Editing Patrick Abercromby (section)

==Continued work ==
A minor literary work of Abercromby's was a translation of [[Jean de Beaugué]]'s ''Histoire de la guerre d'Écosse'' (1556) which appeared in 1707.  But the work with which his name is permanently associated is his ''Martial Atchievements ''[sic]'' of the Scots Nation'', issued in two large [[folio]]s, vol. i. 1711, vol. ii. 1715.  In the title-page and preface to vol. i. he disclaims the ambition of being an historian, but in vol. ii., in title-page and preface alike, he is no longer a simple biographer, but an historian. He was a laborious and accomplished reader and investigator of all available authorities, as well manuscript as printed; while the roll of names of those who aided him includes every man of note in Scotland at the time, from [[Sir Thomas Craig]] and [[Sir George Mackenzie]] to [[Alexander Nisbet]] and [[Thomas Ruddiman]].<ref name="EB1911"/>