Scottish Epitaphs: Epitaphs and Images from Scottish Graveyards

Having previously compiled an authoritative handbook on Scottish graveyards, Mrs Willsher, a leading expert on a subject which might be described as grave by nature as well as by name, has turned her attention to an anthology of remarkable Scottish gravestones and their inscriptions. She has divided it into chapters reflecting what she has ascertained to be the predominant themes covered. Naturally, they begin with the inevitability of death:

but as frequent is the hope of resurrection:

Naturally, praise of the deceased was prominent:

If the virtues of the dead person were not so pre‐eminent, the heirs could always resort...