Sir Alexander Cumming

In answer to an inquiry relative to Sir Alexander Cumming, of Culter, I may refer to the *Scottish Journal* (Menzies, Edin. 1848) *of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions, &c.*, vol. ii. p. 254., where an extract from a MS. autobiography of the baronet is given. The work in which this occurs is little known; but, as a repertory of much curious and interesting information, deserved a more extensive circulation than it obtained. It stopped with the second volume, and is now somewhat scarce, as the unsold copies were disposed of for waste paper.