1862); “The Adventures of Rob Roy” (1863); “Letty Hyde’s Lovers” (1863); “Second to None” (1864); “The King’s Own Borderers” (1865); “The Constable of France” (1866); “The White Cockade; or, Faith and Fortitude” (1867); “First Love and Last Love” (1868); “The Secret Dispatch” (1868); “The Girl He Married” (1869); “Jack Manly, his Adventures” (1870); “Lady Wedderburn’s Wish” (1870); “Only an Ensign” (1871); “Under the Red Dragon” (1871); “British Battles on Land and Sea” (1873); “Shall I Win Her?” (1874); “Fairer than a Fairy” (1874), “One of the Six Hundred” (1876); “Morley Ashton” (1876); “Six Years Ago” (1877); “Old and New Edinburgh;” and other works.
