CLERK: Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik Baronet 1892by John M. Gray Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Baronet Baron of the Exchequer, extracted from his own journals, 1676 to 1755. It brings to light the life of Scotland, political events, information on the social condition of Scotland at the time, his personal tastes, pursuits, employments and a picture of daily life of a cultured Scottish gentleman of the first half of the eighteenth century. (278p., Illus, Index, 1892)