The largest number of additions in any one section was historical and had reference to Stafford.

Among the miscellaneous tracts that he incorporated were Derrick's _Image of Ireland_ from a copy in the Advocates' Library, and Gosson's _School of Abuse_.

Scott's statement in the Advertisement as to why he did not omit any of the original collection shows his unpedantic attitude toward the kind of studies which he was encouraging by the republication of this series.

He says: "When the variety of literary pursuits, and the fluctuation of fashionable study is considered, it may seem rash to pass a hasty sentence of exclusion, even upon the dullest and most despised of the essays which this ample collection offers to the public.

There may be among the learned, even now, individuals to whom the rabbinical lore of Hugh Broughton presents more charms than the verses of Homer; and a future day may arise when tracts on chronology will bear as high a value among antiquaries as 'Greene's Groats' Worth of Wit,' or 'George Peele's Jests,' the present respectable objects of research and reverence." In editing this collection Scott made little attempt to decide disputed problems of authorship when the explanation did not lie upon the surface.