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The Ex-Classics Web Site In Preparation The History and Chronicles of Scotland, by Hector Boece. This was the first complete history of Scotland to be written. Hector Boece (1465–1536) compiled it from earlier chronicles and published it in Latin in the year 1527 as Historia Gentis Scotorum, (The History of the Scottish People.)  It was a major source for Holinshed's Chronicles, mined by Shakespeare for his story of Macbeth.  In 1536 it was translated from Latin into Scots by John Bellenden; there is also a French translation done at about the same time. Our version will be a translation of Bellenden's version into modern English. The Poems of Henry Griffin. Henry Griffin flourished in early 20th-Century New York, and self-published a number of books of poetry.  Though neither great literature, nor yet amusingly bad like the works of the Great McGonagall, they have a style and charm of their own which has led to them having a certain cult following.  An acquired taste, maybe  --  but one well worth acquiring. The Newgate Calendar -- Supplement 4. We have located a further batch of felons in a facsimile of Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by John Osborn (1735). These will be added to the over 1,100 cases already in our edition.  The Octave of Claudius, by Barry Pain Described by George Orwell as "a brilliant exercise in the macabre". This tells the story of Claudius Sandell, a down-and-out gentleman who makes a deal with an eccentric scientist -- in return for eight days of unlimited money to enjoy himelf with, he binds himself for life to be the scientist's slave -- or worse.

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