"The whole of the letterpress up to the death of James Dennistoun, No. XVIII ... written by his son, the late James Denistoun ... The memoir of the above James Dennistoun is taken from ... Joseph Irving's History of Dumbartonshire. The short notices ... are added by me; while the notice of myself and my dear wife has been written by her nephew, Charles Sandbach Parker. The pedigrees--with the exception of the family of Robert Dennistoun ... --have been carefully prepared and arranged by ... Harry W. Guthrie-Smith ... " - Preface.