GROSE'S ANTIQUITIES,

THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLE OF MAN,
BY FRANCIS GROSE, I;SQ., :F.S.A.

Extracted from his general work on the ,Antiquities of England and Wales, MDCCLXXXVII.
The Antiquities of England and Wales. By Francis Arose, Esq., F.A.S., with a Supplement. London: 1773-87. Royal 4to: 6 volumes.

This is the first edition; an edition was published in 1783 in imperial 8vo. London, Hooper, in 8 vols. The Antiquities of the Isle of Man are in vol. 6, pp. 197-214, and vol. 8, pp. 161-162. The views were taken in 1774. It was upon Captain Grose, while collecting the Antiquities of Scotland, that Robert Burns wrote an Address, of which the following are the opening lines:-

" Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,
Frae Maidenkirk to Joh'ny Groat's;
If there's a hole in a' your coats,
I rede you tent it;
A ehiel's amang you taking notes,
And, faith ! he'll prent it.

The text is given, along with the views elsewhere